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Two cruise ships with 4,000 tourists docked in the Souda port and in the old port of the city of Chania on May 17 receiving a very warm welcome by the Cretan municipality. The Navigator of the Seas sailed from...

A recently conducted DNA analysis on the remains of Minoans' skeletons found mainly in a cave in Lassithi, Crete, suggest beyond any doubt and previous speculation that the ancestors of the major Minoan civilization of the Bronze Age did...

Two new videos that promote the civilization, history, hospitality and merits of all Cretans have been created by the Region of Crete, to achieve the best possible joint tourism promotion of Crete through the campaign Incredible Crete: Surprisingly Yours! The...

George Archontakis from Crete is the only Greek neurosurgeon who entered Guiness World Records for a very difficult surgery he carried out successfully. The surgery was conducted in 2002 on a young student who loved to harpoon fish in the...

The 11-year-old Russian boy who police said was stabbed by a 20-year-old Dutchman working at a holiday resort in Hersonissos, Crete, as a children’s entertainer is being hospitalized at the intensive care unit of the Children’s Hospital Aglaia Kyriakou. Two...

In June 2009, 24-year-old Glen Daly was killed during his holidays in Crete, Greece. The police believed Glen had lost control of his moped and slid under a lorry that Stefanis Konstantinou was driving. However, his mother, Dorothy Daly,...

The 11-year-old Russian boy, who was visiting the island of Crete with his parents, and repeatedly stabbed, allegedly by a 20-year-old Dutch hotel employee after the boy said he tried to get back his stolen laptop. This tragic news has...

Knossos, the famous Minoan Palace lies five kilometers southeast of Heraklion, in the valley of the river Kairatos, in Crete. Ιn Greek mythology, the Palace of Knossos was the residence of the mythical King Minos, the son of Zeus...

Two families in Crete were left in mourning for their beloved who decided to put an end to their lives on Easter Sunday. A desperate 34-year-old mother-of-two hanged herself and a 26-year-old young man committed suicide by shooting himself,...

Spending Easter time in Greece is probably as well advertised as summer holidays on a Aegean island. The colors and warm spring weather are already sweeping across the country, while people have begun preparing for the Holy Week and...