Crete’s tourist season is holding into autumn. Heraklion Airport still handles heavy traffic, and this year’s timetable runs well past the usual summer peak. About 780,000 passengers used the airport in the first two weeks of September. Foreign arrivals rose 3.5% on the same stretch last year. Officials expect traffic to stay strong through late …
Aegean Air has been named Europe’s Best Regional Airline at the 2026 Skytrax World Airline Awards for the 15th consecutive year and the 16th time overall during its 27 years of operation. Source link
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has condemned Channel Nine after a Ku Klux Klan leader praised her political rise during a new documentary examining politics and division in the United States. The comments were made by Thomas Robb, a longtime leader of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, during Nine’s documentary Trump’s America: The …
The European Central Bank must remain alert to upside inflation risks while avoiding hasty policy decisions, Bank of Greece Governor and ECB Governing Council member Yannis Stournaras told Bloomberg on the sidelines of the Eurogroup meeting in Dublin on Monday. Source link
Tennis star Aryna Sabalenka has traded the pressures of the WTA Tour for sunshine, crystal clear waters and a relaxing getaway in Greece with her fiancé, Georgios Frangulis. The Belarusian star shared a series of photos from her Greek escape, including bikini snaps as she enjoyed some downtime alongside Frangulis. Sabalenka captioned the holiday photos …
Nicosia has some important initiatives underway concerning investment and the presence of American companies in Cyprus. Source link
Penelope, 25, a marine biologist at the start of her career, has been killed in Igoumenitsa. Police say her 27-year-old ex-partner stabbed her. She held a biology degree from the University of Patras and had just begun work in the field she chose. She lived and worked in Thesprotia. From July 2025 she held a …
Greece aims for a 60% GDP export share by 2030, Development Deputy Minister Stavros Kalafatis said on Monday. Source link
MMA fighter Leon Gavanas has been baptised at the Holy Monastery of Gregoriou on Mount Athos. Video from the monastery circulated this week and shows the sacrament on the Holy Mountain. Baptisms there are uncommon. The avaton bars women from Athos, so only men and boys receive the rite, often in the sea rather than …
An independent lawmaker first elected with the far-right Spartans party said Monday that he would represent the new Alliance of Greeks far-right group linked with a recently released ex-lawmaker for the now-defunct, Nazi-inspired Golden Dawn party. Source link