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Greece Recieves Mutliple Honors in 2015 TripAdvisor Traveler's Choice Awards

The American travel website TripAdvisor announced the winners of its annual Traveler's Choice awards, on Tuesday, which are based on votes by its readers, and Greece placed amongst the best in many different categories. The well-known Greek island of Santorini was...

Annual Women's Empowerment Conference on the Island of Crete

European Sustainability Academy (ESA) will host the 3rd Annual Women Empowerment Conference, September 25 through 26, in Chania, Crete. The conference will give women entrepreneurs the opportunity to contact influential business people around the globe. "Against the backdrop of the...

4.2-Richter Earthquake On Greek Island of Crete

A small tremor measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale shook the Greek island of Crete, early on Tuesday morning around 8am, according to the Geodynamics Institute of Athens. The earthquake's epicenter was located 39 kilometers south-southeast of Heraklion, Crete, in...

Greek Actress Voula Zouboulaki Passes Away

One of the most important Greek theater and cinema actresses, Voula Zouboulaki, passed away on Monday afternoon at the age of 91 years old. Zouboulaki came from Chania in Crete, but she was born in Egypt on September 24,...

Ship Carrying Undeclared Weapons to Arrive in Heraklion, Crete

A Bolivian-flagged cargo ship was escorted to Heraklion port, Crete, on Tuesday night around 4:30 am after a container with an unknown quantity of undeclared weapons was discovered on board during a Greek coast guard inspection. The ship "Hadat 1" had...

Weapons and Explosives Found at Professor's Home in Northern Greece

A Greek police anti-terrorist unit raid revealed military-grade weapons and explosives in Kozani, in the home of a 57-year-old university professor. Specifically, police found two military rifles and 2,000 bullets, 10 hand grenades, explosives and other military equipment in the...

Ancient Underwater Ruins Found on Greek Island of Crete

Modern methods of geoinformatics, such as electrical tomography and magnetic mapping, were used by the Greek Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities in cooperation with the Institute for Mediterranean Studies in an underwater and coastal research carried out from July 21 to 23 and...

Two Earthquakes Shake the Greek Island of Crete

Two earthquakes, measuring 4.6 and 4.2 on the Richter scale, occurred in the early hours today, August 27, one about 20 minutes after the other in the submarine area south of Ierapetra on the Greek island of Crete. The tremors...

A Family Feud Continues from Fathers to Sons in Crete

A 24-year-old Greek man from the island of Crete was shot while enjoying his drink at a bar in Chania. The 25-year old shooter immediately left the scene but was later arrested by Greek police. However, the shooting was not...

Deadly Summer Escape For Greek-German Hiker in Crete

A Greek-German hiker found hanging from a rope in the Agia Roumeli area of Sfakia, Crete, was dead by the time rescue crews were able to reach him on Monday. The unlucky man had been spotted hanging off a cliff late...