Tag Archives: Crete

The Hellenic Hydrocarbons and Energy Resources Management Company (HEREMA) announced on Thursday the successful completion of the first phase of exploration for hydrocarbons carried out by the ExxonMobil/HELLENiQ ENERGY consortium in the marine areas of the block southwest of Crete, as well as the decision of the consortium to officially …

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Two earthquakes stroke with magnitude 4.4 on the Richter scale the regions of Crete and Thiva on Monday morning. The first earthquake occurred  on the island of Crete at 8:54 with epicenter 24 km south-southeast of Zakros on the island’s eastern coast. Its focal depth was 5.7 km and it …

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Αn elderly tourist was ran over by a motorcycle early Monday morning as he was walking to a bus stop for the airport to return to his country from the island of Crete. The 75-year-old German national died on the spot and doctors in the hospital could only confirm his …

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A 32-year-old Ukrainian woman, who was residing in Germany, was the tourist who died in Samaria gorge on Wednesday, state-run news agency amna.gr reported on Thursday, clarifying  initially confusing information about the rockfall victim. The woman was member of a group hiking through the gorge. Following a heavy rainfall, the …

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A tourist was killed by a rock slide in Samaria gorge on the island of Crete late Wednesday afternoon. Dozens of hikers are trapped in the gorge. According to initial information by local media,the rock crushed the woman’s leg and she died from uncontrollable bleeding. The victim was an Ukrainian …

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An explosion inside the passengers cabin of an airplane in boarding procedure at the Heraklio airport, Crete, caused panic early Tuesday afternoon. It was a power bank device in a passengers bag that exploded in the aircraft that would soon take off from Heraklio, Crete, for London, UK. The explosion …

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A big wildfire has been raging in Platanias by Chania on the island of Crete on Wednesday. The fire broke out around 4 o’ clock in the afternoon in grassland and in an area with reeds near hotels and very close to the houses of the village. At 6 o’ …

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A 69-year-old animal breeder was shot multiple times and a part of his tongue was cut with scissors in a brutal attack in the village of Viladendro by Rethumno on the island of Crete early Friday morning. According to local media, the victim was attacked by at least one person …

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Two young men have been arrested in Rethymno, Crete, for the assault of a 36-year-old French tourist. The victim has sustained serious head and face injuries. The two arrestees belonged to a group of four young men in total who assaulted the French outside a bar in Rethymno in the …

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Two men have been arrested in Herakleio, Crete, for the brutal assault of a Greek-Canadian man one and a half month earlier. The men, aged 31 and 32, have been hiding in unknown location all this time. They surrendered to a local police station on Monday afternoon and were immediately …

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The wildfire in south Rethymno has rekindled on Thursday prompting more evacuations of several villages and settlements. Powerful winds make the work of firefighters extremely difficult. The fire started around noon on Wednesday in the wider region of the municipalities of Amari and Aghios Vassilio south of Rethymnon on the …

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Residents of the village Agia Paraskevi in south Rethmnon on the island of Crete were urged to evacuate on Wednesday afternoon due to a wildfire entering the village. They received evacuation messages via the emergency line of the Civil Protection, while on the ground police officers went door to door …

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Three earthquakes within just 25 minutes and magnitude 4.1 – 4.8 on the Richter scale rattled the island of Crete on Wednesday morning, August 7, 2024. Τhey were particularly felt throughout the island. Three tremors occurred in the sea area off Heraklio and one onshore in Chania. The first tremor …

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A 45-year-old German tourist, who was stranded in an inaccessible mountainous area in the Samaria gorge, in Chania, was taken to the Chania hospital by a rescue helicopter at Friday noon. The man had reportedly ignored all warnings for a hiking amid soaring temperatures The tourist started hiking on Thursday …

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A tourist family was assaulted in a bar in Heraklio, Crete, by a group of young locals on Monday night. The family father has been hospitalized with head and face injuries. The 49-year-old Greek-Canadian man with origin from Anogia, his 41-year-old Icelandic wife, their two sons, aged 21 and 18 …

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283 migrants on a fishing boat have been rescued by the Greek Coastguard on Sunday, 18 miles south of the island of Gavdos. There are no reports of injured, ill or missing passengers. The Hellenic Coastguard on Sunday launched a search & rescue operation south of #Crete after a fishing …

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A 49-year-old man, victim of domestic violence, received a so-called Panic Button after he complained to Police in Chania, Crete, that he was assaulted by his 47-year-old wife. The man who arrived in panic at the city’s police station, asked for and received a Panic Button for his protection. He …

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A 36-year-old man was killed during a fiesta to celebrate the shearing of sheep in Lasithi, Crete, where the local tradition wants the firing of gunshots during celebrations of any kind. According to initial reports the body of the man was found laying on a street of Katharo plateau by …

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A 53-year-old French man was killed and his wife was critically injured in a road accident on Thursday in the Chania area of Crete, where the couple were on holiday. The rented car the man was driving was involved in a head-on collision with another vehicle at the exit of …

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A 67-year-old German hiker who was reported missing on Sunday in Crete has been found dead on Monday. The man was spending vacations with his wife who also alerted authorities about her missing husband. The man’s body was found in a inaccessible area, in a ravine near Sentoni beach, on …

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