A state of emergency has been declared in parts of Crete and elsewhere in Greece as firefighters battle intense wildfires. The blazes in the Rethymno region of southern Crete have scorched around ...

AGIA GALINI, Greece: Greece on Thursday (Jul 30) battled to contain a spate of wildfires, including on the tourist island of Crete that forced thousands of locals and holidaymakers to evacuate, and ...

Thousands of people have been forced to leave a popular European holiday hotspot after being threatened by fast-moving wildfires. Around 8,000 people were evacuated overnight in Rethymno, a city on ...

Wildfires on the Greek island of Crete are forcing thousands of residents and tourists to evacuate. Three firefighters have died as Greece becomes the latest country, after France and Spain, to face ...

Greece also worked to contain blazes on Lesbos and in the Peloponnese, where another firefighter died, in the midst of a brutal wildfire season for Europe. By Niki Kitsantonis Reporting from Athens ...

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It was the hottest hour of the day, in central Crete’s mountain village of Charaso, when I interrupted Agelos in the middle of his cooking. The sounds of roosters crowing and cicadas buzzing filled ...

A suspected Hamas terrorist, reportedly granted asylum a year from the Gaza war, was arrested by Greek police for allegedly plotting an attack on an Israeli cruise line. The Gaza man, 37, was arrested ...

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Getting to Crete is easy thanks to not one, but two major airports. Choosing where to stay once you arrive is harder. Spanning 160 miles from east to west, our advice is to make this a multi-stay ...

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