Crete's position in the centre of the eastern Mediterranean made it a key strategic asset during the Second World War. For the Allies it offered potential as a base for operations in the Balkans, and ...

New revelations are coming to light about the illegal OPEKEPE subsidy ring in Crete, with authorities describing it as an organized fraud involving millions of euros and dozens of people implicated.

Anyone living in the UK is acutely conscious the cost of living has soared in recent years – yet it's all too easy to presume the situation is identical elsewhere across the globe. However, one man ...

An American official accepts the goat on behalf of President Truman. Eftychios Protopapadakis is pictured on the extreme right. Credit: Public Domain In June 1950, a rare male Cretan wild goat (agrimi ...