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Category: News
Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:28:52 GMT
Knossos will not be included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Monuments until the area around the site will be improved.
Category: News
Tue, 26 May 2009 10:22:28 GMT
17 British tourists dressed like Catholic nuns upset last night the local society of Malia, close to Heraklion, and were arrested by the local police.
Category: News
Thu, 14 May 2009 10:10:33 GMT
The Gate of Pantokrator, also known as Chanioporta, opened yesterday to the residents and visitors of Heraklion Crete.
Category: News
Tue, 05 May 2009 10:32:15 GMT
A new Home of Literature has recently been created in Krasi village, close to Malia, to house creations of writers and translators from all over the world.
Category: News
Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:54:01 GMT
The new excavations of the Venetian Gate Voltone will start soon in the town of Heraklion, Crete. The local authorities are planning to excavate the whole gate and to put glass surfaces so that visitors can see it from above.
Category: News
Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:42:25 GMT
Attica Group has decided to enter the ferry competition for good, as it issued an announcement that from this spring its ferry Superfast XII will run the line Piraeus-Heraklion.
Category: News
Tue, 10 Mar 2009 07:46:13 GMT
The Mayor of Heraklion presented a few days ago the new museum that opened in the town of Heraklion, in the gate Bethlehem of the Venetian Walls. The museum "El Greco: Return home" includes works of the famous Cretan artist Domenicos Theotokopoulos, also known as El Greco.
Location: Heraklion
Category: Events
Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:44:19 GMT
Meeting about "Energy and Environment- Green responses to climatic changes" is organized in Heraklion, Crete, by the political party Ecologist Green.
Category: News
Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:12:01 GMT
A German doctor, the director of a Cardiological Clinic in Bavaria, has done researches and surveys and has proven that the Cretan diet reduces the risk of a heart attack on patients with heart problems.
Category: News
Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:30:15 GMT
Lato Boutique Hotel, a luxurious hotel in the town of Heraklion Crete, recently got two awards in the 15th World Travel Awards Ceremony for Europe Winners, which was held in Slovakia. In fact, it was awarded as "Europe's Leading Boutique Hotel" and "Greece's Leading Boutique Hotel" for 2008.
Location: Heraklion
Category: Events
Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:33:54 GMT
The art exhibition that was inaugurated last night in the Basilica of Saint Mark and will last till Saturday, January 17th, is a tribute of honour to many Greek artists.
Location: Heraklion
Category: Events
Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:20:08 GMT
The Women Association of Hersonisos organize for the 7th year a Christmas Bazaar in Evangelistria square, Hersonisos village. The bazaar will take place in the evening of Sunday, December 7th.
Location: Heraklion
Category: Events
Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:51:26 GMT
The 7th personal painting exhibition of the architect Charis Vailakis is inaugurated today evening in the Basilica of Saint Mark in Heraklion, Crete.
Category: News
Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:16:25 GMT
A great controversy has risen in Heraklion between the taxi drivers and the local authorities, after the decision of the municipality to install minibuses that will move people around the town for free. This measure certainly hits severely the interests of the taxi drivers.
Location: Heraklion
Category: Events
Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:16:51 GMT
A very special event is organized by the Municipality of Alikarnassos, close to Heraklion Crete, and the Horse Club of Heraklion: a Horse Festival!
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