February 2, 2023
FEATURED, Social, Society
High school students in Herakleio, Crete, are forced to have lessons in a church, because there is not enough place, read: classroom, for them in the school building. The small chapel is located in the courtyard of Kapetanakeio school and has been converted into a classroom, since the school facilities …
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December 15, 2022
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
An aircraft crashed into the sea area off Kakos Mountain near the airport of Heraklio on the island of Crete on Thursday morning. Two people onboard. The aircraft sent MayDay before crashing into the sea. The single-engine aircraft with two people onboard crashed into the sea around 10 o; clock, …
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October 16, 2022
FEATURED, Social, Society, weather
The woman who had been missing in the floods of seaside resort Agia Pelagia by Heraklio, Crete, was found dead in the sea by divers on Sunday morning. It was drones that had spotted her body among rubble swept by the rushing waters through the village into the sea. The …
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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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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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July 6, 2022
Social, Society
A 42-year-old man killed his mother in Crete, while another case of matricide was discovered in Thessaloniki. The 50-year-old man was staying in the family home with the body of his mother in the bathtub for some five days. Both cases bring again to the limelight the absence of proper …
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June 17, 2022
animals, FEATURED
Authorities on the island of Crete fined a man who dumped five newborn kittens in a garbage bin with the unprecedented amount of 250,000 euros. Furthermore, the man will be prosecuted for a felony charge and is at risk to spend 5 years behind bars. On June 3, the perpetrator, …
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May 8, 2022
Earthquake, Society
An earthquake with magnitude 4.4 on the Richter scale shook the island of Crete at 4:22 on Sunday afternoon. Its epicenter was 5 km North-East of the village Arkalochori, 27 km South-East of the city of Heraklio and its focal depth was 13.8 km. So far, there are no reports …
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March 3, 2022
FEATURED, Uncategorized, weather
With an inflatable dinghy and a tractor rescuers managed to bring 22 citizens into safety near Heraklio on the island of Crete late on Wednesday. The people were trapped inside their cars at the flooded parking lot of a stadium in Treis Vavies when the Giofyros river burst its banks. …
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February 11, 2022
CORONAVIRUS
Α Single-Member Misdemeanor Court of Heraklio, Crete sentenced a mother who did not send her child to school to six months n prison with a three-year suspension. The 9-year-old child did not attended school since September 2020. To her defense the 39-year-old mother said that she did not send her …
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December 27, 2021
CORONAVIRUS
Seeking to have a molecular PCR-test on Christmas Day turned into a small adventure for a young man in Heraklio on the island of Crete. Twice tested positive on self-tests, the young man sought to confirm the illness with a PCR-test. Mission impossible. The 24-year-old man felt ill on Saturday …
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September 27, 2021
Earthquake, FEATURED, Society
The earthquake on the island of Crete on Monday morning has, so far, left behind one dead, twenty people injured, dozens of homeless, hundreds of damaged houses and businesses and damaged infrastructure. The powerful earthquake stroke with 6 R at 9:17 on Monday morning with its epicenter being very close …
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September 9, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Greece’s Civil Protection imposed a mini lockdown to the regional units of Argolida, Peloponnese, and Evrytania, Epirus, with the aim to contain the spread of the coronavirus. At the same time, they extended the restrictions in the regional units of Achaia, Ilia and Messinia in Peloponnese, of Heraklio on the …
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September 3, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Greece’s authorities imposed a mini lockdown to the island of Ikaria, Deodecanse, as well as the regional units of Achaia and Ilia, Peloponnese with the aim to contain the spread of the coronavirus. At the same time, they extended the restrictions in the regional unit of Messinia, Peloponnse, and of …
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August 26, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
In a highly symbolic move, a church in Heraklio, Crete, will serve as vaccination center upon the initiative of the priest in charge, Father Andreas Kaliontzakis. Located in the village of Acharnes, around 20 minutes from the city of Iraklio, the Church of Panagia Acharnon will serve locals and non-locals …
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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 10, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Greece’s Civil Protection announced on Tuesday a “mini lockdown” imposed in the Regional Unit of Heraklio, Crete, placing it on a higher Covid-19 risk, at Level 4 (red). In a statement, the Civil Protection said that the restrictions are being imposed following recommendations by the National Committee for the Protection …
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July 26, 2021
Very Mix
A man swam for over five hours in rough sea to get help for his partner. The 45-year-old had previously managed to get his 39-yea-old girl friend in the safety of a beach cave after their boat overturned off the south coast of Heraklio, Crete, over the weekend. The couple …
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June 24, 2021
CORONAVIRUS
Infections with the Delta variant of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 have tripled in the last days and set health experts on alert. 18 new cases of Delta mutation have been detected recently bringing the total number to 29. Of the 18 recently confirmed cases, 15 wee detected in Heraklio, Crete, 1 in …
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