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Greece in 1998

Historical records for Greece in 1998, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

3Records
2Events
2Named people
2Places
1Categories

Historical records

March

16 March 1998Greek Drachma Enters ERMYannos Papantoniou

Athens · Government / European Economic Community (EEC)

Oversees economic policy as the drachma joins the exchange-rate mechanism with a central rate of 357 per ECU.

16 March 1998Greek Drachma Enters ERMCostas Simitis

Athens · Government / European Economic Community (EEC)

Heads the government when the drachma enters the European Monetary System exchange-rate mechanism.

December

12 December 1998Euro Convergence ProgrammeYannos Papantoniou

Vienna · Government / European Economic Community (EEC)

Supports Greece's convergence strategy aimed at qualifying for later entry into the euro area.

Names involved

Costas SimitisYannos Papantoniou

Places involved

AthensVienna

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.