On a summer day in 1908, Italian archaeologist Luigi Pernier unearthed what would become one of history’s most tantalizing puzzles. While excavating the ancient Minoan palace of Phaistos in Crete, ...

Young trailblazers of an ancient art form, the Xylourides are the youth brigade of Cretan folk music. Descendants of legendary musicians George Xylouris and Psarantonis, and their father George ...

The Pancretan Association of Melbourne has honoured the memory of emblematic Cretan lyra player Kostas Mountakis with a special musical tribute marking 100 years since his birth on 10 February 1926.

Everything is geared towards relaxation and comfort at the Phãea Cretan Malia, a style-led hotel that is part of the Design Hotels collection, set along Crete’s northern coast where you can start your ...

The Xylouris family name is near-synonymous with Cretan folk music. Xylourides centres on Crete-based brothers Nikos and Adonis Xylouris and their Naarm/Melbourne-based sister Apollonia. The siblings’ ...

A famous Greek dance choreographer has visited Australia as he continues a self-proclaimed quest to see dances from the island of Crete spread throughout the world. Australia is the latest stop for ...

This chia pudding is associated with Crete and never fails to bring back moments when I was sitting on a terrace enjoying breakfast in glorious sunshine. Cretan cuisine, shaped by the island's ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Those who love Greek culture, food and music will be taking over Kamm’s Corners in Cleveland’s West Park neighborhood this weekend during the Cretan Center’s annual Greek Festival.

A day after pulling a boy from burning building, N.Y.C. hero proposes on "GMA." Oct. 1, 2009 — -- New Yorker Horia Cretan pulled a man and a small boy from a burning building Wednesday but he may ...