GREECE
Country: GREECE
capital city:ATHENS
Currency:EURO
Population: 11.000.000
capital city:ATHENS
Currency:EURO
Population: 11.000.000
Biggest
cities: ATHENS ,PATRA,THESALONIKI,IRAKLIO
Borders
with: TURKEY,ALBANIA,BULGARIA,FYROM
Flag: BLUE AND WHITE
Flag: BLUE AND WHITE
Religion:CHRISTIAN ORTHODOX
member of EU or ? yes, Since 1989
Prime Minister name: PAPANDREOU GEORGE
President name: PAPOULIAS
hero' s name: LEONIDAS(Ancient Greece)KOLOKOTRONIS,PAVLOS MELAS
member of EU or ? yes, Since 1989
Prime Minister name: PAPANDREOU GEORGE
President name: PAPOULIAS
hero' s name: LEONIDAS(Ancient Greece)KOLOKOTRONIS,PAVLOS MELAS
The
most important events in history: PERSIAN WARS(Ancient Greece),GREEK REVOLUTION AGAINST THE
OTTOMANS(1821),RESISTANCE AGAINST NAZISM AND FASCISM(2nd World War
1940-1944),TRAGEDY OF MIKRA ASIA CATASTROPHE,RESISTANCE AGAINST
DICTATORSHIP(1967-1974
the most famous food/drink/dessert/ FOOD:FETA,SOUVLAKI,MOUSAKAS,BEAN SOUP(FASOLADA)
DRINK:OUZO, TSIPOURO
DESSERT:MASTIC,FRUIT S IN JAM
Celebrities in :PHILOSOPHY: PLATON,ARISTOTLE
Celebrities in :PHILOSOPHY: PLATON,ARISTOTLE
POETRY:ELYTIS,SEFERIS(both awarded with the
NOBEL PRIZE).KAVAFIS
ACTING:KATINA PAXINOU,PAPPA
MUSIC:KALAS,PAPATHANASIOU,MOUSCHOURI,THEODORAKIS,HATZIDAKIS
SPORT: LOUIS(1st Marathon runner),SPIROS
DIMAS(gold metal in weight-lifting)
SCIENCE:EFKLIDIS,KARATHEODORIS(mathematicians),PAPANIKOLAOU(Test
PAP),
FINE
ARTS:EL GRECO-painter, 
