Heraklion

Four Greek regional airports are among the worst in Europe, according to what travelers vote through the Sleeping in Airports website. This year Heraklion in Crete leads the pack. At Heraklion Airport, like many of the Greek islands airports, travellers...

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...

The Archaeological Museum of Heraklion in Crete was awarded a Special Commendation at the annual European Museum of the Year Awards (EMYA), during a ceremony held in Zagreb, Croatia, over the weekend. The EMYA judges praised this museum for presenting...

A small treasure was hidden in a book that someone threw into the recycling bin in Heraklion, Crete. The book was discovered by workers at the recycling plant of Heraklion, where during separation of materials, workers discovered that hidden inside...

A Well-known entrepreneur from Heraklion, Crete has gone missing on Thursday evening and authorities say that early signs in the investigation show that there is evidence the man was abducted. Police investigations have been in full swing since the time...

Cretan farmers on Friday turned against dock workers on strike at the Heraklion Port demanding that they allow ships to sail so they can transfer their produce. The farmers have camped out in their trucks at the port insisting on...

KingCrete Police have arrested a man, his wife and their minor son, calling the operation the biggest and most important drug trafficking arrest in recent years on the island. The 42-year-old man, with the collaboration of his 37-year-old wife and...

CRETAquarium, one of Europe’s largest and most contemporary aquaria, near Heraklion, Crete, has opened its doors to the “Healthy Seas Fashion Project”, an exhibition of clothing made with yarn reclaimed from the sea, organized by MEDASSET (the Mediterranean Association...

A great fire broke out late on Monday morning in a wild forest area in Apesokari of Gortyna, in the Heraklion prefecture on the island of Crete. Currently, 20 firefighters with 10 fire trucks and an army unit are fighting...

On Sunday the leaders of Orthodox churches from around the world met in Crete for the Pan-Orthodox Council, the first gathering of its kind in over a millennium. The leaders held mass in the city of Heraklion on the Greek island...