How Too Many Tourists Endanger Crete’s Most Beautiful Beaches

Mass tourism threatens the popular vacation spots Balos, Elafonisi, and Falassarna on Crete. How the island is now trying to ...

I found paradise in a remote corner of a Greek island – 30 years on it has been ruined

I first visited Elafonisi Beach on the southwestern corner of Crete 30 years ago. Fleeing a messy relationship in London, I ...
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Crete vs Sicily: The islands that offer the perfect late-summer escape

The sun still shines on St Nicolas Bay Resort Hotel & Villas into the autumn September, your time is now. It is not just that this glorious month represents a mood change for ­continental breaks – ...

UNHCR official warns that the 1951 refugee convention is increasingly under threat

The U.N. refugee agency says that governments around the world are increasingly undermining the global convention on refugees ...

-At least three die, 56 rescued after migrant boat sinks off Crete

At least three people drowned when a boat carrying migrants sank off the island of Crete late on Monday while 56 aboard were rescued, the coast guard said.