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Greek's Banks Holidays for 2008, 2009

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.

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. Inflation (CPI) - 4.4%. Public debt – 93.4% of GDP (GDP 2007= $347,156 billion). from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Main industries – tourism; shipping; food and tobacco processing, textiles; chemicals, metal products; mining, petroleum.

"Business Day" refers to Monday through Friday (Weekend: Saturday and Sunday). Time Zone: EET (UTC+2). Summer (DST) – EEST (UTC+3).

* - celebrates in Austria, Switzerland (partly), Spain, Italy, Portugal.

Greece Daylight Savings Time