The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Greece:

Greece sovereign country located on the southern end of the Balkan Peninsula in Southern Europe. It borders Albania, Bulgaria, and North Macedonia 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.

Greece lies at the juncture of Europe, Asia and Africa. It is heir to the heritages of ancient Greece, the Roman and Byzantine Empires, and nearly four centuries of Ottoman rule. Greece is the birthplace of democracy, Western philosophy, the Olympic Games (for this reason, unless it is the host nation, it always leads the Parade of Nations in accordance with tradition begun at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics), 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, Volos, Ioannina, Larissa and Kavala are some of the country's other major cities.

General reference

• Pronunciation:

• Common English country name: Greece

• Official English country name: The Hellenic Republic

• Common endonym(s): (Ellas, archaic); (Ellada)

• Official endonym(s): (Elliniki Dimokratia)

• Adjectives: Greek, Grecian, Hellenic

• Demonym: Greek

• Etymology: Name of Greece

• International rankings of Greece

• ISO country codes: GR, GRC, 300

• ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:GR

• Internet country code top-level domain: .gr

Geography of Greece

Geography of Greece

• Greece is: a country

Location:

• Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere

Eurasia

Europe

Southern Europe

• Balkans (also known as "Southeastern Europe")

• Time zone: Eastern European Time (UTC+02), Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03)

Extreme points of Greece

• High: Mount Olympus

• Low: Mediterranean Sea 0 m

• Land boundaries: 1,228km

  1. 494 km

  2. 282 km

  3. 246 km

  4. 206 km

  Coastline: 13,676 km

  Population of Greece: 11,306,183 (January 1, 2010) - 90th most populous country

• Area of Greece: 131,990km2

• Atlas of Greece

Environment of Greece

Environment of Greece

• Climate of Greece

• Environmental issues in Greece

• Renewable energy in Greece

Protected areas of Greece

• National parks of Greece

Wildlife of Greece

Fauna of Greece

• Birds of Greece

• Mammals of Greece

Natural geographic features of Greece

• Caves in Greece

• Islands of Greece

• Lakes of Greece

Mountains of Greece

• Volcanoes in Greece

• Rivers of Greece

• List of World Heritage Sites in Greece

Regions of Greece

Ecoregions of Greece

List of ecoregions in Greece

Administrative divisions of Greece

Administrative divisions of Greece

Administrative regions of Greece

Regional units of Greece

• Municipalities of Greece

Administrative regions of Greece

Modern regions of Greece

Regional units of Greece

Regional units of Greece

Municipalities of Greece

Municipalities and communities of Greece

• Capital of Greece: Athens (outline)

• Cities of Greece

Traditional geographic divisions of Greece

Traditional geographic divisions of Greece

Demography of Greece

Demographics of Greece

• Demographic history of Greece

Government and politics of Greece

Politics of Greece

• Form of government: parliamentary representative democratic republic

• Capital of Greece: Athens

Elections in Greece

• Next Greek legislative election

Greek government-debt crisis

Greek government-debt crisis timeline

• Greek austerity packages

• Greek withdrawal from the eurozone

• Political parties in Greece

Taxation in Greece

• Tax evasion and corruption in Greece

Branches of the government of Greece

Government of Greece

Executive branch of the government of Greece

• Head of state: President of Greece, Katerina Sakellaropoulou

• Head of government: Prime Minister of Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis

• Cabinet of Greece

Legislative branch of the government of Greece

• Hellenic Parliament (unicameral)

Judicial branch of the government of Greece

Judicial system of Greece There are three Supreme Courts in Greece. They are:

• Court of Cassation ()

• Council of State ()

• Chamber of Accounts ()

Foreign relations of Greece

Foreign relations of Greece

• Diplomatic missions in Greece

• Diplomatic missions of Greece

International organization membership

The Hellenic Republic is a member of:

• Australia Group

• Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

• Black Sea Economic Cooperation Zone (BSEC)

• Council of Europe (CE)

• Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)

• Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC)

• European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

• European Investment Bank (EIB)

• European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)

• European Space Agency (ESA)

• European Union (EU)

• Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

• International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

• International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)

• International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)

• International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)

• International Criminal Court (ICCt)

• International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)

• International Development Association (IDA)

• International Energy Agency (IEA)

• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS)

• International Finance Corporation (IFC)

• International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

• International Hydrographic Organization (IHO)

• International Labour Organization (ILO)

• International Maritime Organization (IMO)

• International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO)

• International Monetary Fund (IMF)

• International Olympic Committee (IOC)

• International Organization for Migration (IOM)

• International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

• International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM)

• International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

• International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO)

• International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)

• Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)

• Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)

• Nonaligned Movement (NAM) (guest)

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

• Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA)

• Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG)

• Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF)

• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

• Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)

• Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

• Organization of American States (OAS) (observer)

• Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)

• Schengen Convention

• Southeast European Cooperative Initiative (SECI)

• United Nations (UN)

• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

• United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

• United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

• United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

• United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)

• United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO)

• United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS)

• United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG)

• Universal Postal Union (UPU)

• Western European Union (WEU)

• World Customs Organization (WCO)

• World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU)

• World Health Organization (WHO)

• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

• World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

• World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)

• World Trade Organization (WTO)

• World Veterans Federation

• Zangger Committee (ZC)

Law and order in Greece

Law of Greece

• Capital punishment in Greece

• Constitution of Greece

• Copyright law of Greece

• Greek nationality law

• Life imprisonment in Greece

Crime in Greece

• Human trafficking in Greece

• Organized crime in Greece

• Prostitution in Greece

• Terrorism in Greece

Human rights in Greece

• Abortion in Greece

LGBT rights in Greece

• Recognition of same-sex unions in Greece

Law enforcement in Greece

• City Police

• Hellenic Gendarmerie

Hellenic Police

• Cyber Crime Unit

• Special Anti-Terrorist Unit

• Units for the Reinstatement of Order

Military of Greece

Hellenic National Defence General Staff Military of Greece

Command

Commander-in-chief: President of Greece

• Ministry of Defence of Greece

Forces

• Army of Greece

• Navy of Greece

• Air Force of Greece

• Presidential Guard

• Conscription in Greece

• Greek Army uniforms

History of the Hellenic Army

• Timeline of the Hellenic Army

• Military history of Greece

• Military ranks of Greece

• Structure of the Hellenic Army

Local government in Greece

Local government in Greece

History of Greece

History of Greece

By period

Timeline of Greek history

• Neolithic Greece

• Helladic period

Ancient Greece

• Greek Dark Ages

• Archaic Greece

• Classical Greece

• Hellenistic Greece

  Roman Greece

• Byzantine Greece

• Ottoman Greece

Modern Greece

• Timeline of modern Greek history

• Kingdom of Greece

• Second Hellenic Republic

• Third Hellenic Republic

By subject

• Economic history of Greece

• History of the Greek alphabet

Military history of Greece

• Military history of Greece during World War II

Culture of Greece

Culture of Greece

Architecture of Greece

• Castles in Greece

• Modern Greek architecture

Cuisine of Greece

• Cretan cuisine

• Cuisine of the Ionian islands

• Cypriot cuisine

• Macedonian cuisine

• Greek restaurant

• Greek wine

• Greek dress

• Greek nationalism

Languages of Greece

• Greek language question

Modern Greek

Varieties of Modern Greek

• Calabrian Greek

• Cappadocian Greek

• Demotic Greek

• Griko dialect

• Katharevousa

• Mariupol Greek

• Pontic Greek

• Tsakonian language

Media in Greece

• Newspapers in Greece

• Radio in Greece

• Television in Greece

Monuments of Greece

• Acropolis of Athens

• Ancient Agora of Athens

• Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus

• Arch of Galerius and Rotunda

• Erechtheion

• Greek pyramids

• Knossos Minoan palace complex

• Lion Gate

• Odeon of Herodes Atticus

• Palaestra at Olympia

• Stadium of Delphi

• Temple of Hephaestus

• Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens

• Terrace of the Lions

• Theatre of Dionysus

• Tholos of Delphi

• Museums in Greece

National symbols of Greece

• Coat of arms of Greece

• Flag of Greece

• National anthem of Greece

• National colours of Greece

• National personification

People of Greece

• Ethnic Minorities in Greece

• Names of the Greeks

Greek diaspora

• Greeks in Egypt

• Greeks in Italy

• Immigration to Greece

• Philhellenism

Public holidays in Greece

• Ohi Day

• World Heritage Sites in Greece

Art in Greece

Art in Greece

Modern Greek art

• Greek academic art of the 19th century

• Contemporary Greek art

  Cinema of Greece

Literature of Greece

• Modern Greek literature

• List of Greek writers

Music of Greece

• Greek composers

Greek folk music

• Music of the Aegean islands

• Music of Crete

• Music of Cyprus

• Music of Epirus

Music of the Heptanese

• Ionian School

• Music of Macedonia

• Music of the Peloponnese

• Music of Thessaly

• Music of Thrace

• Greek dances

• Greek musical instruments

• Greek National Opera

• Greek New Wave

Theatre in Greece

• National Theatre of Greece

Religion in Greece

Religion in Greece

Catholic Church in Greece

• Archdiocese of Athens

• Archdiocese of Rhodos

• Archdiocese of Corfù, Zante and Cefalonia

• Archdiocese of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos

• Apostolic Vicariate of Thessaloniki

Greek Orthodox Church

Church of Greece

• Archbishopric of Athens

• Buddhism in Greece

• Hinduism in Greece

• Islam in Greece

• Judaism in Greece

• Protestantism in Greece

• Sikhism in Greece

Sports in Greece

Sports in Greece

• Baseball in Greece

Basketball in Greece

• Greece national basketball team

• Cricket in Greece

Football in Greece

• Greece national football team

• List of football clubs in Greece

• Football League

• Super League Greece

Greece at the Olympics

• 1896 Summer Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics

• 2004 Summer Olympics opening ceremony

• Greece at the Paralympics

Hockey in Greece

• Ice hockey in Greece

Rugby in Greece

• Rugby union in Greece

• Rugby league in Greece

Sports venues in Greece

• Hellinikon Olympic Complex

• Karaiskakis Stadium

• O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall

• Olympic Stadium (Athens)

• Pampeloponnisiako Stadium

• Panathenaic Stadium

• Pankritio Stadium

• Stavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium

• Toumba Stadium

Economy and infrastructure of Greece

Economy of Greece

• Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 27th (twenty-seventh)

Agriculture in Greece

• Laiki agora

Banking in Greece

List of banks in Greece

• Bank of Greece

• National Bank of Greece

  Capital controls in Greece

Communications in Greece

• Internet in Greece

• Companies of Greece

Currency of Greece: Euro (see also: Euro topics)

• Former currency: Greek drachma

• ISO 4217: EUR

Economic history of Greece

• Greek economic miracle

Energy in Greece

• Renewable energy in Greece

Maritime industry

Greek shipping

• Greek Merchant Marine

Science and technology

• Greek inventions and discoveries

Tourism in Greece

• Visa policy of the Schengen Area

Transport in Greece

• Rapid transit in Greece

• Airports in Greece

• Ports in Greece

Rail transport in Greece

• History of rail transport in Greece

• Commuter rail

Urban rail

• Athens Metro

• Thessaloniki Metro

• Tramway systems in Greece

• KTEL

Roads in Greece

Attiki Odos

• Central Greece Motorway

• Olympia Odos

• Water supply and sanitation in Greece

Education in Greece

Education in Greece

• Academic grading in Greece

Higher education in Greece

• Universities in Greece

• Polytechnics

• Τechnological Universities-Technological educational institutes

Vocational education

• IEK

Health in Greece

Healthcare in Greece

• Hospitals in Greece

• Obesity in Greece

• Smoking in Greece

See also

• List of Greece-related topics

• List of international rankings

• Member state of the European Union

• Member state of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

• Member state of the United Nations

• Outline of ancient Greece

• Outline of geography

References

External links

1. Government

2. President of the Hellenic Republic

3. Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic

4. Hellenic Parliament

5. Greek News Agenda Newsletter

6. Greece — information and links related to Greece from the ministry of foreign affairs

7. Greek missions abroad (embassies, consulates, representations)

8. Foreign missions in Greece

9. Greek National Tourism Organisation

10. National Statistical Service of Greece

11. Other

12. Hellenism.Net - Everything about Greece

13. National Geographic: Greece

14. Encyclopædia Britannica - Greece's country page

15. Hellenic History

16. The Greek Heritage

17. Chronology of Greece from the World History Database

18. History of Greece: Primary Documents

19. Greek Council for Refugees