The Municipality of Chania and the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania have signed a program contract for the implementation of the project: "Investigation of foreign tourist profile of the Municipality of Chania, degree of satisfaction with the services offered, observance of health safety rules and prospects for extending the tourist season."

The body of the late composer Mikis Theodorakis, whose music came to define Greece and the Greek identity in the eyes of the world, has arrived on the island of Crete, which is to be his final resting place, early on Thursday morning.

A 28-year-old Georgian homeless woman alleged she was raped by a foreigner in Chania, Crete. The young woman has been living in the city for the past years and sleeping wherever she can, while the culprit has been working in Chania for a long time.