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Heraklion Faces a Water Crisis Again

Iorgos Pappas

Heraklion faces a water crisis again as residents struggle with water supply reductions after technical failures at the Aposelemis reservoir.

Return to Vira Potzi: When a Restaurant Becomes a Compass

Phil Butler

There’s a kind of place that disappears from memory the moment you try to share it. Not because it wasn’t real, but because it was too good to give away. Too whole. Too sacred. Vira Potzi in Ierapetra is one of those places — not just a restaurant, but a meeting point for the soul, […]

Prehistoric Monument at Risk Near New Heraklion Airport

Manuel Santos

Members of the NIKI party raised concerns about the destruction of a prehistoric monument on Papoura Hill due to radar construction for the new Heraklion Airport, urging Culture Minister Lina Mendoni to take protective action.

Greece’s Great Water Heist: Privatization in the Age of Monetized Drought

Phil Butler

When the rain is sold and the rivers are ghosts, only the parched remember who stole the clouds. They were warned. For twenty-five years, Greece was told that its water was vanishing, that the islands were fragile, that overdevelopment and unchecked tourism were ecological suicide. They made sustainability plans. They published warnings. Citizens were surveyed. […]

Winds Fuel Destruction in Crete’s Heart

Iorgos Pappas

Hellfire struck Chania on July 26, as relentless winds fuel destructive wildfires. Residents, tourists, and firefighters grapple with loss and danger.