Greece belongs to Eastern Europe or Western Europe?

Greece belongs to Eastern Europe and is located at the southernmost tip of the Balkan Peninsula. Greece borders Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Albania to the north, the European part of Turkey to the northeast, the Ionian Sea to the southwest, the Aegean Sea to the east, and faces the African continent across the Mediterranean Sea to the south.

The coastline is about 15,021 kilometers long and the territorial sea width is 6 nautical miles. It has a subtropical Mediterranean climate. The average temperature in Greece is 0℃-13℃ in winter and 23℃-41℃ in summer.

About the development history of Greece.

Greece is the birthplace of Western civilization. The Minoan culture appeared in Crete from 3000 BC to 1100 BC, and the Mycenaean culture appeared in the Peloponnese Peninsula from 1600 BC to 1050 BC.

A slave city-state was formed in 800 BC, and the 5th century BC was its heyday. Incorporated into the Roman Empire in 146 BC. It was ruled by the Ottoman Empire in the mid-15th century. In 1821, the war for independence broke out. The kingdom was established in 1832. In 1974, it was changed to a democratic system through a referendum. Since then, the New Democracy and the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (referred to as PASOK) have taken turns in power. In January 2015, Syriza came to power for the first time.

Reference for the above content? China Consular Service Network - Greece