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Live from Greece: Where Viruses, Bananas, and Tourism Are the Rage

2021-04-14 by Phil Butler

Mitsotakis banana republic

Greek decision makers are chest bumping one another over the COVID response. Meanwhile, the system is badly broken.

Tags: COVID-19 Greece, EODY, google news, Greece citizens, Greece resorts, Greece vaccine rollout, Greek citizens, Harry Theoharis, Idika, Johnson & Johnson, Kathimerini, KEP, Mitsis Grand Hotel, National Herald, tourism, Tourism in Greece

Google Maps Helps You Roll-on Thanksgiving Travel

2018-11-20 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Google News Lab

The folks at Google are trying to solve for “X” again with a Google Maps feature called “Mapping Thanksgiving.”

Tags: Google, Google Maps, google news, Google Travel, Polygraph, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving airport, Thanksgiving trends

Puri Beach and Sunny Memories with Dad

2010-10-15 by Aleksandr Shatskih

A mother and child at Puri

The Bay of Bengal holds a million wonders for the visitor. But Puri Beach holds a special place in the lives of so many people who live in India. For one beach comber, a tribute to her father’s favorite seaside destination reveals the spirit of one of India’s most popular attractions.

Tags: Bay of Bengal, google news, Howrah station, Lord Jagannath, online travel, Puri Beach, romania, travel, travel business, travel news

Google Travel, Coming to a Computer Near You

2010-07-06 by Mihaela Lica Butler

According to the news, Google will pay $700 million for the world’s most coveted airline reservations technology.

Tags: google news, travel news

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Stories of Interest

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Heraklion Declares War on Potholes Again

2025-11-14 By Iorgos Pappas

Heraklion commits 854,000 euros to pothole repairs and road safety upgrades, promising faster interventions and safer streets—if the plan finally works.

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Crete’s Olive Oil Season Begins With a Question Nobody Wants to Answer: How Low Can It Go?

2025-11-14 By Mihaela Lica Butler

Crete braces for one of its weakest olive oil seasons as drought, pests, high costs, and poor infrastructure drive production and prices into decline.

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Agios Nikolaos Restores the Yellow Line as Red and Green Routes Pause

2025-11-14 By Arthur Butler

Agios Nikolaos reinstates the Yellow Line from 17 November 2025 while the Red and Green Lines pause.

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The Mediterranean’s Last Quiet Bay

2025-11-14 By Iorgos Pappas

Across the Mediterranean, small family bays — once the heart of coastal life — are disappearing at a rate that would shock anyone paying attention. Development plans, marina expansions, luxury berths, and “blue investment initiatives” have turned once unique and unspoiled coves into concrete grids. But on Crete’s south coast, a tiny, unnamed bay has […]

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How to Park in Heraklion Like a Boss

2025-11-14 By Mihaela Lica Butler

Parking in Heraklion is not driving. It is anthropology. It doesn’t submit to normal rules you learned in driving school. Tourists arrive in Heraklion imagining parking will work like in the rest of Europe. It does not. Heraklion has its own ecosystem — part tradition, part improvisation, part ancient Cretan instinct for chaos. If you […]

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