Efforts continue to repair Crete power plant - 23 March, 2019 electricity5.jpg Repair crews worked into the night on Friday to repair the damage from a blast at a Public Power Corporation plant in Iraklio on Crete, which had left many parts of the island region without electricity for several hours...

General blackout in Crete - 22 March, 2019 electricity2.jpg A blackout all over Crete was recorded shortly after 12 noon. According to information, an explosion and fire has happened in the power plant at Linoperamata in Heraklion. Strong firefighting forces have rushed to Linoperamata as well as a...

Hi Marie and Andrew, I don't know what is going on there, but it looks quite spectacular! 170319.jpg From: http://www.webcam-crete.com/ The other webcam, the beach webcam, is still not live. It is disconnected since the 3rd September, 2018, waiting to get reinstalled by its owner. The photos you can...

Heraklion airport getting ready for the new season - 17 March, 2019 heraklion-airport-renovated2018.jpg The first charter flight of the summer season is scheduled for 29 March from Germany, but due to the winter tourism program, the airport has increased traffic throughout the season. Indeed, in Fe...

Presentation of the international cave expedition Sternes 2018 - 16 March, 2019 sternes-peak-east-of-pachnes.jpg On Saturday, 9 March, at 12 hrs noon at the Cultural Center of the Municipality of Sfakia, the presentation of the Sternes International Speleological Mission in 2018 and its results for...

Photo report Samaria Gorge : How it is after the bad weather - 12 March, 2019 samaria-assessment1.jpg On Wednesday, 6 March, the three-day assessment was conducted by forest employees of the Chania Forestry Directorate of the Decentralized Administration of Crete in the White Mountains National Par...

Lagana, halvas and taramas, the Greek delicacies of Clean Monday - 11 March, 2019 koulouma1.jpg Lagana, halvas, and taramas, otherwise known as “the Koulouma (τα Κούλουμα)” are the official foods of today, the first day of Lent in Greece, a day known as “Clean Monday.” Having the same meaning as As...

Anxiety at the Askyfou plateau in Sfakia because of tremors - 11 March, 2019 askyfou-plateau.jpg A phenomenon that began to be observed in the week after the devastating rain of February 24-25 and is still going on has caused the reasonable concerns of the inhabitants on the Plateau of Askyfou, but...

Mayor of Sfakia in Athens for funding of damage repair - 9 March, 2019 zervos-athens.jpg Mayor of Sfakia Yannis Zervos was found yesterday at the Ministry of Interior, where he had a meeting with Minister Alexis Charitsis and his colleagues. As announced by the Municipality of Sfakia, a technical b...