Greek authorities transferred 247 migrants from Crete to detention centers in Lavrio after their illegal entry from Libya. Under a new parliamentary amendment, they face immediate detention and return ...

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, ...

The Romanian U20 basketball team reverted back to bad habits, losing to the Czech Republic 75-61 on Saturday, but Christian ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

One of Greg Gard’s four class of 2025 recruits is drawing attention in the FIBA U20 World Cup Tournament. The Lithuanian ...

A total of 26 new sites were added to the UNESCO World Heritage list this year, 21 of which are of cultural importance to ...