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Drunk Tourist Takes a Dip into an Empty Swimming Pool

A Dutch tourist in Crete was rushed to the hospital with serious injuries after he jumped into an empty swimming pool on Saturday. The incident happened at a hotel in Hersonissos, Crete. Reports say that the twenty-year-old tourist was intoxicated...

Grandfather in Crete Drowned in Self-Sacrifice Act to Save Grandsons

A British grandfather drowned on Tuesday after saving his two grandsons after they got caught in strong currents while swimming off Hersonissos, Crete. The 61-year-old leapt into the water when the boys, aged 7 and 10, got into trouble in...

European Team Chess Championship Kicks-off in Hersonissos, Crete

The European Team Chess Championship 2017 has opened in the Creta Maris beach resort, in Hersonissos, Crete and will be held from the 27th October to the 7th November. Forty teams will compete in Open section and 32 teams in Women’s...

Famous Russian Cosmonaut Arrives on Greek Island of Crete

Anton Shkaplerov, a well-known 43-year-old active Russian cosmonaut arrived in Hersonissos, on the Greek island of Crete, along with his family and medical escorts. The reason behind his trip is that the cosmonaut needs to complete his physical rehabilitation...

52-year-old Brit Arrested in Crete for Taking Pictures of a Minor

A 52-year-old British tourist is being held by Greek Police following a complaint by a father, in Hersonisos, Crete, who realized that the foreigner was taking pictures of his little girl on the beach. The minor's father noticed that the...

Dutchman Sentenced for Stabbing 11-Year-Old Russian in Crete

A mixed court in the city of Neapoli, on the Greek southern island of Crete, sentenced on Saturday a 20-year-old Dutch entertainer to 11.5 years incarceration in a psychiatric facility over his attempted murder on a Russian boy during...

McDonald's Will Stay in Greece

Despite the closing of branches in Omonia Square in Athens and in Thessaloniki, McDonald's said it's going to stay in Greece and try to boost its business in the face of stiff competition from Greek fast-food franchises. The official Developmental...

German Tourists Beaten On Crete

Three young German tourists, who were having their holidays at Hersonissos in the Greek island Crete, Greece, were reportedly beaten by a group of Cretans, another incident of violence on the island which has seen a spate of rapes...

Fur Shop Riddled with Kalashnikov in Crete

The first light of June 21 revealed a Kalashnikov attack against a fur trade shop in the region of Analispsi, Hersonissos in Heraklion. The incident confirms the “war” which started many years ago against fur trade businesses of the...

Russian Boy Stabbed by Dutch Animateur Paralyzed

The 11-year-old Russian boy who police said was stabbed by a 20-year-old Dutchman working at a holiday resort in Hersonissos, Crete, as a children’s entertainer is being hospitalized at the intensive care unit of the Children’s Hospital Aglaia Kyriakou. Two...