Greece

The Hellenic Republic is 131000 km” wide, worth 10.600.000 inhabitants which half lives in ATHINAS.

Greek language: If their mother language is geek, you'll very often find people with a good knowledge of foreign languages (mainly french, english and german)

System of government
Parliamentarian pluralistic republic The President is Kostas Stephanopoulos.
Voting is compulsory in Greece Not voting is an offence, the punishment is the destruction of the passport or driving licence.

National bank holidays
25 mars : Celebrations of Independance day (with fireworks) Revolution against turkish army 1821.
28 octobre : Italian invasion of 1940. Ochi-day Commemoration of the "NO"-day (when the greek prime minister refused Mussolini facist troops on greek land).

The people of Greece

A device
Liberty or death My strenght is the love I have for my country

A few famous musicians
Manos Hatzidakis
Mikis Theodorakis
Yannis Xenakis

Hippocrate was the most famous doctor of the Antiquity. He created a medecine school onto the island of KOS. He invented the rules every doctor should strictly respect.

A few famous poets
Homère
Sophocle
Sappho.

Geography and weather in Greece

A famous billionnaire
Aristote Onassis