of Athens and avid supporter of Greek-French relations. 2007, June through September: Western Peloponnese and southern Euboea are ravaged by lethal infernos. 2008, December riots and protest begin. 2009, 29 April: Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis presented a timely book entitled "The Macedonian Issue and Bulgaria – Classified Documents 1950–1967", published jointly by the Thessaloniki-based Macedonian Studies Society and the State Archives of Bulgaria, during an event at the War Museum in Athens. 2009, August: Attica is ravaged by wildfires. 2010: 2010 European sovereign debt crisis; the country's stability has been interrupted; many demonstrations occur in Athens (May 2010 Greek protests) while many workers went on strike; the country is on the verge of a new wave of emigration, with young college graduates at the forefront. 2010, 14–15 May: The Prime Minister of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, visits Greece along with 10 ministers; 21 agreements – memoranda of cooperation between the two countries' ministries were signed. See also History of modern Greece Years in Greece Timeline of Orthodoxy in Greece Timeline of ancient Greece Timeline of Indo-Greek Kingdoms Timeline of Athens Notes Further reading External links Modern Greek history