Greece
Greece
Greek Coast Guard Acquires New Vessels Named after Fallen Heroes
The Greek Coast Guard received two new state-of-the art patrol vessels during a ceremony held in Piraeus on Friday.
Greece
Greek Coast Guard Rescues 96 Migrants Despite Turkish Obstruction
Greek Coast Guard, Navy and merchant vessels conducted a rescue operation within Greek territorial waters on Tuesday, with two Turkish coast guard boats trying to obstruct the mission.
Specifically, a boat with 96 migrants and refugees left Bodrum, Turkey and...
Diplomacy
Greece Summons Turkish Ambassador After Speedboat Rams Greek Coast Guard Vessel
The Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned Turkish Ambassador to Greece Burak Ozugergin, following the disturbing incident which took place in the sea off the Greek island of Kos early Wednesday morning.
This was made public by Greek government spokesperson Stelios...
Greece
Turkish Speedboat Rams Greek Coast Guard Vessel in Dangerous Escalation
A Greek Coast Guard vessel was rammed by a Turkish speedboat on Tuesday evening off the eastern Aegean island of Kos in a new dangerous provocation by Ankara.
According to a video uploaded on Twitter, the Turkish vessel is seen...
Greece
Greek Coast Guard Rescues 400 Migrants in 24 Hours
The Greek Coast Guard said on Friday that it had rescued 400 refugees and migrants in the last 24 hours in ten separate incidents in the seas off the city Alexandroupolis and the islands of Lesvos and Chios.
Authorities also...
Greece
Three-Year Old Boy Dead After Greek Coast Guard Vessel Rams into Migrant Dinghy
Rescuers recovered the body of 3-year-old boy in the sea just east of the island of Kos after a Greek Coast Guard vessel accidentally rammed into a dinghy carrying 34 refugees and migrants early on Wednesday.
According to sources, another...
Greece
Greek Coast Guard Rescues 121 Migrants in the Aegean
The Greek Coast Guard intervened in two separate maritime incidents in the Aegean Sea on Monday, rescuing migrants and refugees who had been trying to make their way to Greek shores.
A Greek Coast Guard patrol vessel located and rescued...
Crime
One Ton of Cannabis Found By Greek Coast Guard Near Alonnisos Island
Greek Coast Guard authorities discovered large quantities of drugs in a cave on the islet of Piperi, near the island of Alonnisos, in the Northern Sporades archipelago on Monday.
According to their announcement, the Coast Guard sized a total of...
Greece
Lesvos Honors Greek Coast Guard Officer Devoted to Saving Migrants
The city of Mytilini on Lesvos island paid tribute on Friday to Kyriakos Papadopoulos, a Coast Guard officer who saved thousands of refugees at sea between 2015 and 2016 before dying of heart failure nearly a year ago.
The local...
Greece
Greek Coast Guard Rescues 29 Migrants in Northern Aegean
The Greek Coast Guard announced on Thursday that it has rescued 29 migrants found adrift on the sea between the island of Samothraki and the northeastern port of Alexandroupoli.
It is very rare for migrants to use this section of...
Greece
Greek Coast Guard Rescues Migrants Off Samos
The Greek Coast Guard rescued at least 44 migrants off the eastern Aegean island of Samos on Wednesday who had come over the sea by dinghy from the Turkish coast.
The migrants, whose nationalities have not yet been revealed, have...
Greece
Greek Coast Guard Storms Drug-Carrying Vessel (video)
The Hellenic Coast Guard, in cooperation with FRONTEX, the E.U. border and Coast Guard force, released a video on Wednesday of the moment their men jumped onto a Syrian-flagged vessel.
As a result of the ship's seizure, which took place...
Greece
Greek Coast Guard Rescues 28 Migrants; Two Dead off Turkey
The Hellenic Coast Guard rescued 28 migrants coming from Turkey after their Zodiac-type rubber boat capsized near Farmakonisi.
The crew of the patrol vessel rescued the migrants under the supervision of the Central Hellenic Coast Guard Research and Rescue Coordination...
Greece
Greek Coast Guard Recover One More Body
Greece' s Coast Guard on Monday recovered one more body from the sea near the resort of Mati, the epicenter of the deadly fires of last Monday.
Reports suggest that the body belongs to a man.
The latest find brings the...
Crime
Greek Coast Guard Snatch Boat Carrying 2 Tons of Cannabis (video)
The Hellenic Coast Guard on Saturday seized a boat carrying two tons of processed cannabis, 40 nautical miles off Ierapetra, Crete.
The 20-meter tug boat started its route from Cyprus heading to Spain. Hellenic Port Authority headquarters received a tip...