Photographs: Yannis Behrakis/Reuters
The Greek government debt crisis is one of a number of current European sovereign debt crises. Beginning in late 2009, fears of a sovereign debt crisis developed among investors concerning Greece's ability to meet its debt obligations due to strong increase in government debt levels.
Let's see the impact of the economic crisis on Greece through some images.
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Amazing images reveal beautiful Greece
Photographs: Yannis Behrakis/Reuters
An Albanian worker carries a bag of cement during renovation works at a hotel build on the edge of the caldera at the volcanic island of Santorini.
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Amazing images reveal beautiful Greece
Photographs: Yiorgos Karahalis/Reuters
Tourists make their way in front of the Propylaia at the archaeological site of the Acropolis hill in Athens.
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Amazing images reveal beautiful Greece
Photographs: Yiorgos Karahalis/Reuters
Tourists holding umbrellas look at the temple of the Parthenon during a hot day in Athens.
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Amazing images reveal beautiful Greece
Photographs: Yannis Behrakis/Reuters
A Greek passenger seen on the Blue Star Paros vessel during a nine-hour trip to the Greek islands of Paros, Naxos, Ios and Santorini, in the Aegean Sea.
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Amazing images reveal beautiful Greece
Photographs: Yiorgos Karahalis/Reuters
A coachman drives alongside the coast on the Greek island of Spetses.
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Amazing images reveal beautiful Greece
Photographs: John Kolesidis/Reuters
Presidential guards perform a change of shift in front of the parliament in Athens.
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Amazing images reveal beautiful Greece
Photographs: John Kolesidis/Reuters
Spanish students pose for a photograph at the columns at Attalos arcade in Athens.
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Amazing images reveal beautiful Greece
Photographs: Yannis Behrakis/Reuters
Tourists sit on a hill outside the archaeological site of the Acropolis due to a 48-hour strike by Culture Ministry employees.
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Amazing images reveal beautiful Greece
Photographs: John Kolesidis/Reuters
Tourists take photographs near statues in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens.
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Amazing images reveal beautiful Greece
Photographs: Yiorgos Karahalis/Reuters
A man working at a souvenir shop walks next to masks on display at the touristic Plaka area in Athens.
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Amazing images reveal beautiful Greece
Photographs: John Kolesidis/Reuters
A tourist tries a hat outside a souvenir shop at tourist district of Plaka in Athens.
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Amazing images reveal beautiful Greece
Photographs: Yiorgos Karahalis/Reuters
A woman walks outside a souvenir shop at Plaka tourist district in Athens.
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Amazing images reveal beautiful Greece
Photographs: John Kolesidis/Reuters
Tourists enjoy a meal at tourist district of Plaka in Athens.
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Amazing images reveal beautiful Greece
Photographs: John Kolesidis/Reuters
Tourists ride on a coach at the tourist district of Plaka.
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Amazing images reveal beautiful Greece
Photographs: Panagiotis Tzamaros/Reuters
Tourists wait in front of anchored ships during a 48-hour labour strike at Piraeus port near Athens.
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Amazing images reveal beautiful Greece
Photographs: John Kolesidis/Reuters
A man reads a book inside a hall of Athens' Eleftherios Venizelos airport, during a work stoppage by air traffic controllers opposing government's plans for a new austerity package.
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Amazing images reveal beautiful Greece
Photographs: John Kolesidis/Reuters
Tourists stand in front of a closed urban railway station in Athens.
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Amazing images reveal beautiful Greece
Photographs: John Kolesidis/Reuters
Foreign tourists wait with their luggage in the port of Piraeus near Athens during a strike.
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Amazing images reveal beautiful Greece
Photographs: Yiorgos Karahalis/Reuters
A tourist bus makes its way past a protest rally by motorcyclists against a new austerity package at Constitution (Syntagma) square in Athens.
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Amazing images reveal beautiful Greece
Photographs: Yannis Behrakis/Reuters
Tourists walk with their luggage during a strike in the port of Piraeus, near Athens.
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Amazing images reveal beautiful Greece
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Tourists carry their luggage during a strike by taxi drivers as they try to reach the airport in Herakleion.
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Amazing images reveal beautiful Greece
Photographs: John Kolesidis/Reuters
A Spanish couple hug while standing next to tourist buses that are stuck during a 24-hour strike at the port of Piraeus, near Athens.
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Amazing images reveal beautiful Greece
Photographs: Yiorgos Karahalis/Reuters
A tourist waits next to policemen securing an entrance of the archaeological site of the Acropolis hill in Athens.
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Amazing images reveal beautiful Greece
Photographs: John Kolesidis/Reuters
Tourists run from teargas in central Athens during anti-austerity protests.
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Amazing images reveal beautiful Greece
Photographs: John Kolesidis/Reuters
A tourist walks in front of the Parthenon temple at the Acropolis hill in Athens.
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Amazing images reveal beautiful Greece
Photographs: Yannis Behrakis/Reuters
Tourists sit on a hill overlooking Athens outside the archaeological site of the Acropolis due to a 48-hour strike by Culture Ministry employees.
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Amazing images reveal beautiful Greece
Photographs: John Kolesidis/Reuters
A young boy runs in front of the temple of the Parthenon at the Acropolis hill in Athens.
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Amazing images reveal beautiful Greece
Photographs: John Kolesidis/Reuters
A man films inside the temple of the Parthenon on the first day that scaffolds were removed from the monument's exterior after years of restoration works in Athens.
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Amazing images reveal beautiful Greece
Photographs: Yiorgos karahalis/Reuters
A couple looks at the temple of Zeus. left, and the hill of the Acropolis in Athens.
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