Last week’s developments raised significant expectations for Greece’s hydrocarbon sector, both in the four new offshore areas south of Crete and the Peloponnese, as well as in “Block 2” in the Ionian ...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Firefighters in Turkey remained locked in a battle to contain flames tearing through forested hillsides in the west of the country on Friday, while similar wildfires in ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — 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 ...

At least 155 firefighters, assisted by 38 engines and water trucks, battled the flames in Crete's municipality of Lerapetra at the southeastern coast of the country's largest island. Read the full ...

The video, filmed from inside a bus, was taken by a tourist who evacuated his hotel in Ferma, Crete, and shows travellers in the vehicle watching and recording the scene as smoke rises into the air in ...

The Greek island of Crete was hit by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake on Tuesday. The undersea earthquake occurred around midday on the island and was followed by aftershock earthquakes of 4.1 magnitude and ...