Crete has been a food destination a long time in the making. Greece’s biggest island is dotted with centuries-old olive trees (including the oldest olive tree in the world still producing fruit), ...

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.

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, ...

Ireland, current president of the European Union, has issued a postage stamp which appears to confuse new EU-member Cyprus with the Greek holiday island of Crete. The stamp shows a map of the enlarged ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Dublin: Ireland, the current president of the European Union, has issued a postage stamp that appears to confuse the new EU-member ...

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It’s had all the makings of a Greek tragedy, but a happy ending beckons as another island of the Hellenic Republic crept back onto the UK’s travel corridor list. On Thursday afternoon Crete was the ...