Archelon & The Excavation of Nesting Sea Turtles in Chania

The Sea Turtle Protection Society 'Archelon' were involved in the excavation of the nests of Caretta - Caretta sea turtles in Chania, with the participation of around 200 Greek and foreign visitors.

The mother nest was made in front of the Hotel «Louis Creta Princess», in Maleme Chania. The nest produced 143 eggs, 93 of which hatched and the hatchlings moved naturally to the sea at night. Three live turtles were "trapped" in the depth of the nest (60 cm) and with the help of participants during the excavation, the turtles reached the sea and started their long underwater journey ... to an unknown future ...!

The Hotel , as a sponsor of the event, participates in the adoption program and the protection of nesting turtles in Crete, in collaboration with the Sea Turtle Association ;Archelon’. The hotel sponsors two nests on the beach and protects them until all the chicks have hatched.

Sea turtles are an endangered species protected by international and Greek law. The Sea Turtle Association 'Archelon' has been involved in field programs in the major nesting beaches in Greece for 27 years ( in Zakynthos, the Peloponnese and Crete).

In Crete the major nesting beaches are:

Chania - from Stalos beach to Kolimbari beach, a stretch of approximately 15 km.

Rethymno - from the start of the bay of Rethymnon to Skaleta, approximately 12 km.

Messara Bay (about 8 km).

The number of nesting turtles on Crete has been reduced by about 60% in recent years, while the increase of dead turtles is increasing year by year mainly due to accidental entrapment in fishing gear.

The interest and participation of citizens, local government and the increase of Greek volunteers would significantly help to protect the Caretta - Caretta.

More information on www.archelon.gr

From Haniotika Nea

Aspis Pronia & Commercial Value Insurance Compensation

The list of all the insured who are entitled to compensation from their insurance policies of the failed insurance companies Apsis Pronia (ΑΣΠΙΣ Πρόνοια) and Commercial Value is now published on the website of EPEIA, the Private Insurance Supervisory Committee (Επιτροπή Εποπτείας Ιδιωτικής Ασφάλιση.

The List

Go to the list (above) and click 'Αναζήτηση' (Search)

Then choose the following from the drop down lists:

1)Firstly the company - Apis or Commercial

2)Followed by the branch (type) of insurance -

Ατομικές ασφαλίσεις Ζωής - Individual Life Insurance
Κεφαλαιοποίηση - Capital
Ομαδικά συνταξιοδοτικά προγράμματα - Group pension schemes
Ομαδικά προγράμματα παροχών με συμπληρωματικές καλύψεις - Group benefit plans with additional coverage.

3)Type in your policy number at 'Αρ.Συμβολαίου'

4)Click the Αναζήτηση box.

Those insured who do not see their name on the list have recourse until the end of 2010. Contact your insurance agent for more details.

The financial compensation is still a long way off. A new list will be produced in February 2011, and from then it is still expected to take months for the compensation to be finalised.

Sources: EPEIA and Σύλλογος Ζημιωθέντων από την ΑΣΠΙΣ ΠΡΟΝΟΙΑ

The Sfakian ' Kallikratis '

Kallikrates has become a well known name in Greece, being the name given to the government scheme to overhaul local Municipalities, but in Crete it is also the name of a small mountain village in Sfakia where just three Sfakian families remain.

The village of Kallikratis was the birthplace of the family of Cretan artist Kostas Mountakis.

Located at an altitude of 540 meters, the village and was named by Manoussos Kallikrates, who in 1453, with 1500 men and five ships, led a campaign to defend the area from the Ottomans

Kallikrates is accessible either through the village of Asfendou from the west, Asi Gonia from the east or from the windy road which starts north of the village of "Kapsodasos" and ends in the plateau of Kallikrates. Southwest of the plateau is Kallikratis Gorge, which leads to the village of Patsianos. The gorge is 4 km in length.

Kallikratis has a long tradition of participation in liberation struggles. During the Cretan revolution of 1867, Turkish forces under the command of Omer Pasha tried unsuccessfully to invade Sfakia via Kallikratis.

During the German Occupation, Resistance forces had installed a radio in the Anemospilios cave near Kallikrates. The partisan George Psychoundakis in his book, "Cretan runner" states that he had remained hidden in the cave in the spring of 1942, aided by locals.

In 1943, the paramilitary group of Fritz Schubert (a branch of the German Wehrmacht) looted and burned the village and executed more than 30 people in retaliation for the participation of local people in resistance against the Nazis.

Now that "Kallikratis" is the new benchmark of local government reform, the Sfakian Kallikratis remains a proud corner of Crete.


Translated from Ana-Mpa

Chania Summer Festival - September 2010

WHAT'S ON - September in Hania


Concert with Alkinoo Ioannidis
Monday 6th September 2010
Eastern Moat Theatre (Anatoliki Tafro)
21.00hrs
20 €


Concert with Hania Musicians Association ‘O Harkalis’
Wednesday 8th September 2010
Traditonal Cretan & Greek music
Eastern Moat Theatre (Anatoliki Tafro)
21.00hrs
Free Entrance


Ist Chania Urban Festival “En Horo” (Εν Χορώ)
Saturday 11th September 2010
Breakdance - Hip Hop – Street Dance Show
Eastern Moat Theatre (Anatoliki Tafro)
19.30hrs
6 €


Two Day Latin American Film Festival
Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th September 2010
Dimitris Vlisidis Theatre

Monobloc (Argentina, 2004. 80 minutes) Director: Luis Ortega
Parapalos (Argentina – Belgium, 2004. 90 minutes) Director: Ana Poliak
Cautiva (Argentina, 2003. 115 minutes) Director: Gaston Biraben
Bar “El Chino” (Argentina, 2003. 100 minutes) Director: Daniel Burak
Sumas y Restas (Columbia – Spain, 2006. 100 minutes) Director: Victor Gavina



3rd Film Festival for Human Rights
Friday 24 to Sunday 26 September 2010
Documentaries and films
Attikon Cinema
Four films will be shown each evening during the festival.



Concert with Kostas Marabeyia and Maraveyas Illegal
Friday 24 September 2010
Eastern Moat Theatre (Anatoliki Tafro)
21.00hrs
17 €


www.dipeh.gr