GEOGRAPHY

Location: Southeastern Europe at the meeting point of three continents – Europe, Asia and Africa.
Neighbors: Albania, FYRoM, Bulgaria, Turkey. Greece borders Bulgaria and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (Fyrom) to the north, Albania to the northwest and Turkey to the northeast. The western borders are formed by the Ionian Sea, the southern by the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern borders by the Aegean Sea.
Total Area: 131.957 km2
Coastline: 13,676 km length
Seas: Aegean Sea (east of the mainland), Ionian Sea (to the west), Cretan Sea and Mediterranean Sea (to the south)
Islands: 6000 islands and islets, of which 227 inhabited islands. Most populated: Crete (622,913), Evia (191,206), Rhodes (115,490)
Highest point: Mount Olympos, 2.917 meters above sea level

DEMOGRAPHY

Population: 10,569,703 (July 2021 est.)
Population as a percentage of the General EU population: 2,1 % (2016)
Capital: Athens, Population of Athens: 3.153 million
Official Language: Greek. Everyone in the film business speaks English.

POLITICS

Political system: Presidential parliamentary democracy
Prime Minister: Kyriakos Mitsotakis (2019)
Member of the 
European Union: since 1st January 1981
NATO member: since 1952
Schengen member:  since January 2000

ECONOMY

Currency: Euro. Part of the Eurozone since 1st January 2001
VAT: 24%
Workforce: 3.6 million people
GDP: 184,490 billion €

OTHER PRACTICAL DATA

International dialing code: +30
Time zone: UTC +2 April – October
UTC +3 November – March
Electricity: 220 V/50 Hz. Plugs of type F
System of measures: metric
Measurement conversions:
1 mile = 1.609 kilometers (km)
1 foot = 30.48 centimeters (cm)
1 inch = 2.54 centimeters (cm)
1 gallon (US) = 3.79 liters (l)
1 gallon (UK) = 4.546 liters (l)

Emergency numbers
Ambulance service166
SOS doctors1016
Duty hospitals and clinics1434
Pharmacies1434
Poisoning first aid210 7793777
European emergency number112
Fire service199
Police100
Tourism Police171

Sources:
European Union Website

Hellenic Statistical Authority website
Hellenic Statistical Authority
TaxHeaven
CIA World Factbook
Discover Greece

PUBLIC HOLIDAYS

1 JAN6 JAN7 MAR*25 MAR
New Year’s DayEpiphanyOrthodox Ash MondayIndependence Day
22 APR*23 APR*24 APR*25 APR*
Orthodox Good FridayOrthodox Easter SaturdayOrthodox Easter SundayOrthodox Ash Monday
1 MAY12 JUNE*13 JUNE*15 AUG
Labour DayOrthodox Whit SundayOrthodox Whit MondayAssumption Day
28 OCT25 DEC26 DEC
Ochi DayChristmas Day2nd Day of Christmas

*The above dates refer to the year 2022