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

Crete is experiencing a huge influx of migrants as traffickers shift to Mediterranean routes from North Africa. Crete, Greece ...

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

A tender that Greece launched this year to develop hydrocarbon resources off Crete revived those tensions, while a spike in ...

Immersed in Mediterranean culture, Crete is an island brimming with traditional and refined dishes. Fresh fish, feta, gyros… ...

Hundreds of pro-Palestinian Greeks staged a fresh protest Tuesday, rallying at Crete’s Agios Nicholaos Port against the ...

Similar scenes unfolded the previous day when the Crown Iris docked in a port on the eastern Greek island of Rhodes, where ...

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

Greek police used tear gas and made arrests as some 300 people tried to block an Israeli cruise ship on the island of Crete, ...

One major blaze tore through a northern suburb of the Greek capital on Saturday, prompting urgent evacuation orders.

Greece and Turkey continue to battle major wildfires amid a severe heatwave. Temperatures reached 42.4C in central Greece at ...

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, ...