The national team will face Spain on Friday for a place in the final Greece’s youth are officially in the final four of FIBA U16 EuroBasket after beating Turkey 75-65 in the quarter-finals at the Nea Alikarnassos Arena in Heraklion The contest was fiercely contested in the opening two quarters with the score reading 16-16 after the first and 37-34 after the second in favour of Turkey The Greek youngsters emerged from the breaker the stronger outfit and had a dominant third quarter wherein they took charge of the clash scoring 20 points to Turkey’s 8 so that the scoreline read 54-45 The final quarter played out similarly to the opening two as Greece managed 21 points to their opponents’ 20 thus sealing a vital 75-65 victory to continue their strong showing as the host nation of the tournament Alexandros Tsonis and Chrysostomos Chatzilambrou starred for Greece’s U16 side scoring 18 points each with Tsonis managed 3/3 three-pointers Chatzilambrou also collected nine rebounds while Ilias Chairdemenos (11 points) and Vassilis Chartonas (10 points) also got into double figures Turkey were weakened with the absence of Omer Kutluay Panathinaikos and PAOK basketballer Ibrahim Kutluay who had an incredible performance in their previous game (24 points Greece’s U16s will now face Spain on Saturday morning (AEST) for a place in the final while the other semi-final will see France battle Serbia The Diamond Deluxe is a multifaceted property that offers a laid-back take on European upscale properties in paradise The main feature of the place is a idyllic collection of large pools that cluster within its center Bridges crisscross these expanses of blue leading the way to beautiful boxes basking under the bright Grecian sky I recently stayed in one of the Diamond Suites which also comes with it’s own decent sized private pool (Though gardeners were prone to passing by at odd times of day.) The room was well outfitted with spacious showers (In contrast to the high temperatures outside Pretty much unusable.) Being prone to typical Euro qualities don’t expect the best dining experiences or consistent service not so much.) Alcohol is also best procured elsewhere if you’re hoping for a late night by the room Oh and on some sites I’ve read it was “overlooking one of Kos’s best beaches.” This couldn’t be further from the truth You will need to travel to get to a great beach and best enjoyed with a laid-back attitude Information on this page, including website, location, and opening hours, is subject to have changed since this page was last published. If you would like to report anything that’s inaccurate, let us know at notification@afar.com. AFAR participates in affiliate marketing programs which means we may earn a commission if you purchase an item featured on our site.© 2025 AFAR LLC Police on Crete on Sunday were seeking a 46-year-old foreign inmate of the island’s Nea Alikarnassos Prison who failed to return to the penitentiary on Saturday when his furlough expired The 46-year-old is serving a sentence for drug-related crimes Enter your information below to receive our weekly newsletters with the latest insights opinion pieces and current events straight to your inbox Scientists are focusing on four different scenarios as they examine the cracking of roads, houses, the church and other infrastructure in the village of Voutes has been “mapping” the area and the two fractures “We are dealing with two territorial ruptures about 150 meters long each They are in different places in the village Have these these ground ruptures caused failures in structures But what are the key scenarios that scientists are considering That the cracks – and uplift – in 10 houses roads and pavements are due to extensive settlement of the ground is the most likely scenario another question will have to be answered: where the subsidence occurred as scientists – who believe it is more likely that the ground beneath the village collapsed over a 150-metre stretch – do not rule out the possibility that subsidence occurred on the mountain and that the phenomenon affected the subsurface of the village This is not a particularly rare phenomenon both for our country and for this particular region the local high school was closed due to subsidence the road connecting Heraklion with Messara was closed as cracks were caused by subsidence in the adjacent mountain The most typical such case in our country is the village of Ropoto in Trikala which has been moved 40 meters lower than where it was There’s another scenario about the cracks in the Voutes Tselendis explains that “at Geodynamic for 3 years we have been doing a detailed seismological/geophysical/study of Heraklion We found many non-active faults which we studied with electrical In the wider area at Voutes there are several (non-active) faults with N-S directions which we identified but did not give any publicity so as not to scare people We had found that the wider area in Boutes is rising very little while the harbour area is falling Another scenario that has been “put on the table” by scientists as water seepage has been observed in the fractures geologists are looking for the answer to the question of whether water seepage caused them or whether the fractures caused the seepage which however does not seem particularly likely the water seepage (we do not know its origin) weathered the subsoil and caused it to retreat that the water leak was caused by the cracks (e.g. a pipe broke) then the scenario of the water having something to do with the subsidence would be ruled out This scenario is very similar in essence to the first scenario an engineer from the Metrology Department has been in the area who believes that it is possible that all of the above is due to differential sedimentation This is a phenomenon in which the ground subsides unevenly usually resulting in the creation of many large cracks usually with different slopes and directions causing an increase in the moments at the bearing points after the final assessments and scientists and after the recommendation of the president of the OASP it will be decided whether the village will be declared in a state of emergency as requested by the mayor of Heraklion Alexis Kalokairinos “Of course it is at the discretion of the Ministry of Civil Protection through the president of the OASP who is with us today to assess whether this will happen We think there is a practical dimension to this declaration all the procedures can proceed more quickly and appropriate measures can be taken in time for a phenomenon that – as you have heard – is underway it is obvious that we are fighting a battle against time even if the expansion of these break-ins is not visible every second But time cannot be wasted and of course above all we are interested and concerned with the safety of life the safety of people and beyond that of course the property and the public space that has been damaged.” Lekkas pointed out that the important thing is to determine how the phenomenon will move and whether it will spread to neighboring ones so that answers can be given about the houses – some of which were not occupied yesterday until further notice: “The phenomenon is ongoing This will be seen tomorrow and in the next few days whether or not the phenomenon will expand Beyond that there are some structures which have suffered major failures from the burglary But these structures were old and not inhabited the recommendation is for tonight is that they are not occupied So that we can get a very good picture tomorrow to see what action we can then take which will send out engineers so that they can assess whether a structure is at risk or not.” Follow en.protothema.gr on Google News and be the first to know all the news See all the latest News from Greece and the World, the moment they happen, at en.protothema.gr