A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck off the coast of Crete on Thursday morning, as the tremors were felt across the Greek island and the Aegean Sea region. Authorities have not reported any serious ...

King Idomeneus was the ruler of Crete in the time of the Trojan War, and he participated in that event according to Greek ...

As Greece builds to accommodate a rise in tourism and other development projects, unearthed antiquities complicate progress.

Long ago, a substantial ancient Greek population from the island of Crete lived in the ancient city of Daedala, located in ...

Local authorities on the southern frontier of the European Union report a "very frustrating situation" as over 1,100 migrants are housed in a strained makeshift facility, with new arrivals landing ...

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Two people have died and at least six others were injured on Saturday in a shooting on the Greek island of Crete reportedly sparked by a long-standing family feud, authorities said. The incident began ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A fast-moving wildfire whipped by gale-force winds burned through the night and into Thursday on Greece’s southern island of Crete, prompting the evacuation of more than 1,500 ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Demonstrators calling for an end to the war in Gaza protested the arrival of an Israeli cruise ship on another Greek island Tuesday – the third such protest on Greek islands in ...

A man and a woman were killed and several people were injured in a shooting in a village on the Greek island of Crete on ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Protesters on the southern Greek island of Crete unfurled a huge Palestinian flag at the port of Agios Nikolaos and shouted “Free, free Palestine." ATHENS, Greece (AP) — ...