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French professor and Alsace-Crete Association President Jean-Claude Schwendemann met with District Governor of Crete Stavros Arnaoutakis today, who honored him. “Amidst that difficult situation for your country we are even closer to you, we are all Greeks,” noted Schwendemann, adding,...

Knossos is an archaeological site of the Bronze Age on the island of Crete. Minotaur, a mythical creature with the head of a bull and body of a man, was believed to protect the city of King Minos and...

The island of Crete is alarmed as the West Nile virus, which is transmitted through mosquitos, and in particular the Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus), is expected to burst during the coming period. In light of those fears, the four...

Do you know Matala? Because hippies love it and that's the perfect reason why Crete plans the Matala Festival 2! The myth of Matala appears to be alive and it is expected that the famous caves will be full again. In the 60's...

Despite political upheaval, despite financial crisis and the EU's austerity measures imposed on Greece, citizens of Europe show their solidarity to Greece in many ways. The initiative is Belgian this time. More specifically, the Belgian Broadcasting Corporation of the French-speaking regions (RTBF)...

A four-page tribute to the Greek island of Crete is hosted in the pages of the one- million-readership Austrian daily newspaper Kronen Zeitung. Titled “The Magic of Crete - An Island for Every Season of the Year," the big tribute...

Russian journalists of the NOVOSTI news agency stayed almost 15 days on the island of Crete. They were invited by the Municipality of Crete in an initiative undertaken by Greek officials to advertise the island and attract more tourists...

They like the sun. They love the beaches. And now they have the opportunity to buy a house on the Greek island of their choice. More and more foreigners are interested in investing in real estate, especially on the Greek...

Airline Condor is offering German customers 50 euros off flights to Greece in a bid to entice reluctant German vacationers to the Mediterranean after a slump in bookings. Tour operators such as TUI Germany (TT.L) (TUIGn.DE) and Condor parent Thomas...

His name is Theodoros Giourhitsin; well, his real last name is Grammatikopoulos. He is very famous in Russia and is about to participate in the big promoting celebration for Cretan and Greek tourist products during the 19th Moscow International...