Greece

Greece, formally called the Hellenic Republic, is a country in the southeast of Europe on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula. It has land boundaries with Bulgaria, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Albania to the north; and with Turkey to the east. The waters of the Aegean Sea border on Greece to the east, and those of the Ionian and Mediterranean Seas to the west and south.

Greece (formally called the Hellenic Republic -- Elliniki Dhimokratia

Government-Sponsored Resources and Diplomatic Information

• Statistics on Greece: CIA World Factbook
• US Embassy in Athens
• Embassy of Greece in Washington, D.C.
• The Hellenic Government

• The Ministry of Foreign Affairs with information on Greece in English

International Organizations and Development Programs

• U.N. Mission of Greece Country page contains U.N. related info. as well as other links about the country
• Greece and the IMF The IMF's Greece Country Page with links to articles

Internet Resources: General

• History of Greece: Primary Documents BYU site to historical documents
• WESS Web: Western European Specialists Section hosted by the University of Virginia library

Internet Resources: Culture, Literature and Language

• Hellenic Ministry of Culture Historical and cultural information and internet resources
•  Byzantium: Byzantine studies on the Internet
• The Perseus Project at Tufts University
• Greek Language and Linguistics Gateway

Greek Language Study

• The UCLA Language Materials Project learning resources for less commonly taught languages of the world
• Language Resource Page A page of links to information on distance learning and technology resources, traditional language study programs (including those that offer instruction in less commonly taught languages) and other general language study resources.

Online News Sites and Servers

• Athens News Only daily English-language Greek newspaper
• TA NEA Online version of Greek daily newspaper (in Greek)
• Antenna 1 Radio news in Greek with Real Audio
• Web Radio International hear broadcasts from countries all over the world

Academic and Fellowship Information

• Modern Greek Studies Association Fellowship and academic information about modern Greek studies
• University of Athens Site of the University of Athens. Information in English
• Fulbright Fellowships for dissertation and postdoctoral research
• SSRC/ACLS International Dissertation Field Research Fellowships: support for dissertation research in humanities and social sciences in all areas and regions of the world
• Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships For dissertation research in humanities and social sciences
• Columbia University's Council for European Studies has information about pre-dissertation research grants and dissertation completion grants

Published: Wednesday, April 13, 2005

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