New Ryanair routes from Athens for winter 2018
Ryanair announced Thursday a new route from Athens to London’s Luton airport, where the company is making an additional 200 million investment. The company’s winter […]
Articles by Yannis X
August 21 – Greece’s ‘independence day’?
After eight years of emergency bailout loans, Greece from last Tuesday has been deemed strong enough to stand on its own feet. The international bailout programme […]
Mykonos Palace inauguration with open day at Souda
On Sunday 16 September Minoan lines will hold a public open day on Mykonos Palace at the port of Souda, from 12 pm to […]
Sterilisation cheaper than dumping newborn animals in the bin
The animal welfare organisation of Serres announced that a man who was arrested in the northern Greek town for dumping four newly born puppies in […]
Ryanair restores Chania Thessaloniki route
Ryanair restored the Chania Thessaloniki service which will operate four times a week from 28 October to the end of March 2019. Fares start at […]
Bomb hoax causes emergency landing at Chania
A German Condor Airways Boeing 757 with 273 passengers on board made an emergency landing at Chania airport on Thursday after reporting a bomb threat. […]
Greek soldiers accused of spying return to home after released by Turkish court
A Turkish court on Tuesday released two Greek soldiers held in a Turkish prison for more than five months, pending their trial on espionage charges. The soldiers […]
Park-and-ride introduced in Sfakia for August holiday
The municipality of Sfakia introduced a park-and-ride scheme to improve access to the village busy centre and the port for the boat services to Loutro […]
A level 4 alert for fire risk for the whole of Crete
The General Secretariat for Civil Protection issued a stage four fire risk alert for the whole of Crete for Saturday 11/08. Members of the public are […]
US navy makes available Souda based spyplane to watch over forests
US navy deployed a P-8 spyplane to monitor forests in Greece and Crete. The plane came from Italy and flew over the fire affected areas […]
Travel to Greece unaffected – How you can help
Given the number of people expressing concern on social media about travelling to Athens in the aftermath of the devastating wildfires that killed over 70 people, it […]
Apokoronas burns as strong winds fan flames – no casualties reported
A fire that was said to have started near the National Road in Agios Fanourios around mid-day yesterday has destroyed large areas of woodland, cultivations […]
Fire destroys iconic Chania War Museum building
A fire that broke out after 9 on Sunday evening totally destroyed a historic building in Chania, that until recently was used to house the […]
Heatwave to stay til Tuesday
Weather forecasters have extended their heatwave warning to next Tuesday, with even higher temperatures than last week, reaching 40 degrees Celcius in parts of Crete, […]
Animal Welfare organisations in Chania ask council for solutions
Press Release — On June 27 members of Chania animal welfare organisations attended the council meeting where they rad and distributed a letter to all […]