April 5, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Greece’s health authorities have confirm the first imported Covid infection on a German tourist arrived with a group a few days ago at Heraklio on the island of Crete. The infected tourist has been isolated According to local media, the first tourists from Germany, The Netherlands and Switzerland are on …
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March 29, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, Tourism
The tourism season is to start officially on May 14, however, the first tourists already arrived in Greece and thus on Crete already on the last weekend of March. Several regular flights from Germany landed in Heraklio and Chania over the weekend. 35 tourists arrived from Brandenburg and another 20 …
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January 7, 2021
Very Mix
A young hiker was found dead and a second one injured and in state of shock on the Mt Psiloritis on the island of Crete early morning hours of Thursday. The two young men, aged 21 and 20, were trapped by snow and frost at a high altitude and one …
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October 21, 2020
Very Mix, weather
Torrential rainfalls on the island of Crete turned roads into rivers, flooded homes and businesses and forced the temporary shut down of the airport of Heraklio on Wednesday. Dozens of motorists were trapped in rushing waters as rivers and streams overflowed. Flooded passenger area and airport of Heraklio. State broadcast …
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September 7, 2020
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Greek police in Heraklio is seeking for two women who organized the rally against the compulsory use of masks in schools on Sunday day afternoon, local media report. The call for the anti-masks protest made via social media. Citing police sources, local news website ekriti reports that the two women …
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August 31, 2020
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Greece’s Civil Protection announced on Monday afternoon a series of extraordinary restrictions including the mandatory use of mask in- and outdoors in Heraklio on the island of Crete. After Chania, Heraklio is the second regional unit on Crete where restrictive measures are imposed. The strict restrictions aim to contain the …
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August 24, 2020
Very Mix
The 30-year-old crew member who was severely injured during the explosion succumbed to his injuries, media report on Monday afternoon. One of the three injured has been also taken to Intensive Care Unit even though his conditio9n is not described as critical. Four people were injured, one of them seriously, …
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August 8, 2020
Very Mix
A 65-year-old British tourist drowned Saturday noon at the beach of Stalida by Heraklio on the island of Crete. The man was found dead a few meters away from the beach. According to local media information, the lifeguard on duty at the beach saw a man floating face down in …
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March 25, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
A 42-year-old German visiting professor died in the general hospital of Heraklio, Crete, on Wednesday. He was the third confirmed case on the island and was hospitalized intubated in the Intensive Care Unit in the last days. According to local media, he had no underlying health problems. Short before he …
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October 29, 2019
Earthquake
An earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale rattled the island of Crete on Tuesday afternoon. Τhe Greek Geodynamics Institute gives the tremor magnitude as 4.1 R, other international institutes as 4.2R The earthquake occurred short after 3:00 p.m. with its epicenter to be located in the sea area, 38 …
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June 11, 2019
Social
Tuesday began for the mother of a 5-year-old disable child in the most shocking way. She saw how a team by the Greek Public Power Company PPC disconnected the power supply to her home, while she was preparing the child’s breakfast. The mother rents a modest home in a neighborhood …
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May 9, 2019
Very Mix
A man on the island of Crete had a simple blood test at a public hospital of Herakleio. However, he was stunned to hear the doctor telling him that he was …pregnant! The man turned to local news website nea kriti to tell his unbelievable story. He underwent a blood …
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March 21, 2019
Tourism
The Municipality of Heraklio on the island of Crete installed four smart benches on two of the main squares of the city. The smart benches operate with solar energy and have full energy independence. They offer to the people the opportunity to re-charge their mobile phones and browse through the …
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September 2, 2018
Archeology, Culture
An ancient amphora was found floating in the sea off the popular beach Arina by Heraklio in North Crete. The amphora estimated to be from the Byzantine period was found by a swimmer who had shot pictures of the sea. The man was enjoying the sun at the beach and …
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August 23, 2018
Tourism, Travel
One picture from “Nikos Kazantzakis” airport in Heraklio, Crete, …1000 words. The message to English-speaking travelers is clear: Do not water the plants, they are made of plastic. Apparently the Fraport management had watched tourists pouring water to revive the neglected plants and it decided to post a message to …
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May 28, 2018
Very Mix
Police authorities in Herakleio, Crete, have arrested 40 people in the last six days, as they were trying to live Greece for countries of the European Union with forged travel documents. A total of 29 men and 11 women aged between 18 and 57 are arrested at the airport of …
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April 12, 2018
Uncategorized
As US, France and UK are beating the war drums for Syria and strikes are considered a matter of times, if not of hours, US spy aircraft arrived on the island of Crete. The two US Intelligence, Reconnaissance and Surveillance manned aircraft landed at “Nikos Kazantzakis” airport of Heraklion in …
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December 9, 2016
Society
The port of Heraklion on the island of Crete turned into a battle field when hundreds of raging farmers attacked striking seamen and set the ticket offices of ANEK shipping company on fire on Friday evening. Angry about the ongoing strike of the seamen, the farmers threw flares at a …
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October 17, 2013
Society
Kicks and punches were the answer of two animal breeders to their workers when they refused to return to work. According to local prismanews.gr, the five Pakistani migrants refused to work because of their religious holiday but also due to outstanding wages. The father and the son beat the workers, …
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October 10, 2013
Politics
An aid parcel with food and clothes for the mother of Greek Finance Minister Yiannis Stournaras. A woman who apparently “lives in poverty with €500 pension per month” as her famous son recently claimed on Greek television. Touched by the poverty of the minister’s mother, some residents of Heraklio, Crete, …
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