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Crete Region & Association of Hoteliers of Crete Agree to Agree Some More

2024-09-15 by Phil Butler

Analipsi Beach resorts

A recent press release from the Region of Crete offers a sneak peek at why the island is in such trouble where regenerative economics is concerned. The fact is, only a scant few people in Crete’s government even understand sustainability, let alone concepts like regenerative tourism or agriculture. However, no matter how hopeless the island’s […]

Cretan Hound Club Celebrates 10th Year at Talos Plaza

2024-09-09 by Phil Butler

Giannis Geneiatakis Kritikos Lagonikos

This past weekend, the Cretan Hound Club (Όμιλος Κρητικού Λαγωνικού) celebrated its tenth year on the seaside at Talos Plaza in Heraklion. The two-day event also served to register new Cretan Hounds and to recognize the best specimens of those presented.  The President of the Cretan Hound Club, Nikos Anetakis, administered the essential events where […]

September 4th, the 14th Apesokari Traditional Tastes Event Takes Place

2024-09-02 by Phil Butler

14th TASTING AT APESOKARI

To begin September 4, 2024, at 6.30 pm, at the Primary School of Apesokari, the festival will offer traditional dishes that are part of Crete’s heritage. Associations from all over the Messara area will contribute their local cuisines, which are a part of everyday life in rural Crete.  The Network of Messara Associations, in collaboration […]

Is Mickey Mouse Leadership Destroying Greece’s Biggest Industry?

2024-09-01 by Phil Butler

Mickey Mouse

According to the latest tourism figures for Greece, several of the country’s islands are seeing record numbers of visitors. Crete tops the list with a record 2.9 million international air arrivals—up 6.7% compared to the previous year. Another popular destination, the Dodecanese islands, has welcomed 2.4 million visitors, an 11.4% rise compared with last year. […]

Dawn Project Sounds Alarm on AI Frenzy

2024-08-29 by Phil Butler

AI could devolve us

Here’s one for all those people out there skeptical we are all being sold smoke and mirrors where artificial intelligence (AI) is concerned. Software billionaire Dan O’Dowd, the world’s leading authority on software that never fails and can’t be hacked, has launched a public awareness campaign revealing critical defects in AI. O’Dowd, whose company Green Hills […]

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