How nice it is when a dear Greek, having accepted your gift, tilts his head slightly to the left and puts his right hand to his heart. This is more than “eucharisto poly” (“thank you very much”): it means that the gift touched him to the core. Hellenes are emotional people, so sometimes their gestures […]

Long ago, says the myth, there lived Hellen, a king in Thessaly; and he had three sons… His subjects (in the north-east of Greece) were called after him Hellenes. Gradually, this name spread to all the inhabitants of the peninsula, and they began to call their country Hellas. By the way, the names of the […]

The topic of alcohol consumption is always relevant. Excessive drinking is associated with numerous serious health consequences, including heart disease, stroke, cancer, and cirrhosis of the liver. Alcohol also contributes to death and disability through accidents and injuries, assault, violence, homicide and suicide. There are many points of view about the use of alcoholic beverages. […]

Few people know that a small industrial railway line operated in Heraklion for almost 15 years. Its remains are still preserved somewhere on the city beach. This railway line was the only one that ever existed in all of Crete from the early 1920s until 1937 to transport stones for construction of a large pier […]

The 35-year-old Chilean politician Gabriel Boric Font won the presidential elections in his country. Gabriel Boric is not only the youngest president in Chilean history but is also the first elected-head of the extreme left-wing in last 30 years in the richest country of South America. He won the second round of elections on December […]

Vesselsvalue (vesselsvalue.com) has published its rating of the TOP-10 largest ship-owning countries, based on the total cost of countries’ fleets. Compared to previous years, the rating has undergone some changes: in particular, it included car carriers, RoRo ships (transportation of goods on a wheelbase such as cars and railway wagons and passengers) as well as […]

Recently, an OFI-Kalamata football match was held at the stadium in the city of Ierapetra on Crete; and the main impression for the audience was not the game but a beautiful big bird that suddenly landed on one of the stands. At the video, it was a griffon vulture whose colony is living in the […]

Tzompanakis Blow Glass – Art Of Living is a cultural landmark that preserves an amazing art of glass making. So far, this is the only workshop of such type known to us in Crete. There is also an exhibition of colored and decorated blown glass: glasses, lamps and chandeliers, which shapes and colors are reminiscent […]

Winter is a good time to think. Therefore, we propose to recall some quotes of ancient Greek philosophers which resonate in our minds. After all, even Plato used to say: “Man – a being in search of meaning”. Below is what we found relevant … Aristotle (4th century BC) How often say we “nonsense”, without […]