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Police on Crete Wednesday detained two foreign nationals, a man and a woman, in connection with the death of a Romanian man believed to have been hit on the head with an ax. The body of the Romanian man, believed to be aged around 35, was found in a derelict building in the center of the city of Hania. 

British Airways has launched direct summer flights to the Greek holiday destination of Skiathos, the island jewel featured in the smash-hit 2008 film "Mamma Mia!"

The mention of Greece brings up images of white arcing beaches and sparkling aqua waters under sun-drenched skies.

Alexis Tsipras spoke to supporters in the iconic Cretan village of Anogeia on Tuesday evening, returning to the large island from where, as opposition leader, he once proclaimed that “markets will dance to our tune” when a SYRIZA government assumes power.

“We remained standing when we had a gun at our temple,” the ex-PM told a crowd of supporters.

The body of a 23-year-old man on Crete was found on the grave of his grandfather over the weekend, with a shotgun by his side.
Authorities believe the man took his own life, especially since he phoned family members the previous evening to tell them he was going to take his own life!

Hundreds of third country nationals continued, on a daily basis, to land or reach close enough to several of Greece’s eastern Aegean islands in order to attract the attention of the coast guard and be escorted to Greek territory.

By Alexandra Kassimi

Over 140 weekly flights on new routes, an additional 189 flights on existing routes and 10 new destinations make up the picture at Athens International Airport this summer, which will likely be a very busy one.

Eight out of the 16 cities in a Daily Telegraph travel piece entitled “Europe’s oldest cities” are in Greece, including Athens, Argos, Hania, Halkida, Mytilene, Patras, Thebes and Trikala. One entry was Larnaca, on Cyprus.

Each of the entries are accompanied by a photo of the city.

By Stathis Kousounis

Athens and Hania (pictured) are the first choices among foreign holidaymakers heading to Greece next week for Catholic and Protestant Easter, according to international online travel search engine Trivago.

The data collected concerns searches for holidays in Greece between April 2 and 5.

 At 10 million euros, penalty is half that originally proposed by prosecutor