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The Hellenic Coast Guard ( Greek: Λιμενικό Σώμα-Ελληνική Ακτοφυλακή, romanized : Limeniko Soma-Elliniki Aktofylaki, lit. 'Harbor Corps-Hellenic Coast Guard') is the national coast guard of Greece. Like many other coast guards, it is a paramilitary organization that can support the Hellenic Navy in wartime, but ...
Galaxias (supermarkets) Galaxias ( Greek: Γαλαξίας) is a supermarket chain in Greece, established in 1982. Its corporate name is PENTE SA and it is headquartered in Athens. As of 2012, Galaxias has 132 stores, [1] approximately half located in the greater Athens area and half in the rest of the country. Galaxias is the tenth biggest ...
With 227 inhabited islands in total and six main island regions, Greece offers almost too much choice. Lucy Thackray lays out some of the best routes to help you plan your next island-hopping ...
The birthplace of Apollo and Artemis according to Greek mythology, the sacred island of Delos was one of the most important Panhellenic sanctuaries during the Archaic and Classical periods. The sanctuary of Apollo on Delos attracted pilgrims from all over Greece, making Delos a prosperous trading port. It fell into decline after 69 BCE. [15]
Regions of the Greek islands. Greece has many islands, [Note 1] with estimates ranging from somewhere around 1,200 [1] to 6,000, [2] depending on the minimum size to take into account. The number of inhabited islands is variously cited as between 166 [3] and 227. [2] The largest Greek island by both area and population is Crete, located at the ...
Kos or Cos (/ k ɒ s, k ɔː s /; Greek: Κως) is a Greek island, which is part of the Dodecanese island chain in the southeastern Aegean Sea.Kos is the third largest island of the Dodecanese by area, after Rhodes and Karpathos; it has a population of 37,089 (2021 census), making it the second most populous of the Dodecanese, after Rhodes. [1]
Greece's unique cultural heritage, large tourism industry, prominent shipping sector and geostrategic importance [1] [2] [3] classify it as a middle power. It is the largest economy in the Balkans, where it is an important regional investor. S.A. (Greek: A.E) is used as a suffix to denote a public limited company, as in Plc.