Hania

A secondary school in the city of Hania in Crete was evacuated Thursday morning after an anonymous caller said a bomb had been placed in the building.

Following protocols, the school was immediately evacuated, state broadcaster ERT said.

Local police are investigating.

An American soldier has died after falling from the balcony of his rented apartment in the city of Hania on the island of Crete. The incident occurred this morning, and police have cordoned off the area.

The recent spike in migrant flows to the southern shores of Crete is becoming an increasing source of concern for the government, which expects an intervention from the European Commission.

Workfromgreece.gr, an initiative of Marketing Greece, carried out a series of actions over the last few weeks in Athens, Paros, Evia, Hania, Kalamata and Syros, with the aim of attracting the interest of digital nomads and remote workers to Greek destinations, as well as to hold a discussion with local tourism communities about the phenomenon of digital nomads.

Twenty-six migrants, all men, who disembarked on the beach of Trypiti on the island of Gavdos, south of Crete, were found by the coast guard on Wednesday.

They were transported by the coast guard boat from the port of Gavdos to the port of Hora Sfakion, and from there to a reception area belonging to the Municipality of Hania.

Dozens of women have been summoned to testify in the Department of Organized Crime's preliminary investigation on the island of Crete after a request by the competent prosecutor in connection with the case of a fertility clinic in the city of Hania that may have operated as a front for an illegal adoption racket.

The case involved alleged IVF egg retrieval and embryo transfers.

Authorities on Crete are investigating a fertility clinic in the city of Hania amid suspicions that it may have operated as a front for an illegal adoption racket.

Greek police arrested a 34-year-old man from Bulgaria in the city of Hania on the island of Crete on Tuesday for allegedly attacking his 19-year-old pregnant partner. 

According to reports, the man is accused of hitting the young woman on the head with a glass bottle.

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) will establish a research center on Crete to analyze demographic and migration policies, issues related to the diaspora as well as individual challenges related to the labor market and the population, under an agreement signed with the government on Tuesday.

A 50-year-old woman who claimed to possess the skill of divination was arrested on Friday for fraud on the island on Crete and the extortion of sums of money from a 46-year-old woman over a two-year period.