The right for anyone to request protection, or asylum, is inscribed in EU and international law and in the constitution of ...

The oldest olive tree in the world is located in Chania, Crete, Greece. The ancient tree is 3000 years old, as determined by ...

Demonstrators calling for an end to the war in Gaza have protested the arrival of an Israeli cruise ship on another Greek ...

Riot police kept the crowd away from the pier where the cruise ship was docked, while scuffles broke out between ...

ATHENS (Reuters) -Libyan coast guard officers have started training on the Greek island of Crete as part of a plan to strengthen cooperation and help the two countries stem a surge in migrant arrivals ...

Firefighters battled a blaze Thursday on the island of Crete that scorched forests and olive groves and forced over 1,000 to evacuate, while a fresh conflagration near Athens threatened homes, ...

American tourists are increasingly trading single-destination holidays for the exhilarating freedom of island-hopping in ...

Greece: Wildfire tears through southern Crete - forcing more than 1,500 to flee homes and hotels A Greek official says it is a "very difficult situation" as the wildfire sees clouds of ash fills ...

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

Tourism is a key earner in Crete, the largest island in Greece, and local hoteliers were concerned about future bookings as the fire hit at the start of the peak summer holiday season.

Greece says it is suspending asylum applications for migrants arriving on the island of Crete by sea. Prime Minister Kyriakos ...