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Greece Holidays for 2011, 2012
Greece officially the Hellenic Republic is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkan Peninsula. It has borders with Albania, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the east. Greece have 1400 islands, of which near 200 are inhabited. Most famous islands are Crete, Ithaca, Chios, Corfu, Lesbos, Samos, Rhodes, Kythira.
Athens – the capital and the largest city of Greece. Large greek cities: Thessaloniki, Piraeus, Patras, Heraklion, Peristeri, Larissa, Kallithea. Government - Parliamentary republic, President - Karolos Papoulias, Prime Minister - Kostas Karamanlis.
Main industries – tourism; shipping; food and tobacco processing, textiles; chemicals, metal products; mining, petroleum.
| Human Development Index 2007/2008 rankings - 0.926 (24th, high) in High Human Development countries. Currency – Euro (€) (EUR). 1 euro = 100 lepta (cents). Gini coefficient – 35,4%. Fiscal year – Calendar year. CPI inflation Greece - 4.91% (Nov 2010).
"Business Day" refers to Monday through Friday (Weekend: Saturday and Sunday). Time Zone: EET (UTC+2). Summer (DST) – EEST (UTC+3).
Greece TOP Events in 2011:
Athens Carnival - February, 2011
Athens International Sci-Fi and Fantasy Film Festival - 10-16 March, 2011
Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival - March, 2011
Pilgrimages to Tinos - March, 2011
Athens Holy Week - April, 2011
VideoDance Festival - May, 2011
Art Athina - May, 2011
The Athens World Fine Art Fair - May 20-23, 2011
FIA World Rally Championship: Acropolis - June, 2011
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| Holiday | 2011 | 2012 |
New Year's Day
(local name: Protochronia) | January 1 | January 1 |
Epiphany
(local name: Ton Foton) | January 6 | January 6 |
| Clean Monday | March 7 | February 27 |
| Shrove Monday/Green Monday | March 7 | March 5 |
Greek Independence Day
(local name: Tou Evangelismou) | March 25 | March 25 |
| Greek Cypriot National Day | April 1 | April 1 |
Orthodox Good Friday
(local name: Megali Paraskevi)
The Friday before Easter Sunday | April 22 | April 13 |
Orthodox Easter Monday
(local name: Deftera tou Pascha)
The day after Easter Sunday | April 25 | April 16 |
Labour Day
(local name: Protomayia) | May 1 | May 1 |
| Orthodox Whit Monday | June 13 | June 4 |
Assumption of Mary *
(local name: Kimisi tis Theotokou) | August 15 | August 15 |
| Cyprus Independence Day | October 1 | October 1 |
Greek National Day - The "Ochi day"
(local name: Epetios tou Ohi) | October 28 | October 28 |
Christmas Day
(local name: Xristougenna) | December 25 | December 25 |
| St Stephen's Day/ Boxing Day | December 26 | December 26 |
| New Year's Eve | December 31 | December 31 |
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