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STAT	Greece	Hungary
Daylight Savings Time end date	01:00 UTC on last Sunday October	01:00 UTC on last Sunday October
Daylight Savings Time start date	01:00 UTC on last Sunday March	01:00 UTC on last Sunday March
Full name	The Hellenic Republic	Hungary
Independence day date	March 25	August 20
Land border length	1,228 km Ranked 115th.	2,171 km Ranked 81st. 77% more than Greece
National anthems	\u00ddmnos eis t\u012bn Eleuther\u00edan ( Hymn to Liberty )	Himnusz ( Hymn )
National identity card	In Greece, the biggest change in Identity Documents Law happened in 2000, when some fields of the Police Identity Card (as Greeks call it) were rejected. These fields included religion, addresses, biometric characteristics and fingerprint. Oppositely, some fields were added. These are Latin transliterations of name and surname, blood type and Rhesus of the owner. Under this law, all Greeks over 12 years old must go to a police office to ask for an Identity Card. In Greece, there are many everyday things you cannot do without an ID. In fact, according to an older law, the Police ID is the only legal identity document and no one has a right to ask for more identity documents. Since the 1980s all legal services in Greece must be done with this ID. Also, you can travel within the EU with a Greek National ID card. Carrying the ID is not compulsory, however during routine police checks, if you are found without an ID, the police officer may take you to the nearest police station for further investigation.	See [1] (in Hungarian) It is compulsory to possess an ID or passport from the age of 14. A driving license can be also used for identification from the age of 17. Private entities however, are legally required to accept passport or driver's licence for proof, but often do not accept them, only the ID card, thus in effect almost all citizens have the ID card. Police has the legal power to stop people on streets at random and ask for ID paper only if they have any proof that the person was involved in a crime, or is a witness. If the person has no proof for identification he/she can be detained for maximum 24 hours. It is a common misconception in Hungary that the Police can ask for your ID at any time, but since 1990 this is not the case.
Neighboring countries and territories	Albania Bulgaria (L) Cyprus (M) Egypt (M) Italy (M) Libya (M) Republic of Macedonia (L) Turkey	Austria (L) Croatia (L) Romania (L) Serbia (L) Slovakia (L) Slovenia (L) Ukraine (L)
Number of maritime boundary neighbours	6 Ranked 12th.	0.0 Ranked 153th.
Overview	<p>The historical and cultural heritage of Greece continues to resonate throughout the modern Western world - in its literature, art, philosophy and politics. </p> <p>Situated in the far south of the Balkan peninsula, Greece combines the towering mountains of the mainland with over 1,400 islands, the largest of which is Crete.</p> <p>Post-World War II Greece saw rapid economic and social change, with tourism and shipping becoming major contributors to the economy.</p><br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17372520">Full Article</a>	<p>Hungary traces its history back to the Magyars, an alliance of semi-nomadic tribes from southern Russia and the Black Sea coast that arrived in the region in the ninth century. After centuries as a powerful medieval kingdom, Hungary was part of the Ottoman and then Habsburg empires from the 16th century onwards, emerging as an independent country again after World War I.</p> <p>The Hungarian language belongs to the Finno-Ugric family and is one of the handful of languages spoken within the European Union that are not of Indo-European origin.</p> <p>A landlocked country, Hungary is home to Lake Balaton, the largest in central Europe, and to a large number of spa towns and hot springs.</p><br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17380792">Full Article</a>

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