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A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck off the coast of Crete on Thursday morning, as the tremors were felt across the Greek island and the Aegean Sea region. Authorities have not reported any serious ...

Crete is a myth-stical island (see what I did there?) in Greece where gods were born, empires came and went, and lunch can last longer than a Minoan dynasty. It’s an island that refuses to be reduced ...

Tourists in Crete were shaken and buildings damaged after a magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck off the north-east coast in the early hours of Thursday morning. The quake struck at 6.19 local time (3.19am ...

Every Irish person has an idea of Greece and - depending on your age and interests - they probably include blue skies, beautiful islands and chic resorts, or perhaps ancient temples and shrines, ...

Greece’s largest island, Crete is the do-it-all destination of the Aegean. You come for the obvious: beaches, and the resorts that sit on them. But much more than that, Crete ticks many other boxes ...

Beyond the shadow of Athens and the beaches of the Peloponnese, Greece is home to a constellation of islands, each with its ...

As residents of Crete prepared to celebrate their town’s 150th year in 1986, they began a concerted fundraising effort for a museum to house a century and a half’s worth of local history. “They sold ...