In 2010 there was the first meeting in Heraklion by Vespa enthusiasts from all over Crete. Since then, many meetings have been held with participants from all over Crete and Greece with the aid of the local Vespa Clubs.
In 2017, as every year, the 8th Pancretan Vespa Meeting will take place at the eastern side of the island at the Regional Unit of Heraklion in the Municipality of Hersonissos. The base of the meeting will be Star Beach –the well-known beach fun-park, and the dates of the event are the 26th, 27th and 28th of May in 2017.

This event is organized by the Heraklion Vespa Club and with the support of the other Vespa Clubs of Crete in co-organization with the Regional Unity of Heraklion and the Municipality of Hersonissos.

For those who want to attend the 8th Pancretan Meeting the program is as follows:

On May, 26th, early in the morning on Friday, there will be the arrival and welcome of the participants in the port of Heraklion.

On May, 27th, at 11 am, there will be the start of the 8th Pancretan Meeting by welcoming everyone. Afterwards, there will be the departure of the Vespo-trip in the hinterland with a length of about 46 km. At 11:30 Vespas will be at Mochos. There, they will be welcomed and treated by the Cultural Association. At 12:20, they will arrive at Avdou, where there will be a tour in this traditional village and at 13:30 there will be the departure for Star-Beach. In the afternoon from 18:00 – 19:30 the beauty contest will take place at the small amphitheater at the Hersonissos harbor near the church of Agia Paraskevi, where the Municipality of Hersonissos will welcome everyone.

On May, 28th, 11 am in the morning of Sunday, there will be the beginning of the games and the finals of beauty contest while at 13:30 the ceremony of the awards for the winners of the competitions, games and celebrations will take place.

The club “Olof Palme’s Friends of Crete”, the administrative region of Crete and the Municipality of Hersonissos, co-organize an event in honor of Olof Palme, where the presentation of George Logothetis’ book on Palme’s life and work will take place. The event will take place on Saturday, May 27th at 19:30 at Mochos Square in the Municipality of Hersonissos.

The main speaker of the event will be Palme’s eldest son, Joakim Palme, who will visit Crete specifically for this event. Joakim Palme is a professor of Political Science at Uppsala University with a province of Immigration Policy.

The President of the Social Democrats Movement and the President of the Socialist International, George Papandreou, who lived in Sweden during the dictatorship, the spokesman of the Swedish Embassy in Athens, Mimis Androulakis, the ANEL MP (Member of Parliament), Thanasis Papachristopoulos, as well as the writer of Palme’s biography, George Logothetis will speak about Palme.

The Choir of Malia, the Cretan Youth Symphony Orchestra and the dance group of Mochos Cultural Club will participate in the event too.

George Logothetis was a journalist in Swedish Television (1975-1988). In his book “Olof Palme-Politics is a matter of Principles”, he records the unique Palme’s course. It is a course due to which he brought Sweden to the forefront of Global Politics.

Nowadays, Palme’s work is still topical and his ideas are a point of reference for tackling the global economic and moral crisis.

His political positions on the economy course and the need for social justice, cooperation and mutual understanding proved prophetic:
“If we do not take the necessary measures now, the account that we will have to pay will be very expensive. We, as politicians, should take our responsibilities for the consequences.

In the book, there is a noticeable reference to Palme’s relationship with Greece and Crete, by having also a significant photographic material.

In the event, it will be featured, for the first time in Greece, a rare video-documentary with Palme’s visits to Crete and the way Mochos residents lamented Olof Palme as an honorary village citizen.

In 2010 there was the first meeting in Heraklion by Vespa enthusiasts from all over Crete. Since then, many meetings have been held with participants from all over Crete and Greece with the aid of the local Vespa Clubs.
In 2017, as every year, the 8th Pancretan Vespa Meeting will take place at the eastern side of the island at the Regional Unit of Heraklion in the Municipality of Hersonissos. The base of the meeting will be Star Beach –the well-known beach fun-park, and the dates of the event are the 26th, 27th and 28th of May in 2017.

This event is organized by the Heraklion Vespa Club and with the support of the other Vespa Clubs of Crete in co-organization with the Regional Unity of Heraklion and the Municipality of Hersonissos.

For those who want to attend the 8th Pancretan Meeting the program is as follows:

On May, 26th, early in the morning on Friday, there will be the arrival and welcome of the participants in the port of Heraklion.

On May, 27th, at 11 am, there will be the start of the 8th Pancretan Meeting by welcoming everyone. Afterwards, there will be the departure of the Vespo-trip in the hinterland with a length of about 46 km. At 11:30 Vespas will be at Mochos. There, they will be welcomed and treated by the Cultural Association. At 12:20, they will arrive at Avdou, where there will be a tour in this traditional village and at 13:30 there will be the departure for Star-Beach. In the afternoon from 18:00 – 19:30 the beauty contest will take place at the small amphitheater at the Hersonissos harbor near the church of Agia Paraskevi, where the Municipality of Hersonissos will welcome everyone.

On May, 28th, 11 am in the morning of Sunday, there will be the beginning of the games and the finals of beauty contest while at 13:30 the ceremony of the awards for the winners of the competitions, games and celebrations will take place.