Greek prison uprising spreads to women's jail

Women prisoners in Thiva, Greece have refused to return to their cells and early reports speak of fire inside the jail complex. The uprising is the second in as many days in Greece as yesterday inmates in Hania,...

Greek prison guard runs amok - One dead

Less than a three days after the dramatic escape of two prisoners by helicopter from Athens' maximum security Korydallos jail the Greek prison service has found itself embroiled in another scandal in the island of...

Greek farmers in clashes wih riot police

Violent clashes between farmers and riot police followed the Greek authorities to prevent 2000 protesters from Crete from leaving the port city of  Piraeus to demonstrate outside the parliament in Athens....

Father who threw son off balcony is to challenge unlawful killing verdict

Following a ruling against a father who threw his two children off a hotel balcony in Greece, attorneys for the father have decided to file an appeal in the case."A father who threw his two children off a hotel balcony in Crete, killing his son, today won permission to launch...

Snowstorm pummels Greece

Even Greece isn't to be spared this winter. "A raging snow storm that blanketed most of Greece over the weekend also continued into the early morning hours on Monday, plunging the country into sub-zero...

"Romeo and Juliet" - tragic end for cousins in love

Athens (ANTARA News) - A young couple in love whose families refused them to marry swallowed pesticide on the southern Mediterranean island of Crete, causing the death of the man and putting the girl in a coma, newspaper reports said. The couple, both cousins, began their...

The wave that destroyed Atlantis

"The legend of Atlantis, the country that disappeared under the sea, may be more than just a myth. Research on the Greek island of Crete suggests Europe's earliest civilisation was destroyed by a giant tsunami....

The New Atlantis

"In Malta they aren't waiting to find the real Atalantis they are building one of their own. A megalithic temple under the sea"

Atlantis In Sardinia

"Lost Continent' of Atlantis Stirs Debate; Scholars Gather to Debate Merits of Sardinia Theory"

Professor working on 'roofies' detector (AP)

" CRETE, Neb. - An assistant professor of chemistry is developing a tiny testing kit that women can carry in their purses and use to quickly detect date-rape drugs. Andrea Holmes, who teaches at Doane College in Crete, said "this seemed to be a really, really relevant...

Summer in Greece.

As I see these photos,I imagine my summer vacations! Blue sea,sandy beaches,sunshine,good company and explorations.

Atlantis Discovered

"Is this the discovery of Plato's Atlantis? "

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