Is a country in southeastern Europa, situated on the southern end of the Balkan Peninsula. It is bordered by Albania, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Bulgaria to the north, and by Turlkey to the east. The Aegean Sea lies to the east and south of mainland Greece, while the Ionian Sea lies to the west. Both parts of the eastern Mediterranean basin feature a vast number of islands.
Greece lies at the juncture of Europe, Asia, and Africa. It is heir to the heritages of classical Greece, the Byzantine Empire,[2] and nearly four centuries of Ottoman rule.[3] Regarded as the cradle of western civilization and being the birthplace of democracy,[4] Western philosophy,[5] the Olympic Games, western literature, political science, major scienti
fic principles and drama[6] (including both tragedy and comedy), Greece has a particularly long and eventful history and a cultural heritage which has been considerably influential in Northern Africa and the Middle East and fundamentally formative for the culture of Europe and what is now called the West.Today, Greece is a developed country, a member of the European Union since 1981,[7] a member of the Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union since 2001, NATO since 1951, the OECD since 1960,[8] the WEU since 1995, and the ESA since 2005.[9] Athens is the capital; Thessaloniki, Patras, Heraklion, Volos and Larissa are
Greece lies at the juncture of Europe, Asia, and Africa. It is heir to the heritages of classical Greece, the Byzantine Empire,[2] and nearly four centuries of Ottoman rule.[3] Regarded as the cradle of western civilization and being the birthplace of democracy,[4] Western philosophy,[5] the Olympic Games, western literature, political science, major scienti
fic principles and drama[6] (including both tragedy and comedy), Greece has a particularly long and eventful history and a cultural heritage which has been considerably influential in Northern Africa and the Middle East and fundamentally formative for the culture of Europe and what is now called the West.Today, Greece is a developed country, a member of the European Union since 1981,[7] a member of the Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union since 2001, NATO since 1951, the OECD since 1960,[8] the WEU since 1995, and the ESA since 2005.[9] Athens is the capital; Thessaloniki, Patras, Heraklion, Volos and Larissa are Weather:
Greece generally has mild wet winters and hot dry summers. Winter temperatures can be severe in the mountains and even Athens can get viciously cold. Maximum temperatures on the islands hover around 30°C (87°F) in summer, but the heat is often tempered by the northerly wind known as the meltemi.
Geography
The peninsula that constitutes mainland Greece is surrounded by more than 1400 islands, of which 169 are inhabited. The islands are divided into six groups: the Cyclades, the Ionians, the Dodecanese, the islands of the Northeastern Aegean, the Sporades and the Saronic Gulf islands. The two largest islands, Crete and Evia, do not belong to any group. Roughly four-fifths of Greece is mountainous, with most land lying over 1500m (4920ft) above sea level. Epiros and Macedonia, in northern Greece, still have extensive forests, but goat grazing, felling and forest fires have seriously denuded the rest of the country.
Goverment
-Government Type
parliamentary republic
-Government Leaders
Kostas Karamanlis
Prime Minister (head of government)
Karolos Papoulias
President (head of state)
parliamentary republic
-Government Leaders
Kostas Karamanlis
Prime Minister (head of government)
Karolos Papoulias
President (head of state)
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Your article is very good!!!!!!, I would like someday go to Greece. When I see the photos, it was as saw an old film.
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