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Other pages in this profile of Greece:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
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Military branches |
Definition Hellenic Army (Ellinikos Stratos, ES), Hellenic Navy (Ellinikos Polemiko Navtiko, EPN), Hellenic Air Force (Elliniki Polimiki Aeroporia, EPA) (2007) |
Military service age and obligation |
Definition 18 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; 17 years of age for volunteers; conscript service obligation - 12 months for the Army, Air Force; 15 months for Navy; women are eligible for voluntary military service (2007) |
Manpower available for military service |
Definition males age 16-49: 2,535,174 females age 16-49: 2,517,273 (2008 est.) |
Manpower fit for military service |
Definition - World rank and map males age 16-49: 2,084,469 females age 16-49: 2,065,956 (2008 est.) |
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually |
Definition males age 16-49: 53,858 females age 16-49: 50,488 (2008 est.) |
Military expenditures - percent of GDP |
Definition - World rank and map 4.3% (2005 est.) |
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Disputes - international |
Definition Greece and Turkey continue discussions to resolve their complex maritime, air, territorial, and boundary disputes in the Aegean Sea; Cyprus question with Turkey; Greece rejects the use of the name Macedonia or Republic of Macedonia; the mass migration of unemployed Albanians still remains a problem for developed countries, chiefly Greece and Italy |
Illicit drugs |
Definition a gateway to Europe for traffickers smuggling cannabis and heroin from the Middle East and Southwest Asia to the West and precursor chemicals to the East; some South American cocaine transits or is consumed in Greece; money laundering related to drug trafficking and organized crime |
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