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Greece Shines at Opening of IHF Beach Handball World Championships

2022-06-22 by Phil Butler

Yesterday, the 2022 IHF Men’s and Women’s Beach Handball World Championship got underway at the Karteros Beach Sports Center on Crete.

IHF Beach Handball Championships Continue at Karteros in Heraklion

2022-06-18 by Phil Butler

Today, the knockout round in the Youth division features the quarter-finals and the semi-finals leading to tomorrow’s championship match.

Short-Term Rental Lobby Fights Greece’s New Tourism Limits

2026-06-03 By Iorgos Pappas

STAMA Greece fights the Special Spatial Framework for Tourism, opposing municipal controls and the inclusion of short-term rentals in carrying-capacity math.

The Lions Fountain, the Hole, and the Kingdom of Endless Studies

2026-06-03 By Phil Butler

There is perhaps no better symbol of modern governance in Crete than the Morosini Fountain in Heraklion. The Lions Fountain stands at the very center of the city, both physically and symbolically, a Venetian masterpiece completed in 1628 that survived Ottoman occupation, wars, earthquakes, modernization, pollution, and four centuries of Mediterranean upheaval. It remains one […]

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