Germany's Merkel visits post-crisis Greece
Germany's outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in Greece on Thursday for a visit to the country whose financial crisis marked much of her tenure and relationship with Europe.
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Germany's outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in Greece on Thursday for a visit to the country whose financial crisis marked much of her tenure and relationship with Europe.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was hosting Merkel for dinner after her arrival, ahead of official meetings on Friday with him and with Greece's President Katerina Sakellaropoulou.
The German leader landed in Athens on the evening of a Greek national holiday marking the day in 1940 when the country rejected an ultimatum by Fascist Italy to allow Axis troops to enter Greece.
The decision led to Greece entering World War II, fighting a far stronger adversary and eventually suffering a brutal occupation by Nazi Germany.
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