GENERAL INFORMATION  IOC Code: GRE  Country: Greece  Continent: Europe  President: Karolos Papoulias  Capital: Athens  Largest City:   Currency:  Euro (€)   Official languages: Greek  Motto: Freedom or Death  POPULATION  Population: 11 244 118  GDP/inhabitant (US $): 22 800   Density (inhabitants/km2): 80.91 Average age (in years):   Life expectancy (in years): 78.94  COMMUNICATION  Internet code: .gr   Calling code: +30

 DESCRIPTION
Greece, Elláda or Ellás, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in south-eastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkan peninsula. It is bordered by Bulgaria, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Albania to the north and by Turkey to the east. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of mainland Greece while the Ionian Sea lies to the west. Both, parts of the eastern Mediterranean basin, feature a vast number of islands.

Regarded as the cradle of western civilization and being the birthplace of modern Democracy, Western philosophy, the Olympic Games, Western Literature, Political Science and drama including both tragedy and comedy, Greece has a very long and remarkably rich history during which its culture has proven to be especially influential in Europe, Northern Africa and the Middle East. Today, Greece is a developed nation, member of the European Union since 1981 and a member of the Eurozone since 2001.
 
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