Hersonissos

A 54-year-old man has been pulled dead from a beach in Malia, in Heraklion, Crete.

As the flashnews.gr website reports, the incident happened on the afternoon of Tuesday, September 10, when the 54-year-old man from Italy attempted to climb the small island “Aphenti”.

Authorities on Crete have arrested a 57-year-old German holidaymaker on charges of exposing his 9-year-old child to danger.

Police said that the child had been left alone for hours in a hotel premises in Hersonissos, Irakio, while its father was in a state of total inebriation in his room.

A 22-year-old German man was taken to the hospital where he is being treated in serious condition after falling from the second-floor balcony of the apartment he was staying in in Hersonissos.

The accident happened in the early hours of Thursday morning.

The Ministry of Culture has launched a 3.5 million euro flood protection project at the Minoan Palace of Malia in Crete.

The project, which aims to protect the archaeological site from climate change, includes the construction of an extensive drainage system and the replacement of damaged roofs.

A 21-year-old Ukrainian woman, missing since July 7 in Crete, has been found in Rhodes.

According to cretapost, the 21-year-old girl had disappeared from Hersonissos in Crete, where she had gone to work.

Her relatives had reported her disappearance, as she had not given signs of life since July 7.

The final contractor for the construction of the Hania-Hersonissos section of the North Road Axis of Crete highway will have been found by early summer, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Christos Staikouras said in Hania on Monday, noting that the concession contract will be signed by the end of the year.

The final contractor for the construction of the Hania-Hersonissos section of the North Road Axis of Crete highway will have been found by early summer, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Christos Staikouras said in Hania on Monday, noting that the concession contract will be signed by the end of the year.

Two men who went missing on Wednesday during a boat trip in northeastern Crete were found in the sea area off the coast of Hersonissos on Thursday morning, the Coast Guard said.

The deadline for submitting binding financial bids for the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund international tender for the utilization of the area of ​​the former American base in Gournes, Heraklion, expires today.

What is planned is to create a tourist complex with a casino.

The government is moving ahead with the utilization of the plot that used to host the US military base at Gournes, near Iraklio on Crete, and is now preparing to decide on the precise position of the island's casino.