In 1950 the Santorini volcano experienced its last eruption, closing a cycle of volcanic activity that had begun in 1939. ... The Minoan culture, known from the island of Crete, ...

It sits just two hours by ferry across the Aegean Sea from the ominous round-the-clock tremors on the island of Santorini, but Elafonissi in Greece has been named the world’s best beach by ...

Wildfires have burned through forest and farmland in Crete’s Ierapetra area on the island’s southern coast. ... Flights to and from Bali cancelled as volcano erupts in Indonesia 4 ...