TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice Awards: Five Greek beaches among top-20 in Europe
Tornos News — Three Greek beaches are among the top 20 in the world, according to TripAdvisor’s 2017 Travellers’ Choice Awards. Elafonisi in Chania, Crete […]
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Police confirm remains found on Crete belong to British holidaymaker
IBTimes — The remains of a British holidaymaker who went missing in Crete over a decade ago have been found in a well on the […]
Tourism expenditure per trip hit new low of 514.30 euros last year
eKathimerini — The amount spent by visitors to Greece dropped to its lowest level in at least 15 years in 2016, according to figures released […]
10 amazing places to visit in Crete
Best of Greece 10. Samaria Gorge National Park Samaria Gorge is located in Chania and is the biggest and most beautiful National Park in Crete. The […]
Chania authorities have another go at enforcing smoking ban
The prefectural unit of Chania announced last week its decision to intensify checks on catering outlets and other public places with the view to ensure […]
Human skeleton discovered in Malia close to where Brit tourist Steven Cook vanished 12 years ago
A human skeleton has been found at the bottom of a well, while it was being cleared, in the Greek resort of Malia, close to where British tourist […]
Obstacles remain in transfer of 14 regional airports’ management to Fraport-led consortium
Naftemporiki — A final agreement between all three sides involved in the concession for 14 regional airports around Greece — the Greek state, the German-Greek […]
A writer is born in Apokoronas
Amongst the many Europeans who live in Apokoronas there are several artists, musicians and writers, many of whom were artists, musicians and writers before they […]
Torrential rain causes road chaos in Western crete
Torrential rain fell on western Crete all through Friday night and continued on Saturday morning. Many properties were flooded, roads were waterlogged and landslides were reported […]
Cretan murder trio’s appeal put off to 2018
eKathimerini — Two brothers, aged 27 and 36, and another man aged 29, who were convicted to life in prison for a murder on Crete […]
Cretan products and cuisine promoted in Binz, Germany
ANA-MPA — The Cretan products and the Cretan diet and cuisine were succesfuly promoted in an event held in the town of Binz, Germany. The […]
Crete: Over sold and under priced Paradise
Argophilia.com — According to the Airport Manager at Heraklion’s Nikos Kazantzakis Airport passenger traffic was up almost 12 percent for the 2016 year on year. […]
5.4 earthquake jolts Crete on Wednesday
The Athens Geodynamic Institute said an undersea quake, 5.4 on the Richter scale, occurred at 8:50 p.m. (1850 GMT) Wednesday east of the Crete, 35 […]
The stars among Cretan wines
FT Wine — The story of Europe’s 19th-century phylloxera crisis (American root-feeding insect devastates European vines) is well known. Grafting European vines to naturally resistant native US-vine […]
Infant dies in domestic violence incident in Crete
Xinhua — A five-month-old infant died during a domestic violence incident in Siteia police announced on Thursday. The boy who succumbed to heavy head and […]