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Greece /ˈɡriːs/ ⓘ (Greek: Ελλάδα, Ellada), officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία, Elliniki Dimokratia), and historically Hellas (Ancient Greek: Ἑλλάς, Hellas; Modern Greek: Ελλάς, Ellas), is a country in the southeast of Europe on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula. Bounded on land by Bulgaria, North Macedonia, and Albania to the north, to the east by Turkey and the waters of the Aegean Sea and to the west and south by the Ionian and Mediterranean Seas. Regarded by many as the cradle of Western civilisation, Greece has a long and rich history during which it spread its influence over three continents. Read more...

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Tsakalotos in 2017

Euclid Stefanou Tsakalotos (Greek: Ευκλείδης Στεφάνου Τσακαλώτος [efˈkliðis steˈfanu t͡sakaˈlotos]; born 1960) is a Greek economist and politician who was Minister of Finance of Greece from 2015 to 2019. He was also a member of the Central Committee of Syriza and has represented Athens B in the Hellenic Parliament since May 2012. He left Syriza in November 2023 and on 5 December 2023 he became founding member of New Left (Greece) parliamentary group.

Tsakalotos was born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, but moved to the United Kingdom at a young age. He went to St Paul's School in London before studying Philosophy, Politics and Economics at The Queen's College, University of Oxford. He went on to complete a master's degree at the Institute of Development Studies, which is attached to the University of Sussex, and returned to Oxford to complete a doctorate in economics under the supervision of Włodzimierz Brus, which he did in 1989. From 1989 to 1993, Tsakalotos worked at the University of Kent, where he met his partner, Heather D. Gibson. He moved to Greece, and taught at the Athens University of Economics and Business from 1994 to 2010, becoming a professor of economics. Since 2010, he has been a professor of economics at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He has written a number of books in both Greek and English and has been published in a range of different academic journals. Due to his upbringing in the UK, he speaks English with a British accent. (Full article...)

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The following are images from various Greece-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1The I Battalion of the Army of National Defence marches on its way to the front, 1916. Greece joined the Allies in summer 1917. (from History of Greece)
Image 2Organization and military bases of the Communist led "Democratic Army", as well as entry routes to Greece. (from History of Greece)
Image 3Depiction of the Battle of Corinth (146 BC) on the last day before Roman legions looted and burned the city of Corinth. The last day on Corinth, Tony Robert-Fleury, 1870. (from History of Greece)
Image 4Greek cavalry attacking during the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922). (from History of Greece)
Image 5The socialist prime minister Andreas Papandreou (from History of Greece)
Image 6Terracotta kylix that depicts a man holding a lyre, circa 480 BC, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City) (from Culture of Greece)
Image 7Clashes in Athens during the Dekemvriana events (from History of Greece)
Image 8Olympion Theatre in Thessaloniki, seat of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival. (from Culture of Greece)
Image 9Georgios Tsolakoglou with Wehrmacht officers arrives at Macedonia Hall of Anatolia College in Thessaloniki, to sign the surrender (April 1941) (from History of Greece)
Image 10The Little Metropolis (Athens), 9th–13th century, unknown architect (from Culture of Greece)
Image 11Exterior view of Hosios Loukas monastery, artistic example of the Macedonian Renaissance (from History of Greece)
Image 12The Temple of Hephaestus in Athens is the best-preserved of all ancient Greek temples. (from Culture of Greece)
Image 13Protest against the junta by Greek political exiles in Germany, 1967 (from History of Greece)
Image 14Greek salad (from Culture of Greece)
Image 15Restored North Entrance with charging bull fresco of the Palace of Knossos (Crete), with some Minoan colourful columns (from Culture of Greece)
Image 16Nikos Kazantzakis, one of the most prominent modern Greek writers (from Culture of Greece)
Image 17Mikis Theodorakis, popular composer and songwriter, introduced the bouzouki into the mainstream culture. (from Culture of Greece)
Image 18Greek Resistance cavalry during the Axis occupation (from History of Greece)
Image 19Adamantios Korais, major figure of the Modern Greek Enlightenment (from Culture of Greece)
Image 20George I was King of the Hellenes from 1862 to 1913 (from History of Greece)
Image 21View of the Roman Odeon of Patras (from History of Greece)
Image 22Aristarchus of Samos was the first known individual to propose a heliocentric system, in the 3rd century BC (from Culture of Greece)
Image 23The Temple of Hephaestus in Athens (from History of Greece)
Image 24Peplos Kore at the Acropolis Museum. Relics of the polychromy are visible. (from Culture of Greece)
Image 25Crete (NASA photograph) (from Geography of Greece)
Image 26Archery matches in Panathenaic Stadium during the 2004 Olympics. (from Culture of Greece)
Image 27The most famous artist born in Greece was probably Doménikos Theotokópoulos, better known as El Greco (The Greek) in Spain. He did most of his painting there during the late 1500s and early 1600s. (from Culture of Greece)
Image 28The Stag Hunt Mosaic at the Archaeological Museum of Pella (3rd century BC) (from History of Greece)
Image 29The Parthenon is an enduring symbol of ancient Greece and the Athenian democracy. It is regarded as one of the world's greatest cultural monuments. (from Culture of Greece)
Image 30Greece's cities, main towns, main rivers, islands and selected archaeological sites. (from Geography of Greece)
Image 31Dormition of the Virgin by El Greco, an example of the Cretan School (from Culture of Greece)
Image 32The ancient theatre of Dodona (from History of Greece)
Image 33Part of the Byzantine Walls of Thessaloniki (from History of Greece)
Image 34The ancient theatre of Epidaurus continues to be used for staging ancient Greek plays. (from Culture of Greece)
Image 35The major Hellenistic realms included the Diadoch kingdoms:
  Kingdom of Ptolemy I Soter
  Kingdom of Cassander
  Kingdom of Lysimachus
  Kingdom of Seleucus I Nicator
  Epirus
Also shown on the map:
  Greek colonies
  Carthage (non-Greek)
  Rome (non-Greek)
The orange areas were often in dispute after 281 BC. The Attalid kingdom occupied some of this area. Not shown: Indo-Greek Kingdom. (from History of Greece)
Image 36A map of Greater Greece after the Treaty of Sèvres, when the Megali Idea seemed close to fulfillment, featuring Eleftherios Venizelos. (from History of Greece)
Image 37Shards of pottery vases on the street, after being thrown from the windows of nearby houses. A Holy Saturday tradition in Corfu. (from Culture of Greece)
Image 38Poet Constantine P. Cavafy (from Culture of Greece)
Image 39Mosaic from Daphni Monastery (ca. 1100) (from Culture of Greece)
Image 40Map of the Delian League ("Athenian Empire or Alliance") in 431 BC, just prior to the Peloponnesian War. (from History of Greece)
Image 41Traditional Greek taverna, integral part of Greek culture and cuisine. (from Culture of Greece)
Image 42Topographic map of Greece (from Geography of Greece)
Image 43The National Library of Greece (Athens), 1888, by Theophil Hansen (from Culture of Greece)
Image 44"Discobolus" statue by Konstantinos Dimitriadis, outside the Panathenaic Stadium (from Culture of Greece)
Image 45Mosaic in the Hosios Loukas (Distomo-Arachova-Antikyra, Greece), circa 10th century AD (from Culture of Greece)
Image 46The landing of Greek troops in Kavala during the Balkan Wars (from History of Greece)
Image 47Apollon Theatre (Patras), designed by Ernst Ziller (from Culture of Greece)
Image 48The division of the Byzantine Empire after the Fourth Crusade. (from History of Greece)
Image 49Map of earthquakes in Greece and adjacent countries 1900–2017 (from Geography of Greece)
Image 50Carols by Nikiforos Lytras (from Culture of Greece)
Image 51Our Lady of Tinos, the major Marian shrine in Greece (from Culture of Greece)
Image 52The Battle of Navarino, in October 1827, marked the effective end of Ottoman rule in Greece. (from History of Greece)
Image 53Late 4th century AD "Mosaic of the Musicians" with hydraulis, aulos, and lyre from a Byzantine villa in Maryamin, Syria (from Culture of Greece)
Image 54Idealized portrait of Homer, British Museum (from Culture of Greece)
Image 55Alexander the Great also known as Alexander III, king of Macedon, was one of the most successful military commanders in history. (from Culture of Greece)
Image 56A page from a 16th-century edition of the 10th century Byzantine encyclopaedia of the ancient Mediterranean world, the Suda. (from Culture of Greece)
Image 57The Temple of Hephaestus on the Agoraios Kolonos Hill (Athens, Greece), circa 449 BC, unknown architect (from Culture of Greece)
Image 58Manuel Chrysoloras, Greek scholar in the Renaissance (from Culture of Greece)
Image 59Overview of the campus of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, the largest university in Greece and the Balkans (from Culture of Greece)
Image 60Leonidas at Thermopylae by Jacques-Louis David. (from History of Greece)
Image 61Proclamation of the Second Hellenic Republic in 1924. Crowds holding placards depicting Alexandros Papanastasiou, Georgios Kondylis and Alexandros Hatzikyriakos (from History of Greece)
Image 62A bottle of retsina (from Culture of Greece)
Image 63Ancient Greek Ostracon bearing the name of Cimon. Museum of the Ancient Agora, Athens. (from Culture of Greece)
Image 64Proto-Greek linguistic area according to linguist Vladimir I. Georgiev. (from History of Greece)
Image 65Köppen climate classification of Greece (from Geography of Greece)
Image 66Constantin Carathéodory, who introduced several mathematical theorems. (from Culture of Greece)
Image 67Members of the National Organisation of Youth (EON) salute in presence of dictator Metaxas (1938) (from History of Greece)
Image 68The territorial evolution of Kingdom of Greece until 1947 (from History of Greece)
Image 69Depiction of the Greek fire in John Skylitzes' Madrid Skylitzes (late 11th century). (from History of Greece)
Image 70Gemistus Pletho (from Culture of Greece)
Image 71Nafplio, the first capital of independent Greece during the governance of Ioannis Kapodistrias (from History of Greece)
Image 72Bust of Herodotus in Stoa of Attalus, one of the earliest nameable historians whose work survives. (from History of Greece)
Image 73Mycenaean Greece, c. 1400–1100 BC. (from History of Greece)
Image 74Traditional flag used from 1769 to the War of Independence (from Culture of Greece)

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Did you know?

...that the Greeks were the first to develop an alphabet with vowels?
...that the Greco-Buddhist art is an artistic manifestation of Greco-Buddhism, a cultural syncretism between the Greek culture and Buddhism, which developed in Central Asia after the conquests of Alexander the Great?
...that the Rio–Antirrio bridge between the Peloponnese and mainland Greece is the longest cable stayed-suspended deck in Europe?
...that the country's highest mountain, Mount Olympus was said to be the home of the Greek Gods in ancient Greek religion?
...that the Olympic Games originated in Greece 3000 years ago, and that the 1st games of the modern Olympics were held in Greece in 1896, as a revival of the Games?
...that the Greek state comprises only the centre of the ancient Greek world, which comprised also Southern Italy, the coastal areas of modern Turkey and the Black Sea, as well as some colonies in North Africa, Southern France and Spain?
...that even though the modern Greek state was established in 1832, some areas of Greece were not liberated until after the Balkan Wars and WW2?