Hitler gambled everything on a bold idea—capture Crete using only airborne troops. Over 500 aircraft dropped thousands of elite Fallschirmjäger into one of the most dangerous operations of World War ...

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

A group of migrants arrived directly onto a beach in southern Crete amidst bewildered bathers, highlighting the escalating ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s government said Wednesday it is temporarily suspending asylum applications for migrants ...

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

A video taken at a five-star Crete hotel shows towels flying across the pool area, as holidaymakers rush to reserve sunbeds.

Some 230 firefighters — assisted by drones, 10 helicopters, the Greek police and emergency medical workers — were deployed to ...

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

Greece has rescued hundreds of migrants off its southern islands of Gavdos and Crete in five separate incidents since Friday, ...

Crete like many of the large Mediterranean Islands has a richly layered history including Neolithic peoples, Mycenaean and Doric Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Venetians, Ottomans, and modern ...

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 ...