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Greek police in Crete stormed a hideout near the town of Rethymno, where the businessman Michalis Lempidakis was being held hostage for six months. 54-year-old Lempidakis was found tied up by his kidnappers.  He was apparently in good health. According to reports,...

An Englishman who buried a beach ball on the Greek island of Crete 34 years ago has been tracked down with the help of social media this week. Stephen Smallwood buried the ball, which had his name and address written...

A Chinese man felt so much in love with Crete that he changed his name to reflect his new adopted identity as a proud Cretan. Yip Hoi Loungk who came from China to Crete in 1990 to work as a...

Two fully equipped meteorological and snow-measurement stations on Crete, set up by researchers of the National Athens Observatory and SCiENTACT company, will allow Greece to provide continuous snow data for the first time. The first station was set up at...

The government has placed special emphasis on research and technology, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said, during a visit to the Cretan premises of the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH) on Thursday. "Alexis Tsipras has stressed that the government has...

The Greek coast guard located south of the island of Gavdos a sailboat with refugees and migrants which they believe is the one that made an emergency call for assistance at the European emergency number 112 earlier on Saturday. The...

A 5-metre-long baby whale spotted by a citizen early Friday morning on Karavovrysi beach, Phaestos, Crete, was rescued by the local coastguard. The small mammal, which was injured in its tail and its side, had lost its way and ended...

Greek police arrested a 55-year-old man in connection with the theft of 10 fossilised footprints which were stolen earlier this week from the site where they were uncovered in Kissamos, Western Crete, authorities said. The suspect faces charges of violating...

The Greek coastguard along with local residents and bathers, are trying to rescue a young whale that has been stranded in the shallows of a Karavovrisi Beach, near Heraklion, Crete. Local media report that the struggling 5 meter-long mammal was...

On Monday, 103 migrants on board a 25-meter wooden boat were rescued by a passing tanker east of the Greek island of Crete. The ‘Rhino’ tanker rescued the migrants after it was alerted by the European Border and Coast Guard...