Argophilia

Αργοφιλία: For the love of the journey.

  • Crete
  • Greece
  • Food
  • Eastern Europe
  • Real Estate
  • World
  • Travel Technology

Lesvos’ Award-Winning Mia Elia Olive Oil Offers Trees for Adoption

2020-10-02 by Phil Butler

Mia Elia

Mia Elia, winner of the Bronze Award in the Quality at LondonIOO, puts olive trees up for adoption.

Tags: culinary news, Greek olive oil, Hatzidimitriou, Lesvos Island, Lesvos olive oil, London IOOC, London IOOC 2020, London IOOC 2021, Mia Elia, world olive oil

Ocean Rebellion Launches Protests Against Cruise Industry

2020-10-01 by Phil Butler

Ocean Rebellion

Ocean Rebellion just launched a night-time protest in Weymouth in order to reveal the “dirty truth of the cruise shipping industry”.

Tags: Carnival Cruise Lines, Cruise industry, cruise line pollution, cruise lines, cruise ships, Cunard, Environment, Extinction Rebellion, global warming, Marella Cruises, Mein Schiff 6, Ocean Rebellion, P&O, pollution, TUI, TUI Cruises

Members of TUI’s Mein Schiff 6 Crew Test Positive for COVID-19

2020-09-29 by Phil Butler

TUI Cruises

Greek authorities say 12 crew members TUI Cruises’ Mein Schiff 6 carrying more than 1,500 passengers, have tested positive for COVID-19.

Tags: COVID at sea, COVID-19 Greece, COVID-19 test, crew, greece cruises, Greek Isles, Heraklion port, Mein Schiff 6, pandemic, TUI Cruises, TUI Group, TUI shios

Greek Health Officials Say There are Enough ICU Beds for Now

2020-09-28 by Phil Butler

Covid-19

The Hellenic Intensive Care Society President Αnna Kotanidou assures citizens of enough ICU beds.

Tags: Coronavirus, coronavirus Greece, COVID lockdown, COVID restrictions, COVID-19, COVID-19 Greece, Greece lockdown, Greece tourism, Greece tourists, lockdown, travel

COVID-19 Second Wave Nixes Predicted Economic Rebound

2020-09-26 by Phil Butler

Santorini

As the ECDC predicts a rising COVID-19 curve, Europe economies stand poised to suffer double-dip recession.

Tags: Coronavirus cases, COVID cases, COVID recession, COVID-19 economics, ECDC, EU economies, EU economy, EU recession, Europe economy, Europe pandemic, pandemic

U.S. State Department Lowers Level 4 Travel Advisory for Egypt

2020-09-26 by Phil Butler

The Egyptian Sahara

The United States has dropped a leel 4 “do not travel” advisory for Egypt to a level 3 “reconsider travel” alert.

Tags: American tourists, American travelers, Egypt Airlines, Egypt attractions, Egypt tourism, Egypt travel, travel advisory, travel alert, travel warnings

Greece Officials Showing Off in TUI Dog & Pony Show

2020-09-25 by Phil Butler

Dog and pony show

Greece seems to be caving in to pressure from German tour giant TUI to forge through a COVID 2nd wave and create off season bookings.

Tags: Greece lockdown, Greece tourism, Greece tourism ministry, Greek Prime Minister, Harry Theoharis, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, lockdown, Sebastian Ebel, Theoharis, travel stocks, TUI, TUI Group, TUI stocks

Greece’s Mitsotakis Pleads for Citizen Vigilance to Combat COVID-19

2020-09-25 by Phil Butler

PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is pleading with Greek citizens to be vigilant and to respect COVID-19 safety measures to limit the spread of the coronavirus.

Tags: COVID-19 economics, Covid-19 pandemic, Greece lockdown, Greece pandemic, lockdown, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis

A Weekend In the Heart of Crete at Delina Mountain Resort

2020-09-24 by Phil Butler

A weekend at the famous Anogia Village and Delina Mountain Resort, as Fall comes to the mountains of Crete Island.

Tags: Angelo Arvanitis, Anogia Village, Cretan Lyra, Cretan Music, Cretan music performers, Crete culture, Crete customs, Crete Kapitans, Crete mountains, Crete performers, Crete villages, Delina Mountain Resort, Delina Resort, Elena Tornesaki, famous Cretans, Michalis Skoulas, Mt. Psiloritis, Nikos Kazantzakis, Satanas, Traditional Cretan Music, Vasilis Skoulas

Researchers Make Headway Untangling Crete’s Linear A Number System

2020-09-22 by Phil Butler

Linear A fragment

Scientists at the University of Bologna say they have finally begun to unravel part of the mysterious Linear A that has puzzled linguists and archaeologists for decades. In a statement released recently, the University’s professor of Aegean Philology, Dr. Silvia Ferrara says she and her colleagues conducted a new study of the 3,500-year-old Minoan system […]

Tags: Aegean archaeology, Aegean civilizations, ancient languages, Bronze Age, Crete archaeology, Linear A, Linear B, Minoan language, Minoan math, philology

Tourism Profits and Surfing the Humongous COVID Second Wave

2020-09-22 by Phil Butler

surfing the COVID wave

Greek authorities have reported 453 new coronavirus cases, which is the highest single-day rise since the end of lockdown. Meanwhile, corporate interests sail full speed a course into the unknown.

Tags: Adam Vojtech, CDC, Corfu, Coronavirus cases, cruise lines, cruise ships, EODY, Europe, Greece COVID-19, Lufthansa, Roda Beach Village, seafarers, TravelSupermarket, TUI, UK cases, UK coronavirus, UK fights, WHO

The Latest Stunning Hashtag #creteisland Instagram Shares

2020-09-21 by Phil Butler

Agia Pelagia Bay

This week the best Instagram shares from Crete include not just locals, Crete businesses, but visitors to the paradise island as well.

Tags: #creteisland, Agia Pelagia, crete, IFBB Bikini Athlete, Janine Lewis, Kedrodasos Beach, Kommos, Kommos Beach, Peninsula Resort & Spa, Samaria Gorge, Tsoutsouros

TUI and Others Seem Determined to Cram Tourists Down the Throats of Greeks

2020-09-21 by Phil Butler

TUI Bundeswehr

TUI announces Greece is the company’s top destination now. Meanwhile, Greece plans to boost tourists in midst of COVID resurgence.

Tags: Aquila Rithymna Beach, COVID-19 measures, Crete tourists, Deutscher Fachverlag GmbH, Dimitris Fragakis, FTI GROUP, FVW, FVW media, FVW Workshop, George Dimas, German media, German tourists, GNTO, Greece sustainability, Greece tourism, Sonar Acoustics Audiovisual, TUI

Tropical Cyclone Ianos Tears Its Way Across Crete Island

2020-09-20 by Phil Butler

After ripping its way across the Ionian islands and the Greece mainlain, cyclone Ianos slashed across Crete island last night.

Tags: Crete forecast, Crete rains, Crete weather, Cyclone Ianos, Greece forecast, Greece Medicane, Greece weather, Ianos rains, Ianos storm, Medicane Ianos, Mediterranean Weather Forecast

Some “Get Real” Hospitality Insights for Hotels Post-COVID

2020-09-19 by Phil Butler

remote business

Netherlands hotel innovators citizenM comes out with a subscription business plan that could drive profits. But is loyalty only about stable revenue?

Tags: citizenM, Claudia Scharf, COVID-19, hotel management, hotel programs, Lennert De Jong, Loyalty Prime, loyalty programs, Michael Levie, subscription based business, subscription travel

TUI Cruises Big Mein Schiff 6 Sneaks Into Port at Heraklion

2020-09-19 by Phil Butler

TUI Cruises

TUI Cruises’ Mein Shiff 6 steams into Heraklion’s port virutally unnotticed. The German company manages to become the first to redux cruising in Greece.

Tags: all inclusive, Crete citizens, Crete cruises, Crete ports, Crete tours, Fritz Joussen, German cruise line, Greece hotels, Greece restaurants, Greek cruises, Greek spas, Heraklion cruises, Heraklion port, Mein Schiff 6, sustainable tourism, TUI

A 5.9 Magnitude Quake Shakes Crete Island in Greece

2020-09-18 by Phil Butler

Crete quake

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake shook Heraklion Prefecture on Crete late this afternoon.

Tags: Athens Geodynamic Institute, Crete earthquake, Crete Island, Crete quake, Crete tremor, Crete weather, Greece earthquakes, USGS

Greek Finance Minister Beckons Foreign Investors to Come to Greece

2020-09-18 by Phil Butler

Χρήστος Σταϊκούρας / Christos Staikouras

Greek Finance Minister Christos Staikouras is inviting foreign investors to invest in Greece. But some fear outsiders already own too much of the country.

Tags: Christos Staikouras, ESM, European Stability Mechanism, Greek debt, Jörg Kukies, Klaus Regling, Lufthansa, TUI

Midicane Ianos Makes Landfall on Mainland Greece

2020-09-18 by Phil Butler

Ianos satellite

A rare Mediterranean hurricane-like storm Ianos landing in Greece has grounded flights and is lashing the surrounding seas of Greece today.

Tags: Crete weather, cyclone, dangerous weather, Greece weather, heavy weather, Ianos, Ionian Sea, Medicane, Medicane Ianos, storm warnings, storms, weather alert

The Greece Tourism Crisis: First Good, Then Bad, Now Worse

2020-09-16 by Phil Butler

Greece’s drive to promote tourism using the status quo, it is not going to work. Everything put forward from the tourism ministry and the rest of the current administration is about going back and appearing to go forward.

Tags: Coronavirus 2019, coronavirus Greece, coronavirus response, COVID-19 measures, crete, Fraport, Greece FDI, Greece SMEs, Greek hotels, Halkidiki, Harry Theoharis, hotel bankruptcy, Ioannis Giorgos, second wave, TUI, TUI Group

  • « Previous Page
  • 1
  • …
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • …
  • 93
  • Next Page »

Maria Papadaki ad banner

Featured Stories

Pierra Creta race

Pierra Creta Brings 230 Ski Mountaineers to Snowy Psiloritis

Martis tradition

Martis: Why Greeks Wear Red and White Threads in March

A wide panoramic view of La Mano del Desierto, a massive stone hand sculpture rising from the sands of Chile’s Atacama Desert, illuminated by a dramatic orange and purple sunset with distant mountains silhouetted along the horizon.

Why Chile This Year Instead of Europe?

Crete sea level February

Aegean Sea Level Rises Up to 35 cm After Pressure Drop

kite

Nea Alikarnassos Tries Kouloúma For the First Time

How Public Relations in Hospitality Adapts to AI Technology banner

Your go-to guide for foraging cretan horta

Stories of Interest

Pierra Creta race

Pierra Creta Brings 230 Ski Mountaineers to Snowy Psiloritis

2026-03-04 By Manuel Santos

The 7th international ski mountaineering race Pierra Creta returns to Psiloritis on March 7, 2026, bringing 230 athletes from 15 countries.

UNESCO Geopark Psiloritis

Psiloritis Geopark to Host Major Geotourism Conference in Crete

2026-03-04 By Iorgos Pappas

The Psiloritis UNESCO Global Geopark will host the 6th Greece–Cyprus Geoparks Conference in Anogeia, Crete, June 11–13, 2026.

Rethymno Gets Olympic Swimming Pool With €4 Million Investment

2026-03-04 By Manuel Santos

Rethymno will build a new Olympic-size swimming complex worth €4.09 million under Greece’s 2026-2030 sports program.

Saint George Gate Heraklion art

Art Returns to Heraklion’s Venetian Walls

2026-03-04 By Victoria Udrea

Nineteen large-scale digital reproductions from the Municipal Gallery of Heraklion are now displayed at Saint George Gate on the Venetian Walls.

Illegal firecrackers

Crete Police Seize Thousands of Firecrackers Ahead of Busy Tourist Season

2026-03-04 By Iorgos Pappas

Police in Heraklion seized over 3,000 illegal firecrackers in targeted raids, as safety efforts intensify ahead of the Greek Orthodox Easter.

More Crete travel news

  • Authors
  • Contributors
  • Submit Press Release
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy

COPYRIGHT © 2026 · ARGOPHILIA TRAVEL NEWS