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Why do people move to Greece?

by Mark Benson on March 7, 2012

Retirement and romance are among the main reasons for expats moving to Greece

Over the last six months Greece has been headline news across the world as the economic problems continue to mount with an expected European Union bailout yet to emerge. Interestingly our online poll may well have caught the beginning of the Greek economic problems but there is no doubt that the situation has worsened since our poll closed. However, we will now take a look at the main reasons why people move to Greece and comment upon the current situation within the country. [click to continue…]

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