Heraklion

A mother in Crete, Greece, lost custody of her child, because according to the court, she was surfing the internet instead of providing a caring home. The First Instance Court of Heraklion, in order to ensure the well-being of the...

The International Society of Friends of Nikos Kazantzakis (DEFNK) is organizing events in South America and also in the Greek writer’s birthplace of Heraklion, Crete to welcome the new year. On January 7, the Spanish translation of Kazantzakis’ “Odyssey” will...

December 8th, marked the 47th anniversary of one of the worst maritime accidents in Greece, widely known as the “Falkonera Shipwreck.” 217 people drowned. The ferryboat “Heraklion” sailed from Souda Bay, Crete to the port of Piraeus with a...

A father driven by his desperation wrote the following note on the bulletin board of the General Hospital in Heraklion. “I don’t just want to sell my kidney; I would sell my own head if it meant that my...

The farmers in Crete were gathered on Monday morning in the streets of Heraklion. The farmers from every corner of the island, from Ierapetra and Viannos to Messara and Chania, raised their voices against the plans of the Greek...

EASYJET, Scotland's largest airline, announced new flights from Edinburgh to Bodrum and Heraklion, and from Glasgow to Kos and Split. New routes will start from next summer. The airline will begin flights to Bodrum from March 31 and to Heraklion...

A new tremor occurred on the Greek island of Crete, 120 km southeast of the coastal village Tymbaki, at 06:34 a.m. on September 12. The tremor measured 4 on the Richter scale and had a focal depth of 10 km....

Today he is 82 years old, his name is Thodoris Lagoudakis and he comes from the region Pirouniana, Agia Varvara of Heraklion. He is the first child of his family, followed by 11 more. Four of them died, as...

Crete was hit by a strong earthquake measuring 5 on the Richter scale at 07.59, according to the Euro-Mediterranean Institute. According to the Athens Institute of Geodynamics, the vibration was of a 4.8 magnitude on the Richter scale. The epicenter is...

A tremor measuring 4.2 degrees on the Richter scale took place Friday at 5:57am local time off the island of Crete, the Athens University Institute of Geodynamics made known. The epicenter was 371 kilometers south-east of Athens and 60...