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Another major tourism project in Greece will be getting under way in about one year’s time, as the construction of the ultra-luxurious 600-million-euro Elounda Hills project in eastern Crete has taken another step toward becoming a reality. The approval for...

It was made public on Monday that the Greek authorities managed to arrest a total of 34 individuals at Heraklion airport in Crete during the last week of August for fake travel documents. More specifically, 20 men and 14 women...

Cleanthes Anastasakis is a 27-year old Greek man from Crete who has been cruising around the world for the last two years in a courageous attempt achieve his goal of circling the entire globe on his sailboat. Anastasakis began his...

The latest data published by Greece's Civil Aviation Authority and the Institute of the Greek Tourism Confederation (INSETE Intelligence) reveal the top-12 destinations in Greece that received the largest numbers of arrivals from abroad at their airports between January...

A relatively minor earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale hit southern Greece at 10:57 local time (08:57 GMT+1) on Monday. According to the Geodynamics Institute of Athens National Observatory, the quake's epicenter was located 296 km (184 miles) southeast...

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu spoke to the 11th ''Ambassadors Conference'' in Ankara on Monday, where he presented a map depicting what Turkey considers to be the extent of its own continental shelf in the Mediterranean Sea. The map Cavusoglu...

Lionfish, a species of ray-finned fish which are native to the region of the western Indo-Pacific, have been recently spotted in the waters off Crete. Scientists say that the fish, which can grow up to 35 cm (14 inches) in...

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake hit the Greek island of Crete at 07:39 local time on Wednesday. According to the Geodynamic Institute of Athens the epicenter was 23km north-west of Heraklion and was recorded at a depth of 66km. Local site Nea...

The family of American scientist Dr. Suzanne Eaton, who was murdered in Crete earlier this month, announced on Wednesday that they will be donating funds to volunteer organizations which were involved in the search for her. The family is also...

The female partner of a French tourist who was stabbed to death on Crete on Tuesday was arrested and will be brought before a prosecutor on Wednesday. According to local website cretapost.gr, the suspect stabbed the 53-year-old repeatedly with a...