In June 2009, 24-year-old Glen Daly was killed during his holidays in Crete, Greece. The police believed Glen had lost control of his moped and slid under a lorry that Stefanis Konstantinou was driving. However, his mother, Dorothy Daly, did not accept her son’s death was an accident and launched a four-year campaign for justice [...]
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Cretan Hoteliers Unhappy With Swedish Ad
A private Swedish company has caused a lot of reaction in its effort to attract customers by preventing Swedish people from visiting Crete. The Liseberg company, located in Gothenburg has distributed posters and has published on its central website, an advertisement showing the picture of a boy crying, accompanied by the text: “Some children are [...]
Greek And Turk Youth in Action
In the framework of the European program, Youth in Action, with the subject, Steal a week from Life, eight students from Crete, 13 to 17 years old, visited Aydin, Turkey, accompanied by their teachers. The students met eight children from the orphanage in Aydin, and children with family problems temporarily hosted in hostels. This action [...]
Meteora, Crete Get Austrians Notice
Two of Greece’s most alluring attractions, Meteora and Crete, are starring features in well-known publications in Austria for Easter. The Austrian newspaper Kourier hosts in the special insert Leisure, an eight-page tribute to Meteora, entitled Between Heaven and Earth. The newspaper Die Presse is showcasing Crete, entitled Open Doors, Palatable Routes. Kourier includes rich photographic [...]
Greece Sitting on 427B Euros of Gas
Struggling to get out from under a $430 billlion debt and crushing economic crisis, the answer to Greece’s financial problems says the answer might be under the sea around Crete where the German Deutsche Bank said there could be as much as $558.3 billion in natural gas reserves. The economic news website Capital.gr reported that the [...]
UK Football Player to Face Attackers in Greece
Rob Hughes, 31, a British soccer player who was nearly killed in an attack by six fellow Britons in Greece four years ago is to return to Greece to testify in the case against the men he said assaulted him and left him near dead. He made a recovery from critical injuries after being told [...]
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05 / 23 Post-Byzantine Art At Budapest University
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05 / 23 EU Withdraws Ban On Olive Oil Bottles
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05 / 23 Georges Moustaki Dies at 79
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05 / 22 Greek Participation in Vienna’s Long Night of Churches
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05 / 22 West Macedonia First in 2012 EU Youth Unemployment
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08 / 04 Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan Reportedly Claims Olympic Flame is Turkish
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01 / 24 Intercultural Association Macedonia Cuts Vasilopita
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07 / 28 IOC President Jacques Rogge Calls London Home of The Olympics; Forgets Greece
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05 / 03 Skopje: Streets Renamed With Ancient Greek Names
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05 / 22 Philip II of Macedonia Statue in Skopje Defies NATO
