Residents on the popular island of Santorini have experienced thousands of earthquakes this month while researchers have ...

Hominid footprints found on Crete date back 5.6 million years, making them by far the oldest ever discovered in Europe.

Sitting between Asia, Africa and Europe, Crete is located around 200 miles south of mainland Greece. With an area of about 3,300 square miles, Crete is one of the largest islands in the Mediterranean.

Military vehicles line at the port of Alexandroupolis in northern Greece. Credit: NATO A massive NATO exercise involving at least 10,000 military personnel began on Monday in the territories of Greece ...