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On April 30, a tragedy occurred in the village of Venerato in Heraklion, Crete, when a tractor overturned and crushed to death a 42-year-old farmer. The farmer died in his effort to save his son, who is now hospitalized...

Former Metropolitan of Kissamos – Selinos, Eirinaios Galanakis, passed away at 102 on the morning of April 30. He was born in Nerohori of Apokoronos on 10 November 1911. He studied at the Seminary of Crete and at the Theological...

Ten Belgian journalists, specialized in gastronomy, who work in daily high circulation newspapers such as La Libre Belgique, Sudpresse, La Dernière Heure and Vers l’Avenir, visited Crete and expressed their enthusiasm about the quality and the nutritional value of...

The recent shooting of Bangladeshi workers working at Strawberry fields in South Greece, after they demanded outstanding wages might have shocked the nation, but brought to light the plight of migrants that enter Greece every year. The...

A private Swedish company has caused a lot of reaction in its effort to attract customers by preventing Swedish people from visiting Crete. The Liseberg company, located in Gothenburg has distributed posters and has published on its central website, an...

In the framework of the European program, Youth in Action, with the subject, Steal a week from Life, eight students from Crete, 13 to 17 years old, visited Aydin, Turkey, accompanied by their teachers. The students met eight children from...

A 3.4-degree Richter scale tremor occurred Monday at 3:18am local time off the island of Crete. The epicenter of the quake was 40 kilometers south-south-west of the city of Ierapetra, and its hypocenter was 5 kilometers below the surface, according...

More than five tons of vegetables will be taken from the city of Ierapetra in southeast Crete to Athens to be donated to poor families, part of an initiative of the local branch of the Hellenic Red Cross,  the...

In view of economic and societal collapse in crisis-stricken Greece, there have been several incidents recorded in many schools on the island of Crete, where students are actually seeking snacks in trash bins. The educational community is sounding the alarm...

It has been the fourth year in a row that Japanese botanists and nature lovers have visited Crete searching for rare flowers that are found only on the island, such as a kind of wild tulip that does not...