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The image of a 90-year-old woman arriving on a deckchair at the village fair in Margarites Mylopotamos on August 15th went viral. Behind the snapshot, however, lies a special life story that connects Germany, Salvador Dali and Pier Paolo Pasolini with Anogia and the Cretan Resistance.

A 40-year-old Dutch tourist has drowned while attempting to rescue a friend who ran into trouble swimming near a rented speedboat off Malia, Crete, as three children aboard the vessel watched in horror.

A foreign tourist was arrested after driving under the influence of alcohol in a crash that sent his car airborne before it struck a tree and multiple parked vehicles in Chersonissos, Crete, authorities said.