Delegates of Greece :

Devita Alysia (XII Mipa F)

M. Ghazy Althaf (XII Mipa B)
M. Dimaz Nugraha (XII Mipa D)

PART I
10. Quality of life
Greece performs well in only a few measures of well-being relative to most other countries in the Better Life Index.
Greece ranks above the average in health status (life expectancy at birth in Greece is just above 81 years, one year
higher than the OECD average of 80 years.), but below average in income and wealth (There is a considerable gap
between the richest and poorest – the top 20% of the population earn more than six times as much as the bottom
20%.) , civic engagement, housing, environmental quality, subjective well-being, social connections, work-life
balance, personal security, education and skills, and jobs and earnings.

In general, Greeks are less satisfied with their lives than the OECD average. When asked to rate their general
satisfaction with life on a scale from 0 to 10, Greeks gave it a 5.2 grade on average, one of the lowest scores in the
OECD, where average life satisfaction is 6.5.

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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.Greece is a parliamentary
republic and the President, the Head of State of Greece, is elected by the Parliament every
five years. The government in Greece mirrors those in most western countries, complete with
the three branches of the Executive, Legislature, and Judiciary. Elections in Greece are held
after every four years to elect members of the Hellenic Parliament. In ancient greek history
there was Alexander the Great. Alexander was the third King of Macedon and can be regarded
as one of the best military personnel the world has ever seen. Tremendously successful in all
military coups, Alexander the Great spread the Greek civilization all over the East, till the
borders of India, and changed the course of history until he died at the age of 33. After Greece
gained its country's independence, the first president of greece is Michail Stasinopoulos, and
the current Greek president is Karolos Papoulias. Greece’s military is ranked 28 (out of 136)
out of the countries currently considered for the annual GFP review. 19-45 years of age for
compulsory military service; during wartime the law allows for recruitment beginning January
of the year of inductee's 18th birthday, thus including 17 year olds; 18 years of age for
volunteers; conscript service obligation is 1 year for the Army and 9 months for the Air Force
and Navy; women are eligible for voluntary military service. Military budget 7 Billions dollar.
Total Military personel are 413.750 (161.500 active personel and 252.250 reserve personel.
For air power, Greece has 567 total aircraft stength and 225 helicopter strength. For the army
strength, Greece has 1.345 combat tank, 4.209 Armored Fighting Vehicles, 1.010 altilery,
and 152 rocket projectors. For the navy strength, Greece has 115 naval assets. Greece’s
doesn’t have enemies but Greece has main allies, they are the United States, France, Italy,
Bulgaria, the other NATO countries, and the European Union. Greece also maintains strong
diplomatic relations with Cyprus, Serbia, Armenia, Albania, Egypt, Russia and Israel, while at
the same time focuses at improving further the good relations with the Arab World, Caucasus,
and China. As member of both the EU and the Union for the Mediterranean, Greece is a key
player in the eastern Mediterranean region and has encouraged the collaboration between
neighbors, as well as promoting the Energy Triangle, for gas exports to Europe. Greece also
has the largest economy in the Balkans, where it is an important regional investors.
Greece is a developed country with Gross Domestic Product around 194,6 Billion USD
in 2018, Greece is considered to have many natural resources, there are lignite,bauxite,iron
ore,lead,zinc nickel,chromate,petroleum, and Greece has hydroelectric power given the
bodies of water within and surrounding the country. Greece biggest trading partner is Italy,
The top exports of Greece are refined petroleum, pure olive oil, packaged of medicament,
alluminium plating and non fillet fresh fish with the top destinations of Greece are
Italy,Germany,Cyprus,Turkey, and the United States. While top imports are crude oil,refined
petroleum,packaged medicaments,passanger and cargo ships and cars with the top import
origins are Germany,Italy,Russia,China and Netherland. Greece use Euro as its currency
although prior to the Euro Greece used the Drachma which was the oldest consistently
currency in the world.

PART II
Hello in the yunani
Γειά σου! (Geiá sou!) informal Γειά σας! (Geiá sas!) formal

History of greece

Greeks call themselves Hellenes, and Greece Hellas; our term "Greece" derives from
their Roman conquerors. From the eighth century BC, colonisation had taken Greek-speakers
all over the Mediterranean, from the Black Sea, Turkey, to North Africa, Italy France and Spain,
like "frogs around a pond" (Plato).

By the fifth century BC Classical Greeks had organised themselves into independent
citizen states (known as polis, from which comes our word "political") such as Athens, Sparta,
Ephesus, Byzantion and Marseilles. Each polis had its own laws, dialect, currency and
government. Strongly independent, they fought among themselves for domination, and
internally over different styles of constitution (eg, tyranny, democracy, oligarchy). In the fourth
century BC, Macedon in the north, under its king Philip II and his son Alexander the Great,
took brief control, but on the death of Alexander in 323 BC, the mainland split into a series of
leagues under Macedonian governors. Radical, direct democracy died at that moment, never
to be restored.

The land-mass of Hellas became part of the Roman empire in the second century
BC, and Greek poleis in Turkey and elsewhere followed. The leagues and poleis continued to
run themselves, but were now under close Roman supervision. Roman expansion east was
made easier by the conquests of Alexander the Great, who introduced Greek polis style
culture, administration and urban living, as far as Afghanistan.

The Greek language, however, spread throughout the Mediterranean. Greek was
heard in Rome probably more often than Latin. The gospel writers and St Paul knew perfectly
well that they would have to write in Greek if they wanted their message to spread. Romans
lapped up Greek culture – literature, history, philosophy and architecture – and by making
Greek a central feature of their education system ensured that Greek achievement would be
handed on to us today.

By the fourth century AD it was clear that the Roman empire was becoming too large
to be centrally controlled. In 324 the Roman emperor Constantine in effect split the empire
into two halves, the eastern half centred on Greek Byzantium, renamed Constantinople (now
Istanbul). When the Western Roman empire collapsed under the impact of Germanic
invasions in the fifth century, Constantinople became the new centre of the Roman empire,
known as the Byzantine empire.

The collapse of the western empire led to some turmoil in the east, but the
Byzantines gradually regained control over Greece until the treacherous attack on
Constantinople in 1204 by the Frankish crusaders (western Europeans). The Franks split up
Greece, but fighting among themselves and against Serbs, Albanians and Turks left them
fatally weakened. On 29 May 1453 Constantinople fell to the Ottoman branch of the Turkish
invaders, who had been mopping up the remaining territories of the old Byzantine empire, and
for nearly 400 years Greece was under Ottoman control.

By the 19th century, the empire was economically on its last legs, and on 25 March
1821, Greece declared its independence. When France, Britain and Russia threatened to
intervene against the Turks, the Turks capitulated. Greece used various means to extend its
territory into the Ionian islands, Thessaly, Macedon, Crete and the Aegean – a disastrous
advance into Turkey (1919-22) failed – and it reached its present configuration in 1947.

German occupation of Greece in the second world war ended in 1944, but a violent
and complicated civil war at once broke out between (broadly) communists and western-
backed government forces (1944-49), resulting in a Greek government inclined to the west,
but with significant anti-western sentiment still in force.

In 1967 a military junta ("the colonels") overthrew the government and ended the
monarchy. In 1974, the regime imploded, and since 1975 Greece has been a democratic
republic. It joined the EU in 1981 and adopted the euro in 2001.
One major difference between Greece and the United States.

Greece’s important problem

In 1970s Greece became politically and economically unstable after an attempted
government coup. However after a profit spike in 1990s , Greece met the fiscal requirements
to join the Eurozone in the age of 2000s. This event tied Greece to stronger economies like
German and France, and allowed Greece to access low interest loan. Public spending and
government borrowing soared, even Greece’s debt were higher than the Eurozone average in
2000s. so when the international recession in 2008 hit, Greece fall into a debt crisis, then in
2009 it was revealed that Greece had been falsifying reports on its debt for years. When the
real statistics were exposed, our national credit rating took a plunge, in turn caused investors
to raise interest rates, and Greece has been on the brink of bankruptcy ever since.
47% of Greece’s debt is held by ESFS, 19% is held by other Eurozone governments,
another 12% is held by private investors and the rest about 22% is held by the European
Central Bank.
The Unemployement rate for range 15 to 24 years old is at 55% and Greece already
try cutting the budget but it led Greeks to riots to protest.
Germany and France who have invested nearly 115 Billions USD in Greece doesn’t
want to see Greece default on its debt, but they are also refusing to give Greece another
bailout.
Greece is currently about 400 billion USD in debt, that’s about 170% of Greece annual
GDP. Over the next 50 years Greece are scheduled to repay that debt. And Greece needs to
stimulate its economy while decreasing government spending, and Greece doesn’t allowed to
go bankrupt, because it could make the financial loss for other western country including the
United States and this could potentially create another international recession.