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In 1998 Mitsotaki created Greece's first international development NGO, ActionAid Hellas (AAH). She has chaired AAH from 2007 to 2017. Mitsotaki was a member of the board of ActionAid International (AAI) from 2003 to 2015. [6] She served on AAI board committees Governance and Board Development Committee, and the Finance and Funding Committee.
The third-largest-city is Patras, with a metropolitan area of approximately 250,000 inhabitants. The table below lists the largest cities in Greece, by population size, using the official census results of 1991, [1] 2001, [2] 2011 [3] and 2021. [4]
ActionAid is an international non-governmental organization whose stated primary aim is to work against poverty and injustice worldwide. [ 1 ] ActionAid is a federation of 45 country offices that works with communities, often via local partner organisations, on a range of development issues.
Since the 2015 European migrant crisis, Caritas Hellas has been heavily involved in providing humanitarian aid to people migrating to or through Greece. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Its initial response included the distribution of food, shoes, and hygiene items, while its longer-term efforts focused on providing psychosocial and translation support in the Kara ...
Greece, [a] officially the Hellenic Republic, [b] is a country in Southeast Europe.Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, Greece shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the east.
Additionally, it is the 2nd most densely populated municipality in Greece and one of the most densely populated cities in the world, with 20,240/km 2 (52,400/sq mi). The municipality has an area of 4.749 km 2 (1.834 sq mi). [3]
This is a list of Greek place names as they exist in the Greek language. Places involved in the history of Greek culture, including: Historic Greek regions, including: Ancient Greece, including colonies and contacted peoples; Hellenistic world, including successor states and contacted peoples; Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire, including ...
Greece attracted 26.5 million visitors in 2015, 30.1 million visitors in 2017, and over 33 million in 2018, making Greece one of the most visited countries in Europe and the world, and contributing 18% to the country's GDP. Athens welcomed more than 5 million tourists in 2018, and 1.4 million were "city-breakers"; this was an increase by over a ...