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  *By Matthew Robert Bennett, Bournemouth University and Per Ahlberg, Uppsala University The human foot is distinctive. Our five toes lack claws, we normally present the sole of our foot flat to the ground, and our first and second toes are...

Now here's something both useful and funny for first-time visitors to Greece. University of Illinois professor and travel vlogger Mark Wolters posted a video about the "Don'ts of visiting Greece," containing things a first time visitor should avoid, in...

Hellenic Police (EL.AS) over the weekend arrested a total of 46 foreigners trying to fly to Europe from the Heraklion and Chania, Crete airports using fake passports. The foreigners were between the ages of 17 and 51, coming from several...

Tourists and locals were shocked when a carriage horse collapsed on Saturday afternoon at the Venetian Harbor in Chania, Crete. According to Creta Live news website, the horse was exhausted and fell, pulling down with it the whole carriage. Several...

The holiday of a family of six turned into a tragedy at a beach near Rethymno in Crete as the two parents drowned in their attempt to save two of their children. The 35-year-old father Venizelos Stratakis and the 35-year-old...

The Greek government has launched two tenders for offshore oil and gas exploration and exploitation in the west and south of the country, the Energy ministry announced. The move follows expressions of interest by a consortium of Total, Exxon Mobil...

A foreign investment worth €408 million planned for Aghios Nikolaos in the island of Crete has been approved by the Greek government. The project, known as “Elounda Hills” by the Mirum Hellas consortium, has been evaluated and recommended by the...

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake jolted the Greek island of Gavdos, south of Crete, in the early hours of Tuesday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The USGS said the quake struck at 00.29 a.m. (UTC) and was at a...

Hoteliers in Malia, Crete have become fed up with the unruly behaviour of young –mainly British – holidaymakers and are refusing to accept bookings. Ninety-five per cent of the Greek town’s hotels have signed up to a plan to ban...

A local man captured on camera the extraordinary story of a Greek American and his disabled daughter as they struggled to cross the imposing Samaria Gorge in Crete. Manolis Papadakis came across the two strangers, Manolis and Sophia, at the...