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A new video directed by award-winning director Theo Papadoulakis takes us on a fascinating virtual tour across the most inspiring and moving experiences that the Greek island of Crete has to offer. Produced by Indigo View on behalf of the...

By Phil Butler, Editor of Argophilia Travel News Regional Governor Stavros Arnaoutakis unveiled the remarkable “Islands of the Winds” exhibition to mark the opening of the new Archaeological Museum of Mesara this past weekend in Crete’s Mesara Valley. Local officials, members...

Locals and government officials honored the memory of the 500 victims of the Viannos Holocaust by the Nazis on September 14-16, 1943 with ceremonies in churches and at monuments in the villages of Viannos on Crete on Monday. The commemorative...

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...

By Phil Butler The innovative education software platform RADAR just announced its latest initiative, called “Defeat Dyslexia,” in cooperation with the Hellenic Mediterranean University and the Region of Crete. The initiative is a major epidemiological study of reading abnormalities aimed at...

Opposition candidates have won most of the major contests in the second round of Greece's local and regional elections which were held on Sunday. Kostas Bakoyannis, the candidate officially supported by opposition party New Democracy, won the race to become...

Greece on Tuesday honored all who selflessly sacrificed their lives in the 1941 Battle of Crete against the invading Nazi forces at a ceremony at the Maleme Airport near Chania. National Defense Minister Evangelos Apostolakis lauded the memory of all...

The Greek island of Crete has just been voted the fifth best of all the world's top destinations in TripAdvisor's recent "Best Destinations in the World - Travelers Choice" awards. Crete was featured among the most well-known and popular tourist destinations...

Crete has all the potential to be a great cosmonaut rehabilitation centre, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev said on Friday during a meeting with Crete Regional governor Stavros Arnaoutakis. Artemyev is the seventh cosmonaut to visit Crete since 2015 when a...

Russian cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Oleg Kripochka have started an objective rehabilitation mission on Crete, an intensive program of physical recuperation following their return from the ISS after 172 days in space. They will follow a similar program to...

A large Chinese government delegation is due in Crete for a two-day visit on Sunday, as a guest of the Greek government. It will be led by the First-ranked Secretary of the Central Secretariat of the Communist Party of...

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is wrapping up a three-day visit to Greece on June 21 with a visit to Crete - along with Prime Minister Antonis Samaras - as the two leaders talked about closer business and cultural ties. Some...

Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis held on to his seat in the 2014 Greek municipal elections leaving behind SYRIZA’s candidate, Gavriil Sakellaridis. Sakellaridis congratulated Kaminis late Sunday night after the results put Kaminis at 51.6 percent compared to 48.4 percent for...

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...

Some 170 Italian tourism operators visited Crete with the aim of increasing visitors from their country to the popular island. The Italian tour operators represent more than 3,500 travel agencies and arrived in Heraklion to make their travel plan...