Souda to airport link road study rejected by Chania council
Last week Chania council voted against a motion proposed by the mayor Tasos Vamvoukas to approve the environmental impact study for building a link road […]
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78 pairs of shoes to children in Apokoronas
From Apokoronas Welfare — Thank you so much to everyone who has contributed so that the children now get proper shoes and do not have […]
Apokoronas Shoe Boxes for Christmas 2015
In Apokoronas there are 140 families who receive regular food parcels from the Social Supermarket. In these families there are 305 children aged between kindergarten […]
History on trial
eKathimerini — “I have been visiting Greece since 1958 and it has become like a second home to me. For 45 years, I have worked […]
Study: Crete remains safe and balances Scandinavians with other nationalities
GTN — The characteristics of tourists coming to Chania was the key finding of a survey by the Business Economics & Management Faculty of MAICh […]
Holiday lets without EOT license now legal?
gtp.gr — Greek homeowners can now rent out their houses for temporary use (holiday lets) without being required to obtain a special operations label following […]
320 Russian tour operators visit Crete
Greek Reporter — TEZ TOURS HELLAS in Heraklion has invited 320 of the most prominent Russian tourist agents. The Philharmonic of the Municipality of Heraklion […]
Funds released for expansion of Thessaloniki airport
ekathimerini — The Civil Aviation Authority has released the 10 million euros needed to restart work on the expansion of Thessaloniki’s airport, Deputy Minister for […]
A new stall at Swindon farmer’s market selling olive oil from Crete
A new stall at farmer’s market in Swindon will be selling olive oil from Crete Market manager Kardien Gerbrands said “We have new stalls at […]
Crete plans to hold roadshows across India in 2016
Region of Crete tourist promoters who visited Mumbai for a series of seminars consider India an important market and see immense potential in the country. […]
Makeshift mosque attacked on Crete
A house believed to be a makeshift mosque in the Cretan city of Heraklio was the target of a failed bomb attack on Monday, police […]
Chania in the early 1900s – photos
A facebook group “Χανιά: παλιές φωτογραφίες” posts old photos of Chania from members. Here is a selection: Chania Market 1915 Akrotiri, working the land 1919 […]
Biker loses leg in National Road accident
A young bike rider from Chania lost his left leg below the knee after a serious accident at 3:30 pm on Wednesday, involving a truck […]
Cretan farmers protest tax hike in Athens demo
Greek farmers protesting over planned tax and pension reforms demanded by the country’s bailout creditors have clashed outside Parliament with police, who used tear gas […]
Wine tax deals a heavy blow to Cretan producers
Cretan wine makers are complaining that they have suffered a heavy blow as a result of the new special tax that was imposed on the […]