- Became a Full member of the EU since 1981 - Since 1980 member of NATO
- Location: South East of Europe
- Population: 10.700.000 (2018)
- Size: 131.957km²
- Highest Mountain: Mount Olympus with 2.918m
- Capital: Athens
- Language: Modern Greek
- Islands: Total of 6.000. 227 inhabited islands
- Climate: The climate of Greece is primarily Mediterranean, featuring mild, wet winters and hot, dry summers.
- Greece is a unitary parliamentary republic
- Religion: The Greek Constitution recognises Eastern Orthodoxy as the 'prevailing' faith of the country, while guaranteeing freedom of religious beliefs for all.
- Culture: In ancient times, Greece was the birthplace of Western culture. Modern democracies owe a debt to Greek beliefs in government by the people, trial by jury, and equality under the law. The ancient Greeks pioneered in many fields that rely on systematic thought, including biology, geometry, history, philosophy, physics and mathematics. They introduced such important literary forms as epic and lyric poetry, history, tragedy, and comedy. In their pursuit of order and proportion, the Greeks created an ideal of beauty that strongly influenced Western art.