Nikos Egoumenidou

The Second Wave of COVID-19 Is Now Overwhelming Greek Hospitals

2020-11-20 by Phil Butler

Greece’s government now admits that the current lockdown to stop COVID-19 was too late. Now, hospitals in the country are overwhelmed.

Heraklion MP Nikos Egoumenidou Seeks Help for Crete Wine Growers

2020-05-14 by Phil Butler

Nikos Egoumenidou, Socrates Vardakis, and Harry Mamoulaki are asking help from Greece’s Minister of Agriculture for Crete winegrowers.

Crete’s Minoan Centers a Step Closer to Becoming UNESCO World Heritage Sites

2019-11-28 by Phil Butler

The long process of achieving UNESCO World Heritage status for Crete’s Minoan palatial centers may be a step closer to completion.

Meeting of MP Nikos Egoumenidou and Heraklion Mayor Vassilis Labrino

2019-06-05 by Phil Butler

The officials met to discuss the future progress of an already approved €17.7 million euro project to revamp Heraklion’s water system.

Plastira Street in Chania Faces Two Weeks of Intense Resurfacing

2025-05-12 By Manuel Santos

Plastira Street in Chania will undergo major repaving starting May 12, 2025. Expect these works to last about 15 days.

Flood Waters Give A Temporary Lifeline to Aposelemis Dam

2025-05-12 By Iorgos Pappas

Flood waters from the Lasithi Plateau have pushed over one million cubic meters into the Aposelemis Dam, providing a short-term water boost, says OAK Director Aris Papadogiannis.

Sfakia Finds Its Place on the International Speleological Map

2025-05-12 By Mihaela Lica Butler

Before Sfakia’s rise as a speleological hotspot, most headlines about the region involved goats, legends, and the occasional sheep with an attitude problem. But nothing puts a mountain village on the map—literally like a spot on the international speleological map—quite like the discovery of a vast underground abyss filled with secrets, mud, and the kind […]