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Visa requirements for Greek citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Greece. As of 2025, Greek citizens have visa-free or visa on arrival access to 187 countries and territories, ranking the Greek passport 5th in the world according to the Henley Passport Index. [1]
Greece has many islands, [Note 1] with estimates ranging from somewhere around 1,200 [1] to 6,000, [2] depending on the minimum size to take into account. The number of inhabited islands is variously cited as between 166 [3] and 227. [2] The largest Greek island by both area and population is Crete, located at the southern edge of the Aegean Sea.
Permanent residents are taxed on their worldwide income in Greece. [2] An individual in Greece is liable for tax on their income as an employee and on income as a self-employed person. In the case of an individual who is a permanent resident of Greece, their tax owed is calculated on their income earned in Greece and overseas. An individual ...
With 227 inhabited islands in total and six main island regions, Greece offers almost too much choice. Lucy Thackray lays out some of the best routes to help you plan your next island-hopping ...
Almost two-thirds of the Greek people live in urban areas. Greece's largest and most influential metropolitan centres are Athens (population 3,744,059 according to 2021 census) and Thessaloniki (population 1,092,919 in 2021) that latter commonly referred to as the symprotévousa (συμπρωτεύουσα, lit. ' co-capital '). [291]
The municipalities of Greece (Greek: δήμοι, romanized: dímoi) are the lowest level of government within the organizational structure of the state.As of 2021, there are 332 municipalities, further divided into 1036 municipal units and 6136 communities. [1]
To lure out-of-state workers, a number of cities are offering new residents big incentives — like money toward college loans and free land — to move there. 9 US cities that are paying people ...
In December 1371, the island was granted as a fief to Maria Sanudo, half-sister of the last Sanudo duke, Nicholas III dalle Carceri. [23] In 1383, Nicholas III was murdered and Francesco I Crispo became the new duke, giving Andros with Syros to his daughter and her husband, Pietro Zeno , the son of the Venetian bailo of Negroponte. [ 24 ]