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Greece faced a sovereign debt crisis in the aftermath of the 2007–2008 financial crisis.Widely known in the country as The Crisis (Greek: Η Κρίση, romanized: I Krísi), it reached the populace as a series of sudden reforms and austerity measures that led to impoverishment and loss of income and property, as well as a humanitarian crisis.
But Greece still had no legislature and no constitution. Greek discontent grew until a revolt broke out in Athens in September 1843. Otto agreed to grant a constitution, and convened a National Assembly which met in November. The new constitution created a bicameral parliament, consisting of an Assembly (Vouli) and a Senate (Gerousia
Nevertheless, much of Greece clung to paganism, and ancient Greek religious practices were still in vogue in the late 4th century AD, [52] when they were outlawed by the Roman emperor Theodosius I in 391–392. [53] The last recorded Olympic games were held in 393, [54] and many temples were destroyed or damaged in the century that followed.
Greece and the British Museum are “still some distance” from a deal to send the Elgin Marbles back to Athens, George Osborne has said.. The former chancellor, now chairman of the museum ...
In January 2015, speculation about a Greek exit from the eurozone was revived when Michael Fuchs, deputy leader of the center-right CDU/CSU faction in the German Bundestag, was quoted on 31 December 2014: "The time when we had to rescue Greece is over. There is no more blackmail potential. Greece is not systemically relevant for the euro."
A major concern cited by Greek officials was a number of maps that have circulated by nationalist groups based in Skopje depicting parts of Greece (including Thessaloniki, Greece's second largest city) as being part of a future United Macedonia, and the country's prime minister photographed laying a wreath under such a map just a few weeks ...
Greece rejected the demands of the Turkish prosecutors. [15] 23 May 2006 Collision of military jets. 1 Greek death and 1 Turkish wounded A Greek F-16 and a Turkish F-16 collided approximately 35 nautical miles south off the island of Rhodes, near the island of Karpathos during a Turkish reconnaissance flight involving two F-16Cs and a RF-4.
Greece still led, 47-42, with just more than 5 minutes left in the third quarter, but the Germans went on a 17-5 run to close the period. ... Greece qualified for the Olympics for the first time ...