STORY: Wildfires fanned by a heatwave and strong winds continued to rage across southern Europe on Wednesday, as houses, ...

Two Vietnamese tourists died at sea in Greece on Friday, the coastguard said, as gale-force winds confined many ferries to ...

A 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck the Greek island of Cephalonia in the Ionian Sea on Sunday, the Athens Observatory said, but there were no immediate reports of injuries.

Firefighters discover the body of an elderly person inside their burned home. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

LONDON — The long-lost city of Ithaca, home of the legendary hero Odysseus in the “Iliad” and “Odyssey,” is on the island of Cephalonia off the western shore of Greece, three British ...

In a strategic location on the island of Cephalonia, in the “Kotroni” Lakithra region, significant archaeological findings have emerged. Under the direction of the Ephorate of Antiquities of ...

The people of Greece are no strangers to strong earthquakes. The last significant one in this area was in 2008, when a magnitude 6.5 quake struck on the mainland just to the east of Cephalonia, ...