The World Factbook. ShowIntroduction :: GREECE Panel - Collapsed Greece achieved independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1830.
During the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, it gradually added neighboring islands and territories, most with Greek-speaking populations. In World War II, Greece was first invaded by Italy (1940) and subsequently occupied by Germany (1941-44); fighting endured in a protracted civil war between supporters of the king and other anti-communist and communist rebels. News. Business News. Athens Post. Καλώς ήλθατε στο Φιλία. Greece News. Index Mundi. 1stHeadlines. ReporterNet.com. Phantis. Athens News Agency - Macedonian News Agency. Greece is heading in the right direction, Christine Lagarde, managing director of the IMF said on Thursday in New York, adding that Greece’s return to capital markets was a clear indication that the country’s full return to borrowing from the international markets, which was a basic objective of IMF’s programme, is on the horizon.
Greece has followed the right path and will manage to exit the crisis at the end, Joaquin Almunia, European Commission vice-president responsible for Competition, said on Thursday. A strong explosion was reported at 5:55 on Thursday outside the Bank of Greece in Athens. An unknown individual called at 5.10 the website "Zougla" and at 5.15 at Efimerida ton Syntakton newspaper and said that "a booby-trapped car with 75 kilos of explosives will explode in 45 minutes outside the Bank of Greece". The Balkan Chronicle. The New York Times. Ekathimerini. Athens News. World News Report. Setimes.