British painter John Craxton, who lived from 1922 until 2009, is known for his iconic depiction of his beloved second ...

The historic visual archive, “Mount Athos and Meteora 1929: Princeton’s Hidden Treasure”, lost for nearly 90 years in a ...

This serial property comprises six archaeological sites on Crete dating from 1900 to 1100 BCE. These sites represent the Minoan civilization, a major prehistoric Mediterranean culture. The palatial ...

Nearly 540 asylum seekers have been rescued from a fishing boat south of the island of Crete, Greece’s coastguard says. The people were found some 16 nautical miles (29.6km) off Gavdos during a Greek ...

Join on a journey to Crete, the largest island in Greece, with a cockpit view approach and landing in a Boeing 737-800 at Heraklion Airport (LGIR) on runway 27. Experience one of Greece's most ...

The body of a 12-year-old boy was found ashore near the Greek island of Samos right after a deadly shipwreck left at least 18 people dead south of Crete. A 12-year-old died when he was struck by a ...

ATHENS, Greece — At least 18 migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea in an inflatable boat died when it capsized south of the island of Crete, Greek authorities said Saturday. The ...

Greece has awarded four offshore oil and gas exploration blocks to a consortium led by Chevron, with Helleniq Upstream as a partner, following a tender launched in April. The concession agreements for ...

Though destinations like Mykonos, Santorini, and Paros have been on travelers’ must-visit lists for decades, Syros, the capital island of the Greek Cyclades, has largely flown under the radar. Thanks ...

Antonis Faras from the “March to Gaza – Greece”movement spoke to bianet about the resistance in the streets against Greece’s alliance with Israel. In the face of Israel’s escalating and destructive ...

Greece’s Migration Minister Thanos Plevris recently announced his intention to adopt new measures to silence criticism of the government’s migration policies. The move, which came in the wake of a ...

“How deep do you think it is?” I mused to my fellow sailboat passengers Jessica and Cat as we peered down at glassy waters from the deck of our caique, a traditional wooden vessel, in a bay in ...