ARCHIVE OF CRETE NEWS

Crete News

- The future of vineyards in Crete

- Archaeological findings on Gavdos

- Tourism figures for Crete, 2002-2007

- Poverty threatens 21% of Greek population

- In the Chania Gypsy encampments

- Premiere for the “El Greco” Film

- New Heraklion Archaeological Museum to open its doors in 2010

- New €26 million investment in Plaka near Sitia in Crete

Marianne's articles

- House training your puppy

- My Greek friend Anna's puppies

Crete News

- Blue Flag Record for Crete beaches

- Heavy fines under new Greek Highway Code

- Visit the Skinakas Observatory

- Animal welfare in Chania

- Koules is crumbling

- Cretan airport fees reduced

- Cheaper calls to mobile phones in Greece

- Doctor’s Surgery in Keratokambos

- “El Greco” premiere in October

- Robot football team from Technical University of Crete

- 52-year-old gives birth to her daughter’s twins

- Bulgarian woman’s head shaved for resisting prostitution

- A solution to olive oil mills wastewater treatment

- Greek population ageing

- Greece has the most unemployed graduates in Europe

- Greek fishing fleet the largest in Europe

Announcements

"Flowers of Crete" Calendar

Born to Dance

Cretans in Australia and New Zealand

Flight to freedom for birds of prey in Crete

Greek shores threatened by concrete

Leishmania

Articles on "Explore Crete"

Summer flowers in Crete

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Crete News

- Heraklion Archaeological Museum closed until August 2007

- Major new tourism investment project near Vai, east Crete

- Crete eco groups oppose destruction of Kavo Sidero

- Palace of Knossos in the European Cultural Heritage List

- Preservation of the Idzedin fortress in Crete

- Theft of antiquities in ancient Lyttos in Crete

- The oldest wine in Europe is Greek

- Cheap wine imported to Greece

- Sweets from olives

- Cretan pupils learn about Renewable Energy Sources

- The prehistoric olive by Yannis Sakellarakis

- Dangerous electric fencing around house in Lentas

- Poisonous Red Sea pufferfish reach Crete

- Organic farmers’ market in Heraklion

- Unified front at Malia for the marina

- Scandinavian tourists spend more in Greece

Crete threatened by Desertification

- Desertification of Crete by Steve Daniels

- Summer jobs in Crete

Articles on "Explore Crete"

Battle of Crete, the days after

The destruction of Anogia by the German Army in 1944

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Crete News

- Full moon eclipse visible from Crete

- Τourism nets Greece twelve billion euros in 2006

- Greeks buy over-priced agricultural products

- Koreans examine Tymbaki for new harbour

- Chania Animal Welfare Association in need of financial support

- Development of Omalos Plateau in Crete

- DEI - Emphasis on wind farms

- Alekos Mykoniatis Obituary

- French sailors destroy the Greek flag in Chania

- A succesful Greek online Supermarket in Germany

- Desperate Thief in Heraklion

- Gang of Romanian thieves in Chania

- Fishing up a shark

- Inconsiderate dog owners in Crete

- The yachting sector has boomed in Greece

- European Commission demands energy revolution to fight pollution

Crete Events :

- Events in March and April 2007

- Development of Crete

- The wreck of the SS Imperatrix

- You are a three-headed creature

Articles on "Explore Crete"

- Laiki, the Greek street market

Rethymnon, the old town

- Fortezza in Rethymnon

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Crete News

- Program of the Rethymnon Carnival 2007

- Crete ravaged by rains

- New projects in Heraklion Prefecture

- End of “El Greco” shooting in Crete

- Formula 1 racetrack in Crete

- Overgrazing and desertification of Crete

- New look for Eleftherias Square in Heraklion

- Junior schools open after six-week strike

- Impaled on an iron rod for an hour

- Biology to beat cancer

- Increase in thyroid cancer in Crete

- Half of Greeks are on diet

- Coronary disease in Crete

- Mysterious Explosion in Chora Sfakion

- Fragment of the Erechtheion of Acropolis returned to Greece

- Visitors' increase in archaeological sites in 2006

- The Cretans of Australia meet the Greek Ambassador

- Speed trap detector driver arrested

- Music award for Evanthia Reboutsika

- Colours of Southern Crete

- Boomer, our Cretan dog

- All-night Souvlaki Shops in Heraklion

Articles on "Explore Crete"

- Alonia, the threshing circles of Crete

- Cretans speak in Mantinades

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Crete Events :

- Events in December 2006 and January 2007

Crete News

- The Minoan harbour of Knossos

- Kissamos Archaeological Museum

- Eirineos, the new Archbishop of Crete

- Archbishop Timotheos passes away

- Dermatos beach at risk

- The port of Timbaki

- FORTH creates new robot in Crete

- Rethymnon Hospital

- A Scottish wedding in Heraklion

- “Greece - Cyprus” Pottery Exhibition

- Awards for innovative ideas

- No new taxes for 2007 in Greece

- Drop in Inflation rate for August in Greece

Announcements:

- The vanishing threshing circles in Crete

- New Pastor for the Protestant Church of Crete

- The Cretan Gift Shop In Kalives

- The Wind Chimes of Kriti

- Let the inhabitants decide on Tymbaki port

Articles on "Explore Crete"

- The Legend of the 12 Young Rulers

- Avissinos, The Violin Charmer of Crete

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Crete News

- Samaria Gorge: 14-year-old injured by falling rock

- Museum in Messara

- Seeking traces of the Minoans in the Sea of Crete

- Pensioners at 75 in Greece

- Fishing port at Plakias

- Greek ferryboats full

- Kavoussi excavation. Impressive archaeological finds in East Crete

- Cretan Waters Flow in Florida

- The Mayor and people of Heraklion clean up the beaches

- A Cretan in the British Police

- Princes in Crete

- Germans choose Crete and Rhodes

Rainbow Choir in the Cave of Milatos

Importing my car to Greece

The Mediterranean Monk Seal

My initiation in a Cretan kitchen

- Coming Events in Crete, events in August & September 2006 in Crete

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Crete News

- Crete News, read past month's news of Crete

- Crete News page 2

- Artists of Rethymnon, an exhibition for Arts and Crafts in Rethymnon

- Dimitris Karagiannakis and his Cretans

- Michalis, the baker

- Crete, April 2036, a glance into the future of Crete

- Gypsies of Crete, a foreigner's point of view of the Gypsies of Crete

- Gypsies of Greece

Apokries - Carnival in the Historic Museum of Crete

- International Prayers Day in Crete

- Letters to the Editor

- Coming Events in Crete, events in April 2006 in Crete

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Crete News

• Sailors strike is ended
• George Psychoundakis died at the age of 85
• New Airport in Heraklion
• Koules in danger
• Also… Samaria Gorge
• Government re-shuffle promotes Cretan officials
• Vrahassi and Zoniana gain independence
• First Alzheimer’s group in Crete
• The Valentine’s Escape
• Pensioner tackles thief in Heraklion
• Heavy sentence for child sexual abuse in Chania
• Squatters Cultural Centre in Heraklion; future in doubt
• Desertification of Crete
• Allegation of ‘Baby-swap’ in Chania hospital
• Threat for The Palm Trees of Crete
• Tough measures could lead to hotel closures
• Rethymnon Concerns; Health is number one
• Graveyards robbed for drugs
• Gang rape in Heraklion
• B-Younique Art-Studio opens in Gournes

Features

- The New Landscape of Apokoronas

- Cretan Houses: Anna's Limeri in Rethymnon

- The Sparrows of Crete

- Crete, March 2036, a glance into the future of Crete

- Letters to the Editor

Coming Events

- Coming Events in Crete in March 2006

New on ExploreCrete

- Union of Crete with Greece, part 2

- Herbs for Health and Beauty:
Tips from Minoan Crete of 2000BC

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Crete News

- NO TO RACISM heard in Rethymnon

- Lucky man in Heraklion wins 10,000,000 EUR

- Baby auction in Heraklion

- Casino in Crete

- Earthquake damage in Crete

- Award to top Greek scientist from TEI of Crete

- Fate of Tymbaki harbour unknown

- More problems at Heraklion Archaeological Museum

- Glass recycling in Chania

- Greenhouse crisis in Ierapetra, Crete

- Murder in Agia Galini

- Rise in cancer and obesity in Crete

- Cretan farmer owns 11,250 olive trees

- The sons of 2 daddies

- Washing-up liquid shots in Chania bar

Greece News

- Expensive internet may cost Greece dear

- 30% price reduction on imported cars

- Low rates of drug use in Greece

- Greeks work hard

- Greek books popular in Turkey

Features

- The Language of the Minoans at the Cretan Literature Centre

- 'Glendi' Greek Style

- Cretan wine-tasting evening
at the Stomatologic Society of Crete

- The Carnival of Rethymnon then and now

- FloraCretica, the flowers of Crete

- International Green Week

- EU domain name launch

- Letters to the Editor

- Pythia's Oracles: Your personal horoscope for February 2006

Coming Events

- Program of the Rethymnon Carnival 2006

New on ExploreCrete

- Apokries: Carnival in Crete

- Recipes of Crete: Veal with Aubergines or Eggplant

- Music Reviews: Psarantonis and Markoyannis - Otan se vlepo tragoudo

Crete News

- 2006 to be the year of Changes in Southern Crete?

- 92 Years Since the Union of Crete with Greece

- Return to the European Court over Chania landfill sites

- Three major robberies in Rethymnon in a month

- Christmas Fair at Hersonissos

- Crete Aquarium opens at Gournes

- Heraklion Meeting on Multiple Sclerosis

- Heraklion bus drivers up in arms

- 14-year-old Bulgarian girl for sale at 3,000 euros

- Indian immigrant dies of exposure under Rethymnon bridge

- New wind park in west Crete

- Robbery at Plakias

- 79-year-old saved by his dogs

- National Road closed at Malia

- Works in Rethymnon in the New Year

- Restoration works at Koules

- 5th Mediterranean Cooking and Pastry-making Competition in Crete

- Modernisation of Souda Naval Base

- Protestants Church in Heraklion

Greece News

- Dora Bakoyannis, Mayor of Athens, elected World Mayor 2005

- New Greek Tourism Award In China

- Greek campaign for more children costs a billion euros

- Olympic Airlines news: electronic boarding pass and new offers

- Germanwings: two weekly flights from Heraklion to Germany in summertime 2006

- New Working Hours for Public Utilities in Greece

- Greece and Bulgaria Open Tunnel of Love

Features

- Editorial, the new Crete Gazette

- Are we proud of our Museums?

- The Roma of Crete

- The Gypsies; a view of their history and music

- Theofaneia in Crete, the celebration of Epiphany in Crete

- Cretan Houses: the house of Virginia and Wolfgang in Kounali

- Ukranian Artists in Heraklion

- Pythia's Oracles, your horoscope for January 2006

- Letters to the Editor

New on ExploreCrete

- Day trip to Rogdia and Achlada

- Monastery of Savathianna

- The Union of Crete with Greece, part One

- Stelios Mpikakis: H Figi (Music Review)

- Honey in the Wine: The roots of the traditional diet in ancient Crete

- Kolokithokeftedes, Courgette or Zucchini Balls, a tasty recipe from Crete