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Crete's Defenses: Political Rivalries and Strategic Miscalculations Before the Battle of Crete
In November 1940, Greece deployed the V Cretan Division to the mainland while Britain started building a Crete airfield, revealing political and strategic decisions that left Crete vulnerable. This vulnerability, fueled by political rivalries and miscalculations, severely impacted the island's defen...
Crete's Defenses: Political Rivalries and Strategic Miscalculations Before the Battle of Crete
In November 1940, Greece deployed the V Cretan Division to the mainland while Britain started building a Crete airfield, revealing political and strategic decisions that left Crete vulnerable. This vulnerability, fueled by political rivalries and miscalculations, severely impacted the island's defen...
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44% Bias Score
Mitsotakis in Crete: VOAK Highway Deal & Irrigation Funding Announced
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will visit Crete today to sign the VOAK highway concession agreement and announce secured funding for irrigation networks, aiming to restore public trust by showcasing completed projects, with a potential future visit to Thessaly.
Mitsotakis in Crete: VOAK Highway Deal & Irrigation Funding Announced
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will visit Crete today to sign the VOAK highway concession agreement and announce secured funding for irrigation networks, aiming to restore public trust by showcasing completed projects, with a potential future visit to Thessaly.
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52% Bias Score
Daskalogiannis Rebellion: A Pivotal Uprising in Crete (1770-1771)
In 1770, during the Russo-Turkish War, Cretan Sfakiots, led by Ioannis Vlachos (Daskalogiannis), revolted against Ottoman rule, high taxes, and oppression; despite initial success, the Ottomans crushed the rebellion in 1771, executing Daskalogiannis, but his actions significantly influenced future C...
Daskalogiannis Rebellion: A Pivotal Uprising in Crete (1770-1771)
In 1770, during the Russo-Turkish War, Cretan Sfakiots, led by Ioannis Vlachos (Daskalogiannis), revolted against Ottoman rule, high taxes, and oppression; despite initial success, the Ottomans crushed the rebellion in 1771, executing Daskalogiannis, but his actions significantly influenced future C...
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32% Bias Score
Mitsotakis visits Crete, highlighting infrastructure projects amid tight political competition
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited Rethymno, Crete, highlighting infrastructure projects like a new €4.4 million fishing shelter amidst tight competition with PASOK in the region. ND narrowly won Rethymno in the recent European elections (28.53% vs PASOK's 25.04%), making the visit political...
Mitsotakis visits Crete, highlighting infrastructure projects amid tight political competition
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited Rethymno, Crete, highlighting infrastructure projects like a new €4.4 million fishing shelter amidst tight competition with PASOK in the region. ND narrowly won Rethymno in the recent European elections (28.53% vs PASOK's 25.04%), making the visit political...
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44% Bias Score
6.0 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes South of Kasos, Greece; Tsunami Warning Lifted
A 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck 20 kilometers south of Kasos, Greece, at 00:51 local time on Wednesday, prompting a precautionary tsunami warning that was later lifted; no damage was reported.
6.0 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes South of Kasos, Greece; Tsunami Warning Lifted
A 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck 20 kilometers south of Kasos, Greece, at 00:51 local time on Wednesday, prompting a precautionary tsunami warning that was later lifted; no damage was reported.
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40% Bias Score
Evans's Knossos Excavations: Reconstructions Hinder Accurate Analysis of Minoan Palace
Arthur Evans excavated the Minoan palace of Knossos in Crete, beginning in 1900, uncovering a large complex dating back over 3,500 years; however, his extensive reconstructions hinder modern understanding of the site's original features, revealing two palaces built between 2100 BC and 1450 BC, both ...
Evans's Knossos Excavations: Reconstructions Hinder Accurate Analysis of Minoan Palace
Arthur Evans excavated the Minoan palace of Knossos in Crete, beginning in 1900, uncovering a large complex dating back over 3,500 years; however, his extensive reconstructions hinder modern understanding of the site's original features, revealing two palaces built between 2100 BC and 1450 BC, both ...
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40% Bias Score
Sinking of the "Tanaïs": The End of Crete's Jewish Community
On June 9th, 1944, the German ship "Tanaïs", carrying approximately 300 Jewish people from Chania, Crete, and other prisoners, was torpedoed by a British submarine, resulting in the deaths of all aboard; a German-Greek project now commemorates this event and the end of Crete's 2,300-year-old Jewish ...
Sinking of the "Tanaïs": The End of Crete's Jewish Community
On June 9th, 1944, the German ship "Tanaïs", carrying approximately 300 Jewish people from Chania, Crete, and other prisoners, was torpedoed by a British submarine, resulting in the deaths of all aboard; a German-Greek project now commemorates this event and the end of Crete's 2,300-year-old Jewish ...
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48% Bias Score
Heraklion Seeks Desalination to Combat Severe Drought
Facing severe drought due to the driest October in decades, Heraklion's mayor requested a feasibility study for desalination from the Almyros River, complemented by a new tertiary treatment plant producing 30,000 cubic meters of daily irrigation water, funded by the Recovery and Resilience Fund, aim...
Heraklion Seeks Desalination to Combat Severe Drought
Facing severe drought due to the driest October in decades, Heraklion's mayor requested a feasibility study for desalination from the Almyros River, complemented by a new tertiary treatment plant producing 30,000 cubic meters of daily irrigation water, funded by the Recovery and Resilience Fund, aim...
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20% Bias Score
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