Holidaymakers have voted on the best islands in the world, from tropical islands in the Caribbean to sun-soaked spots in the ...

Greece has detained nearly 200 migrants who arrived after an asylum freeze imposed on claimants from North Africa, the migration minister said on Saturday. "The illegal immigrants who entered from ...

Manolis Bikakis, a 20-year-old Cretan commando, single-handedly halted a Turkish advance during the 1974 Cyprus invasion. Armed with a PAO and eight missiles, he destroyed six tanks and a battalion, ...

From July 1 to 13, 2,619 migrants landed on Crete, a surge far beyond anything previously experienced on the idyll beloved by ...

I’m sitting now on a sun-baked terrace in Crete, typing high above the ancient Aegean, in a grand stone house stacked ...

Greece will implement Europe’s strictest migration policy, with illegal entrants facing prison or deportation, says Minister Thanos Plevris. A new amendment and upcoming bill aim to curb flows, ...

Libya has submitted another note verbale to the United Nations, with an attached map outlining the “outer limits of the continental shelf ...

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

Etihad Airways has signed a codeshare agreement with Greek regional carrier SKY express, opening access to 24 Greek island ...

Composed of three summits, Mytikas, Skolio and Stefani, Mt Olympus is Greece’s highest mountain, with 46 peaks exceeding 2000m (6562ft) and a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. Lush and virgin, it’s home to ...

Greece has declared a three-month halt to all asylum applications for migrants arriving from North Africa. The European Union ...

The Libyan government in Tripoli has lodged a diplomatic protest with the United Nations, objecting to Greece’s delineation of its EEZ south ...