2026

Crete & Lifestyle

5 Min.

Plateia Kornarou: Where Heraklion Shows Its Layers

Plateia Kornarou in Heraklion packs Venetian, Ottoman and modern history into a few square metres -- from the Bembo Fountain and the Ottoman sebil to the memory of a Gothic church demolished in 1970.

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Guido Mitschke

| 7. Mar 2026

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Crete & Lifestyle

6 Min.

7.8 Million Ghost Sheep: How Crete Became the Epicentre of the EU's Biggest Subsidy Fraud

7.8 million sheep and goats registered on Crete that never existed. How a network of farmers and officials defrauded the EU of hundreds of millions – and why a vaccination campaign blew the lid off.

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Guido Mitschke

| 7. Mar 2026

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