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TEZ TOURS HELLAS in Heraklion-Crete has invited 320 of the most prominent Russian tourist agents. The Philharmonic of the Municipality of Heraklion and a local Cretan band followed by Cretan traditional treats and wine (rakomelo) welcomed the Russian agents during...

A new UNESCO program entitled "World Geoparks Unesco" in which five Greek areas participate was approved on Tuesday in Paris. Aegean University professor and director of Sigri (Lesvos) Petrified Forest museum Nikos Zouros, who represented Greece in the Sciences Committee,...

Cretan wine makers are complaining that they have suffered a heavy blow due to the new special tax that was imposed on the consumption of bottled wine. The wine makers expressed their feeling in an open letter addressed to...

An earthquake measuring 4.3 on the richter scale hit the Southern Aegean sea, just north of the Greek island of Crete, on Tuesday afternoon. The centre of the earthquake was in the Aegean Sea, around 44 kilometres north of the Cretan city of Chania according...

A new food supplement with immune strengthening properties, that was created by researchers at the University of Crete in Greece, consisting of three popular Cretan aromatic herbs, will finally be released on the market on Monday, November 9. Professor of Medicine...

"The first advanced Bronze Age civilization of Europe was established by the Minoans about 5,000 years before present," the new article, entitled "A European population in Minoan Bronze Age Crete," that was recently published in the peer-reviewed open access scientific journal Nature...

An earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale was recorded at 5:16 am in the marine area south-southeast of Lasithi in Crete, noted the National Observatories' Athens Institute of Geodynamics. The tremor’s epicenter was detected 64 kilometers south-southeast of Zakros...

By Cliff Blaylock Captain Cliff Blaylock of Deep Blue Yachting, explains why chartering a yacht is an unbeatable way of experiencing the Greek Islands. It’s a good feeling, to wake up in the warmth of the Greece’s rising sun. Just warm...

The heart of Modern Crete’s culture will beat in St. Petersburg, Russia through the icons and other exhibits from Eastern Crete presented in the Concert-Exhibition Hall “Smolny Cathedral,” at the initiative of the Russian government there. More than 50 works...

Our planet is full of towns and villages that have been abandoned, leaving behind an empty shell of what they once used to be. However, several of these “creepy” places are visited by thousands of travelers and thrill seekers...