Outline of Greece


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, 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

Ecoregions of Greece

Administrative divisions of Greece

Regional units of Greece
Municipalities of Greece

Demography of Greece

Executive branch of the government of Greece

There are three Supreme Courts in Greece. They are:
The Hellenic Republic is a member of:
Local government in Greece

History of Greece

By period