Tag Archives: chania

The cooking hit of Friday: save energy, fry eggs using natural heat produced by the sun. Directly by the sun. No need for photovoltaic installations and other forms of energy saving that are expensive in the short-term even though cheap in the long-term. Highest temperatures recorded on June 30 2017 …

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Tax auditors imposed a mammoth fine to a souvlaki grill for tax evasion. 6,367,600 euro! During conducted controls, tax inspectors found out that the business in Chania, Crete, had not issued a total of 15,919 receipts for the sale of souvlakis and other items. Inspectors calculated that the net value …

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A family holiday on the island of Crete ended in the most tragic way. the teenager daughter of the family was found dead in the hotel swimming pool on Sunday noon. According to local media cretapost.gr, it all started shortly after 2.30 pm when the 15-year-old girl’s parents were looking …

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A Finnish tourist has died after falling into a 2-meter deep private ditch on the side of a road in Platanias holiday village in Chania, Western Crete. The man was found by passersby on Friday morning. Firemen and rescuers recover the body of the man whose age was reported between …

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Some people have apparently found a new weird hobby that not only angers the local community, it can also set lives at risk. Several such incidents have been recorded recently in the city of Chania on the island of Crete. The new hobby of a group of brainless and obviously …

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A strong rainstorm that hit the Chania prefecture in Western Crete on Friday night turned roads into rivers  and caused extensive damage to the road network. The heavy rainfalls triggered landslides across the rural and national roads. According to e-kriti.gr, the fire brigades received more than 25 calls to pump …

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Unemployed. Two teenager children. Wife in hospital. No home. A life in times of economic crisis. A life on grimy poverty allowance of 620 euro every two months. A car turned into a bedroom for two. The crisis strikes without mercy. The car is parked in the parking slot of …

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Unemployed since 2011. No income. Father of three children. What does he do? He starts to sell bagels and donuts on the streets and at the beaches in order to secure a meal for his children. What happens? Police spots him selling the staff for 0.50 cent to one euro, …

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Members of far-right ultranationalist “National Democratic Party of Germany” (NPD) attempted to lay a wreath at the WWII German cemetery in Chania on the island of Crete. The NPD group went to the cemetery on Sunday, just two days after the anniversary of the historic Battle of Crete, when Nazi …

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Ι believe this little guy deserves a second chance and a special blog post. He was abandoned near the town of Chania, in Crete, amid strong rainfall and winds, left outside to die. But he was rescued by an animal lover who heard him whining and barking. “Amid the strong …

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A quadriplegic woman died after Greek Public Power Company cut off the electricity supply due to debts and the life supporting oxygen machine stopped working. The bed-ridden woman was alone at home, when the PPC team came to cut the electricity supply. The life supporting machine worked for one more …

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The President of animal welfare organization “Animals’ protection” Anastasia Bobolaki was beaten while she was investigating a case of animal abuse. According to local media, Bobolaki was beaten by a man and his father at a gasoline station in Vamvakopoulos area of Chania, Crete. The incredible incident occurred when Bobolaki …

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Ryanair is opening two Greece bases in Athens and Thessaloniki from where it will launch nine new routes. As part of a $280 million investment, the budget carrier will base two aircraft in Athens and one in Thessaloniki from April. Its Athens base will operate 154 weekly flights and serve …

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A powerful earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale jolted the Western of Crete on Saturday afternoon. The earthquake occurred at 4:11 p.m. on Saturday in the sea area 63 km western of Chania and 23 km below the sea surface. According to  Greek  Geodynamic Institute, the earthquake had a magnitude of 6.3R, …

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A very angry woman entered the tax office of Chania in Crete at 9 o’clock on Monday morning. In real outrage, she was shouting and brandishing a cleaver she was holding. She threatened the tax office staff. She was reportedly shouting “Give me my money back!” She managed to enter …

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A prosecutor at a court in Chania, proposed a two-year prison sentence for a 90-year-old widow. The woman had illegally collected allowance by the social security fund IKA, after the death of her husband. For seven consecutive years, the widow received allowance payments totaling 67,000 euro, in addition to pension …

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Swedish amusement park Liseberg in Gothenburg had a glorious campaign idea: to gain new customers by preventing them from going to vacations in Greece. “Some children are forced to to go Crete in summer – Guaranteed cheerful kids in our park Liseberg”, claims the poster that decorates streets of Gothenburg …

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 That’s truly a nice project and everyone can participate by sending a recipe! “Cooking for Greece” is an fundraising initiative by the website People in Need. They want to collect recipes, produce an e-book and donate the revenues to the soup kitchens organized by the Chania Prefecture in Crete. Cooking …

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 What’s going on with Greek police? Two tourists, one from South Korea and one from New Zealand, claimed that they were beaten by the police while on vacation in the country. The Korean was allegedly beaten in Athens, the New Zealander in Chania, Crete. Is this the way to promote tourism …

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Society in Chania is shocked after two suicides that took place on a single day. On Friday noon, a young man jumped from the balcony of his home. The paramedics who rushed with ambulance on the  spot could only find out that the man had suffered fatal head injuries. In another incident, …

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