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Discover Greece, an interactive tourism platform, is inviting guests to count down the hot days of summer by pitting two of the hottest spots in Greece - Rhodes and Crete - against each other in the Hot Summer contest that...

The last time that the Monastery of the Three Hierarchs held a mass in Lousoudi Kapetanion in Crete, was 600 years ago. However, the bells of the Monastery rung once again on Wednesday, three days after Easter, when the Monastery...

There are still several coffee houses in Greece, hidden in picturesque squares and narrow streets, that have remained intact in time, generously offering locals and foreign visitors all those cultural and social elements necessary in order to get familiar with the...

Charitos Moudoufaris, is the Starbucks barista whose design will be featured on the Starbucks cups for a limited time. Starbucks had recently run a competition, during which employees with an "artsy" side, were called to design on the cups and...

The Cretan Organization of Melbourne and Melbourne's Cretan Association, along with the help of the Cretan Federation of Australia and New Zealand and the coordinating council for the memory of the Battle of Crete, organized a series of events to...

Luca Gianotti, an Italian who has studied Philosophy, has always been interested in hiking. He has been a guide since 1992 and now attempts to materialize hiking tourism in Crete, crossing the island within almost 28 days! Luca Gianotti has made...

An earthquake occurred on the island of Crete in the afternoon, mostly felt in Herakleion. The earthquake was of 4.5 magnitude on the Richter Scale, according to the Institute of Geodynamics, National Observatory of Athens. The earthquake was mostly felt...

An event commemorating early 20th century Greek statesman Eleftherios Venizelos, as well as his son and three-time Greek prime minister Sofoklis Venizelos, was held in Hania, Crete, on Sunday. Among those attending were Economy Minister George Stathakis, main opposition...

The four-student parade for the March 25th celebration of Greece's Independence shows that the few people of the island of Gavdos continue to honor traditions, despite the fact that the state seems to have forgotten about their existence. Gavdos is...

Minister of Economy Giorgos Stathakis addressed the issue of the ongoing negotiation talks with Greece’s creditors while in Chania, the second largest city of Crete. Responding to a reporter’s question about the status of the negotiation talks, Mr. Stathakis said...