September 23, 2022
Society, Very Mix
The body of a missing German mountain climber was recovered from the Vorizia gorge on the island of Crete on Thursday, The 53-year-old man pn vacations on Crete went missing on September 2 Firefighters and police were alerted on Thursday after a body, believed to be that of the missing …
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September 23, 2022
weather
Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY issued a weather warning for the island of Crete with heavy rainfalls and thunderstorms locally accompanied by hail and very strong winds mostly northern ones, up to 6 Beaufort. The bad weather is forecast for Crete from Friday noon to the evening, September 23, 2022. …
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September 21, 2022
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
An unprecedented finding in a monastery on the island of Crete: 1,152 cannabis plants. Many of them had rosaries on their branches – most likely for a divine blessing for a good harvest…? The plants are estimated to bring one ton of hashish and around 2 million euros revenues when …
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September 16, 2022
Society, Very Mix
“For me it was a dream that came true. The University was for me a heavenly place” said 88-year-old Dimitris Moudatsakis during a ceremony to honor the oldest graduate at the University of Herakleio in Crete. The man who spent his life working as a typographer has graduated from the …
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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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September 3, 2022
Earthquake, FEATURED, Society
An earthquake occurred in Thiva on Saturday morning and it was strongly felt also in Athens, some 60 km away, due to its low focal depth. The earthquake hit with a magnitude of 3.9 to 4.2 on the Richter scale at 11:27 a.m. Its epicenter was located 8 km south …
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September 1, 2022
Greece, Politics
Former New Democracy prime minister Kostas Karamanlis showed a “red card” to Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday evening, when, in a rare appearance, publicly took position on the wiretapping scandal where the National intelligence Service surveilled the leader of PASOK/KINAL Nikos Androulakis. Speaking at an event held ion the island of …
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August 28, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Greece dismissed on Sunday Turkey’s claims that a radar of air defense system S-300 locked on Turkish F-16s in the Aegean Sea. The incident allegedly took place on August 23, Ankara claimed. Citing sources from the Turkish Defense Ministry, news agency anadolu reported that “Turkish F-16 fighter jets were harassed …
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August 26, 2022
Society, Very Mix
The Cretan bully from Mylopotamos has been ordered to temporary detention for the attack of the German family and their exposure to danger a week ago. The 38-year-old gave a testimony that lasted six hours on Friday. He tried to convince the judicial authorities that it was the German tourists …
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August 24, 2022
FEATURED, Very Mix
Footage obtained by state broadcaster ERT shows how the Cretan bullies rammed with their 4×4 truck the car of the German tourists, made a turn and literally “ride” on the tourists’ vehicle. It is only due to the persistent intervention of local people who run on the street in the …
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August 23, 2022
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
The two Cretan men sought in connection with an assault on three German tourists in Rethymno, Crete, last week have been located and detained, the Greek police announced on Tuesday. One was taken into custody on the basis of a warrant for his arrest and the second will be brought …
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August 21, 2022
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
A German family experienced the sheer horror in Mylopotamos on the island of Crete when their car was chased by two locals on a vehicle who considered as an “insult” the fact their vehicle was overtaken by the tourists. The tourists, a father and his three children aged 20-27, were …
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August 19, 2022
Society, Very Mix
A tragedy on the island of Crete has called for the intervention of the public prosecutor after a 51-year-old motorcycle rider was killed by a fallen pine tree. The father of three had halted at the red traffic light in Democratias Avenue, the most central road of Heraklio, on Thursday …
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August 1, 2022
Social, Society
Femicide: Two women were stabbed to death by their husbands within twelve hours. The victims were living on the islands of Crete and Zakynthos in the family homes. One woman had asked for divorce, the other one had filed to local police against her husband for domestic violence. A 56-year-old …
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July 24, 2022
Economy
Hellenic Petroleum has announced announced that ExxonMobil acquired the majority of hydrocarbon exploration rights in the region of west and southwest of Crete, following the departure of TotalEnergies. ExxonMobil and TotalEnergies with 40% each, along with Hellenic Petroleum (20%) had the majority of hydrocarbon exploration rights previously. The Hellenic Petroleum …
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July 21, 2022
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Fire Service and Coast Guard on the island of Crete rushed to rescue foreign tourists in need. A young couple got trapped at a popular beach unable to climb up a steep, rocky path and a middle-aged man was in danger while on a SUP board. A couple of tourists …
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July 20, 2022
Earthquake, FEATURED, Society
A moderate earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale shook the town of Arkalochori on Crete at Wednesday noon. According to the Geodynamic Institute of Athens’ National Observatory that the earthquake epicenter was 10 km South-East of Arkalochori. Other seismic institutes gave the magnitude at 4.8 R. The tremor was …
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July 12, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
A new provocative narrative from the side of Turkey that is not very new, after all: Ankara’s nationalists and kemalists, the deep state, claim that three out of four regions of Crete belongs to Turkey and only one, the Chania region in the West, belongs to Greece. Turkish news website …
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July 11, 2022
Society, Very Mix
Strong forces of the Fire Department rushed to a multi-storey resort hotel in Kokkini Hani area of Hersonissos Municipality on the island of Crete on Monday afternoon. It was short after 5 o’ clock when the Fire Service was alerted. Thick smoke rose from the hotel and was seen in …
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