Athens (dpa) - Two earthquakes measuring magnitudes of 4.6 and 5.3 struck, within minutes of each other, the holiday island of Crete around midday on Saturday, the media reported.

Greece Battles Wildfire on Crete for a Third Day as Temperatures Rise ATHENS (Reuters) -Gale force wind gusts complicated efforts on Friday to contain wildfires on Crete that have razed forests and ...

The largest island in Greece, Crete has everything you might want from a summer getaway. Sandy beaches (including a pink one that consistently ranks among the country’s best) en ...

Amid a deadly heat wave across Europe, wildfires are burning in countries including Spain, Greece and Turkey. Hundreds of firefighters in Greece have been dispatched to battle a massive blaze ...

Ancient DNA analysis has unveiled the origins of the Bronze Age Minoans, revealing they weren't foreign arrivals but ...

A wildfire on the Greek island of Crete that forced the evacuation of 5,000 people has been extinguished, officials say. Some 230 firefighters and six helicopters worked at the scene near the resort ...

Crete has been a food destination a long time in the making. Greece’s biggest island is dotted with centuries-old olive trees (including the oldest olive tree in the world still producing fruit), ...

As residents of Crete prepared to celebrate their town’s 150th year in 1986, they began a concerted fundraising effort for a museum to house a century and a half’s worth of local history. “They sold ...

Matthew Sears is an associate professor of classics and ancient history at the University of New Brunswick. Crete, Greece’s southernmost region and largest island, should be on everyone’s bucket list.