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Greece picks new CEO, chairman for National BankGreece will propose banker Apostolos Tamvakakis as the new chief executive at the country's largest lender National Bank <NBGr. AT> at a board meeting on Dec 2, banking officials told Reuters on Friday. "The proposal has been made and it... In this article: National bank, Greece, and Reuters |
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SFGate: Entertainment | 1 day ago
Greece to restore theater under Acropolis
Article:Greece to restore theater under Acropolis:/c/a/2009/11/26/DDSQ1AQDDJ.DTL Greek authorities say they will partially restore the ruined marble theater under the Acropolis, where the works of Euripides and other classical playwrights...
In this article: Euripides, San Francisco Chronicle, Sophocles, Aeschylus, Aristophanes, and Acropolis Hill
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FIFA.com News | 2 days ago
Greece's eternal thespians
Fittingly for a country that is a cradle of drama and the birthplace of the great tragedians, Greece is also home to one of world football's most theatrical of rivalries. Meeting at least twice a season, Olympiacos of Piraeus and...
In this article: Olympiacos, Panathinaikos, Piraeus, Champions League, Rivaldo, Giorgos Karagounis, Kostas Katsouranis, and AEK Athens
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FT.com - Lex | 2 days ago
Greece
...Italy, Belgium and Portugal are close behind. Raising funds is getting increasingly hard for all profligate countries. If Greece can prove it is a high-quality, high-spread euro credit, investors will continue to come. Arguably, Greece's...
In this article: Unemployment, Italy, Spain, Brussels, and Poland
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AP Online | 2 days ago
Greece to restore birthplace of classical theater
ATHENS, Greece (AP) - The ruined theater under the Acropolis where the works of Euripides and other classical playwrights were first performed some 2,500 years ago will undergo partial restoration over the next six years, Greek officials...
In this article: Euripides, Athens, Sophocles, Aeschylus, Aristophanes, and Acropolis Hill
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Reuters | 3 days ago
Greece names Zervos to head Public Power Corp
Greece on Tuesday named Arthouros Zervos to head state-controlled Public Power Corp (PPC) <DEHr. AT>, the country's biggest utility provider. "The Greek state, as a shareholder, is going to propose to the Dec 15 extraordinary general...
In this article: Public Power Corp
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washingtonpost.com | 4 days ago
Clinton to miss 2nd OSCE ministerial in a row: Greece
...organization that includes both the United States and Russia amongst its 56 member states. She canceled a trip to an OSCE meeting in Greece in June because of an arm injury. At that gathering, the West assessed Russia's pan-Europe...
In this article: Hillary Clinton, Athens, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, United States, and Russia
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Telegraph.co.uk - Business | 5 days ago
Greece tests the limit of sovereign debt as it grinds towards slump
...said last week that certain sinners on the edges of the eurozone were "very close to losing their credibility", everybody knew he meant Greece. The interest spread between 10-year Greek bonds and German bunds has jumped to 178 basis points.
In this article: Emu, EU, IMF, Athens, Jean-Claude Trichet, and Revenue
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Greece team at World Cup 2010
...with their coach, Otto Rehhagel, after defeating Ukraine to reach World Cup 2010 Photo: EPA Greece's World Cup record: 1994 1st rd. How Greece qualified: European play-off winners. Rehhagel is the only person who, as player and as...
In this article: Otto Rehhagel, World Cup 2010, Bundesliga, World Cup, Ukraine, World Cup, Giorgos Karagounis, Dimitris Salpingidis, and Panathinaikos
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Greece /ˈɡriːs/ (Greek: Ελλάδα, transliterated: Elláda [e̞ˈlaða], historically , Hellás, ), officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία, Ellīnikī́ Dīmokratía, IPA: /[e̞liniˈkʲi ðimo̞kɾaˈtia]/), is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkan Peninsula. It has borders with Albania, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) to the north, and Turkey 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, islets and rock islands.
Located at the juncture of Europe, Asia and Africa, Greece is the birthplace of democracy, Western philosophy, the Olympic Games, Western literature and historiography, political science, major scientific and mathematical principles, and Western drama, including both tragedy and comedy.
Greece is a developed country, a member of the European Union since 1981, a member of the Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union since 2001, NATO since 1952, the OECD since 1961, the WEU since 1995 and ESA since 2005. Athens is the capital; Thessaloniki, Patras, Heraklion, Larissa, Volos, Ioannina, Kavala, Rhodes and Serres are some of the country's other major cities.
- Name:
- Greece
- Conventional Long Name:
- Hellenic Republic
- Local Name:
- Ellīnikī́ Dīmokratía
- Capital:
- Athens
- Language:
- Greek
- Motto:
- Ελευθερία ή θάνατος
- Largest City:
- Athens
- Government type:
- Parliamentary republic
- Founding Date:
- February 03, 1830
- Formations:
- Kingdom of Greece
- Area:
- 50,944
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $324.891 billion
- GDP (per capita PPP) Rank:
- 28
- GDP (nominal):
- $313.806 billion
- GDP (nominal per capita) Rank:
- 27
- GPD (nominal) Rank:
- 27
- GDP (nominal per capita):
- $28,152
- Time Zone:
- EET
- Currency:
- Euro (€)
- Demonym:
- Greek
- Drives On:
- right
- Currency (code):
- EUR
- Country Calling Code:
- 30
- ccTLD:
- .gr
- EU Accession:
- January 01, 1981
- Anthem:
- Hymn to Liberty
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