April 11, 2023
Social, Society
A Monastery on the island of Crete is evicting a social facility from a property it owns with the aim to establish a center against abortion. The plans to evict the “Social Grocery”, a kind of food bank, run by the Municipality of Chania has triggered an outrage and a …
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October 2, 2022
Social, Society
Police in the city of Chania on the island of Crete arrested on Sunday one young Greek man for the rape of a tourist from Sweden. The 21-year-old victim filed a lawsuit and forensic examination confirmed her complaint. The arrestee is aged 23, while a second perpetrator who allegedly participated …
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September 6, 2022
FEATURED, Social, Society
A 4-year-old girl was airlifted from a boat south of Crete to the hospital of Chania, earlier on Tuesday. The child was onboard of a boat carrying migrants. The girl was unconscious when the crew of a helicopter of the Greek Air Force picked her up. The child was without …
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September 6, 2022
weather
Two cruise-ships made an unscheduled arrival at the port of Souda, Chania on the island of Crete, due to the strong winds blowing in the Aegean Sea. According to the chief of the Port Fund of the region of Chania, Dimitris Virirakis, the two cruiships, «MSC SINFONIA» and «RHAPSODY OF …
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August 15, 2022
Society, Very Mix
The airport of Chania was closed on Monday afternoon after a US Air Force fighter jet reported a technical problem that would hindering it form landing. Arrivals and departures were temporarily halted, while also vehicle traffic to and from the airport was stopped. According to local news website flashnews.gr, it …
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June 13, 2022
animals, FEATURED
Α local court on Crete unanimously ruled in favor of the directors of two animal shelters in Chania region, dismissing all charges of profiteering from the placement of animals, mostly dogs, abroad. The presidents of two animal welfare associations that maintained their accommodation in Souda and Nerokourou, as well as …
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June 11, 2022
FEATURED, Tourism, Travel
Over 600 British tourists were stranded at the airport of Chania on the island of Crete on Friday due to disturbances in UK airports. A total of 614 British tourists were bound to leave for Manchester and London. However, the three flights were cancelled due to lack of necessary ground …
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April 27, 2022
FEATURED, weather
A rare fog phenomenon covered the northern shores of the regional unit of Chania on the island of Crete on Wednesday. The rare phenomenon, a combination of warm and moist air coming into contact with the cold sea, is called “advection fog” or “transport fog” or “horizontal fog.” According to …
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April 16, 2022
Archeology, Culture, FEATURED
The archaeological collection of hundreds of artifacts belonging to the late parents of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has been displayed at the new museum of Chania on the island of Crete, hometown of one of the most prominent political families in the country. For the first time, the new museum …
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March 23, 2022
Uncategorized
Residents of Chania on the island of Crete took to the streets demanding proper behavior by foreign visitors including NATO forces and US Navy soldiers and their punishment. The protest protest took place after an incident on Sunday, where a group of drunken US sailors from the USS aircraft carrier …
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February 10, 2022
FEATURED, Social, Society
Police on the island of Crete arrested seven people on Wednesday after investigation into dozens of deaths in a private nursing home in Chania and the horror living conditions of the elderly. Among the arrested are the 43-year-old owner and her mother, 68, two doctors and two nurses as well …
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December 22, 2021
FEATURED, Social, Society
A group of young men in Chania got together their money and booked a hotel room for a homeless man. The exemplary act of solidarity with someone in need took place last Saturday, on one of the coldest nights on Crete and the country. According to reports, the young men …
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December 2, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
The first case of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 has been detected and confirm in Greece, Health Minister Thanos Plevris announced on Thursday morning. According to the Health Minister, the infected “zero patient” is a Greek citizen, who arrived from South Africa to Athens and from there he traveled to …
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September 9, 2021
Arts, Culture, FEATURED
In an atmosphere loaded with emotions and music, his family and friends, thousands of Cretans and travelers from elsewhere, political leaders and local authorities accompanied great composer and global Greek Mikis Theodorakis to his last home in the cemetery of the village of Galatas by Chania on Thursday. As the …
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August 18, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Greece’s Civil Protection imposed a “mini lockdown” in the Regional Unit of Rethymno and extended the Covid-19 restrictions to the regional units of Chania and Heraklio. The mini lockdown in Rethymno followa recommendation by the National Committee for the Protection of Public Health due to increased epidemiological load. The “mini …
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August 12, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Greece’s Civil Protection extended on Thursday the “mini lockdown” imposed on the island of Zakynthos and the Regional Unit of Chania, Crete, a week ago. The extension of the restrictions such as night curfew and music ban follows a recommendation by the Committee of Infectious Diseases and the Protection of …
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August 5, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Greece’s Civil Protection announced on Thursday a “mini lockdown” on the island of Zakynthos and the Regional Unit of Chania, Crete, following a recommendation by the Committee of Infectious Diseases and the Protection of Public Health. The recommendation is based on the surveillance of the epidemiological load in these two …
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July 9, 2021
CORONAVIRUS
Coronavirus outbreak with dozens of infected children in Chania and Halkidiki have set Greek health authorities on alert on Friday. Affected are two children summer camps in Chania, western Crete, and Halkidiki, Central Macedonia. The camp in Chania was shut down after over 30 children aged were tested positive for …
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July 4, 2021
FEATURED, Very Mix
Heat stroke and exhaustion are the causes for the death of the 29-year-old French tourist Violet Gigano, an autopsy has determined, state broadcaster ERT reported on Sunday. Authorities had ruled out criminal activity from the beginning, when they found her body, despite the advanced decomposition. The body of the woman …
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June 30, 2021
Society, Very Mix
Authorities in the Prefecture of Chania on the island of Crete has launched a huge search operation to locate 29-year-old French tourist Gigano Violet who has been missing since June 24, the day she had last spoken with her family in France. She was planning to visit Elafonisi. Gigano’s rented …
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