Chania

An armed 45-year-old man on Monday surrendered after barricading himself at a state drug rehabilitation center (OKANA) in Chania, Crete and shot at police demanding that authorities renew his kiosk license. According to locals, the man is an addict going...

Two teenagers, 17 and 19-years-old, died shortly before midnight on Friday evening in Chania. Their death is the result of a motorbike crash in which police are investigating the circumstances. Sources have reported that the tragic event took place on a...

The Lookout navy newspaper reported that Canada's Navy Vessel, the Charlottetown is "currently deployed on Operation Reassurance in support of NATO’s assurance and deterrence measures...and assigned NATO tasks." But that's not all that this vessel and her crew accomplished over the...

The first civil partnership agreement between two women took place on Crete. The ceremony to seal the two women's relationship took place at Chania, reports flashnews.gr. The women, both in their forties, are the first to enter an official...

Having just returned from Greece, I settled in to watch the second U.S. presidential debate over the tsipouro and kefalogravera I smuggled in my luggage from Chania. I thought it would comfort me as I watched the most corrosive...

It seems that the economic crisis in Greece has affected animals as well. There is no other explanation why these two ibex battle it out for a few corn seeds on the island of Crete, a rich land with...

According to Greek officials, the government is planning to use a former cotton mill near the city of Thiva in central Greece to house some 1,000 migrants. The government plans to transfer the majority of the migrants currently living at...

The oldest olive tree at Vouves, a village 30km west of Chania, is 2,000 years old. Its branches were used during the Athens Olympic Games 2004 and during the Beijing Olympics in 2008. An astro-photographer from Chania, Christos Kotsaftis, photographed...

An undercover investigation in Chania, Crete, ended with the arrest of five police officers who played a role in smuggling weapons and ammunition in frozen meat packaging. The officers, charged with participating in a conspiracy ring and arms smuggling,...

A new mobile phone application that allows visitors to discover the Etz Hayyim Synagogue in the old city of Chania in Crete and learn more about the Jewish heritage on the island was presented at the synagogue on Tuesday. “This...