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This section is outdated after the recent general elections in Greece. The article should give more space to rather new major political actors like , the leader of the Greek ultra-nationalist party "Golden Dawn".--] (]) 09:59, 17 May 2012 (UTC) This section is outdated after the recent general elections in Greece. The article should give more space to rather new major political actors like , the leader of the Greek ultra-nationalist party "Golden Dawn".--] (]) 09:59, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

:Nice try, but there is something called ]. Misplaced Pages is not a newspaper. Besides there are new elections scheduled for June 10. Your apparent desire to portray Greece in a negative light is duly noted though. Btw, just out of curiosity, what percentage of the vote do ultra-nationalist and Islamist parties get in Turkey? ] (]) 22:46, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

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Parsnips Maybe but not Potatoes

The cuisine of ancient Greece by no means included potatoes. Some dishes can be traced back to ancient Greece like skordalia (a thick purée of potatoes, walnuts...

That's right, the potato wasn't known to Europe until after the Middle Ages, after the Spanish conquest of America. --85.75.185.84 (talk) 17:10, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

Location in Europe

The lede currently says

Although geographically located at the continent's southeast, it is generally included in Western Europe.

and prior to 18:50, 24 December 2011‎ it said

Greece...is a country in southeastern Europe.

But the map of Europe in the lede suggests that calling it southeastern Europe is geographically inaccurate. Greece is in southern Europe, midway in longitude between the eastern-most and western-most points of the continent. Duoduoduo (talk) 17:40, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

Greece has always been in South-East Europe. Geographically and historically 9 April 2012. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Khananel (talk • contribs) 12:10, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

the name Hellas is sometimes used in English too

It isn't, hence the author's need to italicise it. It's a non-English word, like Nippon for Japan. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.189.103.145 (talk) 10:11, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

I would suggest that the information on the economy of Greece in this article needs to be reviewed, updated and made more objective as a matter of urgency. Khananel (talk) 12:24, 9 April 2012 (UTC)khananel 09 April 2012

Economy section

The economy section was hopelessly out of date. There was an introduction which cited mainly pre-2010 data on the economy and therefore portrayed it in a very different (and misleading) light to the current position. This was followed by the debt crisis sub-section which seemed to stop in about 2010/early 2011. I've now re-arranged the section so that it has a short introduction pointing out the severity of the current position. The pre-2010 data is useful - but it is misleading to use it as a current descriptor. I've therefore retained it but headed it "Pre-crisis economy". It probably needs further work on it. I've also added an update to the debt crisis section. DeCausa (talk)

Indeed, thank you for your work. Athenean (talk) 16:58, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

Typo: "easterM mediterranean"

There is a typographical error in the last paragraph of the "Ancient History" section. It says "Easterm" Mediterranean instead of "Eastern". Thanks! 69.94.225.179 (talk) 16:51, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

The origin of the phrase "Be debt as Greece"

Croatian writer Giancarlo Kravar: The phrase "Be debt as Greece" has entered the history books yet 1893rd by the famous recognition of president of the Greek government Harilaos Trikupisa in Parliament: "Unfortunately, we are bankrupt." The word bankruptcy derives from the Italian "banca rotta," which means "broken table".78.2.97.91 (talk) 18:55, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

What? "Be debt as Greece" isn't even English. DeCausa (talk) 19:17, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

Political Parties

This section is outdated after the recent general elections in Greece. The article should give more space to rather new major political actors like Nikos Michaloliakos, the leader of the Greek ultra-nationalist party "Golden Dawn".--E4024 (talk) 09:59, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

Nice try, but there is something called recentism. Misplaced Pages is not a newspaper. Besides there are new elections scheduled for June 10. Your apparent desire to portray Greece in a negative light is duly noted though. Btw, just out of curiosity, what percentage of the vote do ultra-nationalist and Islamist parties get in Turkey? Athenean (talk) 22:46, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
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