Ryanair will accept cash for tickets if cards cannot be processed.
Ryanair confirmed last night that online bookings can still be made with a Greek bank card if the bank in question will process it – […]
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Six blue flags for Apokoronas beaches
The Mayor of Apokoronas, Mr Koukianakis raised the blue flags on Monday morning on six beaches, Maistrali, Kalyves, Xida/Almyrida, Kiani Akti, Kavros and Perastikos. Other […]
Three road accidents in Chania on Sunday result in two more deaths
Three road accidents in Chania on Sunday cost the lives of two people and left another three injured. A pedestrian, a man in his 50s, […]
Apokoronas to develop diving centre
Mayor Koukianakis is going ahead with his plans to create a diving centre and sea park in Apokoronas to develop special interest tourism in the […]
Seamen’s union warn of strike action 30 June
Greece’s passenger ferry service is expected to be disrupted on Tuesday, June 30, as the Pan-Hellenic Seamen’s Federation (PNO) has announced a 24-hour strike. Among […]
Chania second best in Greece for quality of life
According to the 2015 annual Quality of Life survey , Kos and Chania are the towns that top the quality of life index in Greece, […]
Greece most popular last minute destination
Greece tops the league of last minute holiday destinations with Zakynthos marking an increase of 115 % on last year’s bookings and Crete second with […]
Apokoronas council takes action to ensure safe and clean drinking water
Apokoronas council has carried out €1.4 million works to clean and upgrade and extend the drinking water network in January of this year. Water storage […]
Park and bike scheme introduced by Chania car park owner
A new imaginative scheme by the manager of a car parking business in Chania is helping his business but also the environment and offers a […]
30 lives lost on the roads of Crete so far this year
Serious road accidents in Crete are on the increase against the trend of a 13% decrease in accidents in the rest of Greece. The number […]
Armed robbery in 5 star hotel in Hersonissos
Three hooded men armed with Kalashnikovs burst into the jewellery store of the 5 star Creta Maris hotel in Hersonissos on Friday night. After firing […]
Greece considers taking Crete power cable link project into own hands
(ICIS) –The Greek government is looking into a new electricity interconnector linking the island of Crete and the mainland, ICIS the energy market information provider […]
A 5.4 earthquake in the early hours of the morning felt in most of Crete
The epicentre was 51 km SE of Palaikastron at a depth of 10 KM The area remained active through the night with 10 more tremors […]
Summer downpour causes traffic chaos in Chania
The sudden early summer downpour caused traffic chaos once again both in the town of Chania and the national road between Chania and Kissamos where […]
Another death from drowning in Crete mars the start of the holiday season
A sixty year old woman died on the beach in Kavros in Apokoronas on Sunday afternoon when she was pulled unconscious out of the water […]