An 80-year-old man was found dead on the road near the archaeological site of Latous, in Lasithi, on Thursday afternoon.

Local authorities chose the hot air balloon flights to promote the Lassithi Plateau, its special geomorphology, and to boost tourist flows, following a different approach, that for those who dare, has become an obsession.

The "nightmare" of African dust has returned to Greece today. Crete is expected to turn into the Sahara again, while the dust cloth is estimated to reach the Peloponnese again.