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Vacancies in elementary schools on the island of Crete have been recorded in a letter sent by the Higher Regional Primary Education Service Council (APYSPE) of Crete to the Ministry of Education. The official vacancies, as recorded by the Directorates...

Even during the darkest times in Greece, Greeks aren't giving up their beloved frappe, a cheap coffee concoction almost everyone sips for hours while sitting around smoking or talking in cafes, and now two students at the Department of...

This year’s 3rd Annual Rome Cereals Festival, Cerealia, that is going to take place in Rome, Italy, from June 6 to 9, will certainly have a taste of Greece. The festival is dedicated to the goddess Ceres (the counterpart...

The testing of a Greek helicopter simulator on May 29 at Souda Bay was reported to be a success. The simulator was built on behalf of the Norwegian company Evacsim SA, by Ergaleiotechniki Crete which is based in Chania. It...

Fires broke out during the night of May 28, in the Peloponnese and the Greek islands of Crete and Kefalonia. A blaze broke out around 10 pm in a grassland area in Giannitsena,  Kyparissia, in the Peloponnese. Because of stormy...

The events for the 72nd Anniversary of the Battle of Crete are culminating in Melbourne with big crowds. The Deputy Chief of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff, Vice Admiral Alexandros Theodosiou participated in the events representing the Greek...

The German newspaper Bild invites German citizens to choose Greece for their summer holidays, as it could be a cheap destination because of the financial crisis the country is going through. “Holidays are shorter in duration, our wallet will be...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.1 Richter, hit off the southern sea on the Greek island of Crete at 7 am. According to the Euro-Med Seismological Center, the earthquake’s epicenter had a 10 kilometers depth which shook the...

After his participation in an economic-business forum in Kiev, Ukraine, Stavros Arnaoutakis, governor for the Crete Region, stated that the number of Ukrainian tourists to visit Crete will rise by 200 percent this summer. Arnaoutakis was invited by his Ukrainian...

Maybe Greece has lately been in the eye of the storm due to the economic downturn, foreign austerity policies and social upheavals, but the country remains undoubtedly a top favorite destination for thousands of people around the world. The...