UNESCO has officially added the Minoan palace centers of Crete to its World Heritage List, recognizing their global cultural ...

Firefighters struggled to gain control over a massive wildfire burning on the Greek island of Crete, as powerful winds fanned ...

Greek lawmakers have voted to temporarily halt asylum requests from North African migrants arriving by sea, a decision ...

In the shadow of its neighbour Rhodes, the island of Chalki remains one of the best kept secrets of the Aegean Sea. Clean, ...

Wind and dry conditions raise the risk that blazes might restart in areas of the island where they had already been contained ...

Akti Ilia Sotirchou, Ag.Nikolaos, Lasithi, Crete 72100. Demetrios Ioannou is an independent reporter and documentary photographer based between Athens, Greece, and Istanbul, Turkey.

Greek authorities have transported more than 500 migrants to a port on the mainland in an effort to relieve strain on the ...

Libya has officially lodged a diplomatic protest with the United Nations against Greece’s claims to maritime borders south ...