Only hours after the storm wrecked parts of Crete with savage winds and rough seas, African dust rolled in and sealed the city under a thick, suffocating haze.

Heraklion Port Authority and the new Heraklion International Airport agreed to closer coordination to promote the city as a Mediterranean cruise homeport

Crete promoted year-round tourism at Ferien-Messe Wien (15–18 Jan 2026), citing 160,000 Austrian arrivals in 2025 and a 5% rise in prebookings.

Crete charmed Finnish travelers again at Helsinki’s MATKA 2026 fair, with over 123,000 Finns choosing the island in 2025.

A fatal crash near Kapetaniana, Gortyna, highlights Crete’s dangerous cliff roads. Practical driving tips, GPS traps, and emergency steps.

100% Hotel Show Crete 2026 returns to Heraklion Feb 6–8 with suppliers, redesign solutions, tech tools, and networking for hotels and villas.

The Malevizi Municipality presented retention-dam studies for Agia Pelagia, Palaiokastro, and Lygaria to reduce flooding risk.

Seasonal tourism workers in Chania are being invited to an important info meeting on rehiring rights and collective labour agreements.

Heraklion’s recycling collection is in trouble: the contractor agreement ends on Jan 24 and the municipality cannot launch a new tender without an approved budget.

Crete is planning a new Archaeological Museum in Archanes using the old wine bottling facilities, with a €730,000 study program and a 6,330 sq.m museum layout.

Heraklion’s Nikos Kazantzakis Airport closes its main runway Jan 19–26 for upgrades. Only the diagonal runway will operate, ATR turboprops only, daytime only.

Crete promoted year-round tourism at Vakantiebeurs in Utrecht (Jan 8–11). The Dutch market ranked 5th in 2025 arrivals to Heraklion and Chania airports.

Crete’s OAK launched a tender for €14.8M water pipelines from Aposelemi Dam to Neapoli, Sisi, Kritsa and Elounda, funded by 2021–2027 environment program.