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A Bridge to Nowhere; EU membership (and subsidies) were meant to link Greece to modernity. It hasn't worked out that way.(Cover Story)
Byline: Rana Foroohar and Toula Vlahou, With Owen Matthews
It's a breathtaking sight, vaulting the sparkling waters of the Gulf of Corinth. When the 2.8-kilometer Corinth Bridge officially opens in September, it will fulfill a century-old dream, linking comparatively wealthy northern Greece to the far poorer southern Peloponnesus. Constructed with 370 million euro worth of European Union funds, the project was supposed to jump-start growth, carrying people and goods into a region that has remained stubbornly underdeveloped. Well, carrying goods anyway. In typical fashion, Greek planners forgot to add a rail line to the blueprints. Thus while the Corinth bridge ...
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- Reference information from: World Encyclopedia January 1, 2005 700+ words
Greece Country statistics area: 131,990sq km...into four geographical regions: Northern Greece includes the historic regions of Thrace...largest city Thessaloníki . Central Greece, n of the Gulf of Corinth, includes the...
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...coverage of recent terrorist incidents in Greece has sought to create an impression-to...this charge to be unfounded and unfair. Greece, like other European countries, is not...terrorist incidents. Yet for some reason Greece is regularly made the object of criticism...
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