A new note verbale submitted by Libya to the UN extends the country's maritime border claims to the Greek island of Crete.

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

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

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 ...

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

Authorities on Crete moved more than a thousand tourists and residents to safety as an out-of-control wildfire engulfed a ...

Firefighters were battling a wildfire on the Greek island of Evia on Saturday which was burning forests and forced the ...

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

At least 5,000 tourists were forced to evacuate parts of Crete as a massive wildfire scorched forests and olive groves on the ...

ATHENS (Reuters) -Gale force wind gusts complicated efforts on Friday to contain wildfires on Crete that have razed forests ...

LAVRIO, Greece -- More than 500 migrants arrived at the port of Lavrio near Athens on Thursday after being intercepted south of the island of Crete, after a surge of arrivals from Libya.

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