Hania

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.

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Rescue workers on Tuesday retrieved the body of a 39-year-old laborer from the bottom of a well in the city of Hania, Crete, after six days of efforts to locate him.

The worker was crushed by a large amount of mud while carrying out repair works at the bottom of a 17-meter-deep well last Thursday.

The number of visitors to take on the trek through Crete's famed Samaria Gorge skyrocketed by over 100 percent in April compared to the same period last year, forestry officials told Skai.gr on Tuesday.

Rescue efforts were under way on the island of Crete over the weekend to locate a 39-year-old laborer who was feared to have been crushed to death by a large amount of mud at the bottom of a well while carrying out repair works on Thursday.

The incident occurred in the city of Hania.

By Stathis Kousounis

Hotel bookings from the domestic market for this Easter period are going fairly well according to representatives of local tourism bodies, although certain destinations will have a smaller number of hotel units operating compared with last year.

Stavros Theodorakis, who has given up journalism to lead a new political party, To Potami, launched his campaign for the European Parliament elections over the weekend with opinion polls showing his movement performing much better than expected.