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Available categories: Events (22) | Interviews (2) | News (21) |Vandalisms in the Catholic Cemetery
• Crete, Chania
For one more time, the Catholic Cemetery of Chania Town, in Markou Botsari street, was vandalized last weekend by strangers.
Jump from the highest bridge in the Balkans
• Crete, Chania
Have you considered combining your summer holidays to Crete with an extreme sport? Well, there couldn
Jump from the highest bridge in the Balkans
• Crete, Chania
Have you considered combining your summer holidays to Crete with an extreme sport? Well, there couldn
Old Town nominee for Unesco Monument
• Crete, Chania
The Municipality of Chania has decided to submit its candidature to include the Old Town of Chania in the list of UNESCO's World Heritage.
Festival of Neighborhood
May 26, 2009 — May 26, 2009 • Crete, Chania
The Festival of the Neighbourhood will take place next Tuesday, 26th May, the evening in three spots of Chania town aiming to entie the bonds between the residents.
Samaria Gorge opened for summer
• Crete, Chania
The Forest Service of Chania announced that from April 29th, the Gorge of Samaria will reopen to visitors.
Itzedin Fortress in Souda to be restored
• Crete, Chania
The mayor of Souda, with two letters to the President of the Greek Parliament and the Greek Minister of Internal Affairs, asks for the preservation and restoration of Itzedin Fortress.
Gavdos candidate for green island
• Crete, Chania
The department of the Technical Chamber of Greece in Western Crete proposed the island of Gavdos to be turned into the first "green" island in Greece, that is into the first island that will depend totally in environmental friendly energies, such as aeolian and solar energy.
Degradation of Kissamos port
• Crete, Chania
The inhabitants and the local authorities of Kissamos village, 35 km to the west of Chania, are protesting for the degradation of their port, the second most important port in the prefecture of Chania.
Photo Exhibition about the Old Crete
Dec 15, 2008 — Jan 30, 2009 • Crete, Chania
An exhibition with photos of Crete as it looked like about a century ago is currently being held in the room of the Literary Association "Chrisostomos" in Chania town.
Looking for a shelter for stay animals
• Crete, Chania
The Philozoic Association of Chania faces a great problem with the stray and wounded animals that are found in the neighbourhoods of the town and the closeby villages, as they don't have a permanent shelter to host them.
Celebrations for the Liberation of Crete
Nov 30, 2008 — Dec 01, 2008 • Crete, Chania
Festive celebrations for the liberation of Crete, after five centuries of Turkish occupation, and its unification with the rest of Greece will be held on November 30th and December 1st in Chania.
A German aircraft to be pulled up
• Crete, Chania
An old German aircraft will be pulled up by the Greek Air Force in Maleme, Chania. The aircraft lies there since the Second World War and in some parts it looks almost untouched by time.
The New Archaeological Museum
• Crete, Chania
The Archaeological Museum of Chania, which is housed for about 50 years in a Franciscan Monastery, is going to be tranfered to a new and modern building. The construction of the building is expected to start soon and it will be completed in two years.
Reformation of old neighborhoods
• Crete, Chania
The south part of the neighborhood Koum Kapi in the town of Chania, Crete, is being reformed by the municipality authorities. As announced by the major, all the neighborhoods will gradually change.