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• Crete, Chania
Mass wedding ceremonies for 16 Chinese couples are scheduled for April 2014 in Chania Crete, as part of developing wedding tourism on the island.
Regatta for 100 years since union of Crete
Oct 14, 2013 — Oct 20, 2013 • Crete, Chania
A different series of boat races will take place in October 2013 in Crete. This is a regatta for the celebration of 100 years since the union of Crete with Greece.
Construction of new archaeological museum
• Crete, Chania
A new archaeological museum will be built in Chania Town. Actually, it will be located in the former military camp of Hatzidakis in Halepa.
Fossiled foot track found in Crete
• Crete, Chania
A 7 million-years-old foot track of a carnivorous was found in Chania Crete, the oldest fossiled foot track found in the Greek territory.
A museum for the evolution of typography
• Crete, Chania
The Typography Museum was inaugurated in May 2005 under the auspices of the local newspaper Haniotika Nea (News of Chania) and it is dedicated to presenting the evolution of typography through centuries.
New theatre in a quarry
• Crete, Chania
The local authorities of Chania Crete are studying the possibility to construct a new open theatre in the abandoned quarry of Marathi.
Diving park in Elafonisi
• Crete, Chania
The Prefecture of Chania and the Municipality of Inochori are setting up and cofinance the project of creating a Diving Park in Elafonisi.
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
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.
