Technical University of Crete

A building belonging to the Technical University of Crete in Hania, which had been used as a squat, was raided in the early hours of Monday by police.

According to sources cited by the Athens- Macedonian News Agency (AMNA), authorities made nine detentions without arrests.

Crete's technical college (TEI) on Tuesday came a step closer to becoming the country's 22nd university after the University of Crete and the Technical University of Crete refused to merge with it and an expert committee deemed that the TEI's performance justified its elevation to university level.

Natural disaster expert Costas Synolakis, who has said authorities could have evacuated an area in eastern Attica before July's disastrous wildfires, has indicated that he may take legal action against Alternate Health Minister Pavlos Polakis for targeting him in an online rant.

Alternate Health Minister Pavlos Polakis railed against natural disaster expert Costas Synolakis from the Technical University of Crete on Saturday, after the latter argued earlier this week that authorities had time to evacuate an area in eastern Attica devastated by a deadly wildfire last July.

A study presented on Wednesday on eastern Attica's deadly wildfires in July found that the hour and a half between when the blaze started on the slopes of Mount Penteli and when it reached Mati on the coast was ample to order the residents of the seaside town to go down to the seashore in an orderly manner.

It may be too early to analyze the events that resulted in us mourning the deaths of at least 74 people in the eastern Attica wildfires, but it is essential if we are to reduce the risks of such a catastrophe happening again.

A large fish-shaped fossil was discovered in the Samaria Gorge in Crete during maintenence of the gorge path, which is a great tourist and hiking attraction.

Marine organism fossils are common in the the Cretan mountains, with numerous discoveries in the past, esepcially shells, since the time Crete was submerged in water millions of years ago.

A 20-year-old motorist who killed two pedestrians last Thursday when he hit them with his car near the Technical University of Crete in Hania was granted conditional release on Monday pending trial on a string of charges including manslaughter through negligence, disturbing the peace and driving without a valid license.

A 20-year-old motorist who killed two pedestrians in Hania on Thursday when he hit them with his car will defend himself Monday before an investigating magistrate in the Cretan port.

The Georgian national hit a 20-year-old woman and a 19-year-old man while they were walking along a road near the Technical University of Crete in Hania.

A magistrate on Crete Friday gave a 20-year-old motorist who killed two pedestrians on Thursday when he hit them with his car an extension until Monday to prepare his defense.

The Georgian national hit a 20-year-old woman and a 19-year-old man while they were walking along a road near the Technical University of Crete in Hania.