Greek authorities ordered thousands to evacuate from different parts of the southern island of Crete, one of the country's most popular tourist spots, where wildfires burned uncontrollably on Thursday ...

Archaeologists excavating the ancient city of Gortyna on the Greek island of Crete have made an unusual discovery: a life-size statue depicting a pig. The rare find, uncovered during July and August ...

Tourists and residents on the Greek island of Crete have been forced to evacuate due to fast-moving wildfires. The flames, whipped by gale-force winds, burned through the night and into Thursday, ...

A tsunami warning has been issued off the coast of Greece following an earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale. Powerful tremors rocked the island of Crete and were felt as far away as Cyprus, ...

The Greek island of Crete truly feels like its own world, and with good reason. At more than 3,200 square miles, it is the largest island in all of Greece and the fifth largest in the Mediterranean.

ATHENS, Greece — Firefighters were struggling Thursday to bring a major wildfire on Greece's southern island of Crete under control, hampered by gale force winds whipping up the flames. Thousands of ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A fast-moving wildfire whipped by gale-force winds burned through the night and into Thursday on Greece’s southern island of Crete, prompting the evacuation of more than 1,500 ...