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An 83-year-old man, named Antonis Margetakis, resident of Metaxohori village in Ierapetra, on the island of Crete, took the decision to give up his house to the Municipality of Ierapetra as he was unable to pay all the fees. Margetakis...

An important center of literature and education of the Byzantine years, which could be considered as the first Greek university, was excavated by Professor Ath. Paliouras in the location Losoudi of Asterousia, in Heraklion regional unit, at an altitude...

A new tremor occurred on the Greek island of Crete, 120 km southeast of the coastal village Tymbaki, at 06:34 a.m. on September 12. The tremor measured 4 on the Richter scale and had a focal depth of 10 km....

They were stolen from Ligortina and today are exhibited at the world famous Louvre Museum. We are talking about the dozens of antiquities stolen in 1896 from Ligotirna and are now exhibited at the French museum and particularly in...

A grand entrance in the Greek tourism industry has been attempted by two Turkish-interest Russian Tour Operators, Pegas Touristik and TezTours, who have decided to open tourist offices in Crete. These leading tour operators, part of Turkish business groups, had...

On September 9 seismologists assured that there was no need for concern after the four tremors recorded in Thessaloniki in northern Greece and off the coast of Crete in the southern Aegean during the past two days, according to...

Today he is 82 years old, his name is Thodoris Lagoudakis and he comes from the region Pirouniana, Agia Varvara of Heraklion. He is the first child of his family, followed by 11 more. Four of them died, as...

A tremor measuring 4.2 degrees on the Richter scale took place Friday at 5:57am local time off the island of Crete, the Athens University Institute of Geodynamics made known. The epicenter was 371 kilometers south-east of Athens and 60...

Greece is a lively country with structures and an economy which functions normally rather than an impoverished country as often shown by the foreign media. This remark was made during a press conference on September 5 on the occasion of...

Chinese and Russian investors are showing increased interest in acquiring properties in Greece, mostly in Athens, as well as the islands of Rhodes, Crete and Corfu, according to a report by real estate agency Danos & Associates-BNP Paribas on...