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Modern Greece traces its roots to the civilization of ancient Greece, generally considered to be the cradle of Western civilization. As such, it is the birthplace of democracy, Western philosophy,the Olympic Games, Western literature and historiography, political science, major scientific and mathematical principles. A developed country with a very high Human Development Index, Greece has been a member of what is now the European Union since 1981.
Greece Area: 131,990 km2
Population: 11,306,183
Lagarde, Schaeuble Say EU to Ensure Greece Cuts Budget Deficit (Bloomberg) Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- European finance chiefs sought to bolster international confidence in Greece’s ability to cut its budget deficit by endorsing the country’s austerity plan and promising to ensure the government delivers on it. |
Greece P.D. to Swear in New Chief Monday (YNN Rochester) The Greece Police Department will welcome its new chief of police Monday. Rochester Police Captain Todd Baxter was chosen last month to replace Chief Merritt Rahn. |
Tourist rescued from NZ mountain after texting family in Greece (Sydney Morning Herald) A rescue effort on Mount Ruapehu was mounted via Greece after a tourist lost on the mountain sent text messages home alerting family members to his predicament. |
Gordon Brown to attend crisis talks over Greece (Daily Telegraph) Eurozone faces a crisis over the spiralling debt Greece and other countries have built up. |
Greece: Panathinaikos rolls; league lead still six (Sports Illustrated) ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- French striker Djibril Cisse scored twice in three minutes to guide Greek league leader Panathinaikos to a 3-0 victory at Larissa on Sunday. |
Size of public debt catches up with Greece (MalaysiaNews.net) Greece and it is biting hard. Nationwide, in islands and far-flung towns, the refrain is the same and it conjures the sombre mood. "People have no money," says Yannis Barbas, the owner of a once popul... |
All eyes on Greece (MalaysiaNews.net) ATHENS -- Greece is under huge pressure from financial markets worried that the euro-zone member will not be able to service its heavy debt. Those concerns have put pressure on the euro, challenged t... |
Greece to unveil plan to cut government waste: minister (AFP via Yahoo! News) The Greek government will unveil this week a plan for cutting waste in public spending to combat the huge budget crisis, which has shaken investor confidence in Greece, the finance minister said. |
Greece sticks to austerity plan: finance minister (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Greece will stick to its deficit-cutting plan and the first three months of the year will be crucial for regaining investors and EU confidence, the country's finance minister said in an interview on Sunday. |
G7 reassures on Greece, talks tough on banks (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Reassurances about debt-strapped Greece and agreement that banks should pay for future rescue funds capped an international meeting in Canada's Arctic, as European policymakers sought to convince jittery markets that they have things under control. |
