Greece

Authorities have seized a Tanzanian-flagged ship heading for Libya and carrying materials used to make explosives, according to the Greek coastguard. The vessel "Andromeda" was detected sailing near Aghios Nikolaos, on the island of Crete on Saturday. Authorities found 29...

The Greek Port Authority and Coastguard will receive 15 million euros from the European Union's Internal Security Fund to fund operations related to migration flows and the patrolling of the EU's maritime borders. The funding which covers operations and patrols...

Greek authorities announced that they have seized roughly two tons of Albania-grown marijuana on an Italian-flagged yacht destined for the Aegean Sea islands. The coastguard says the seizure followed a tip-off and took place early Friday south of the Greek...

The Turkish Foreign Ministry issued a statement condemning Greece for the shooting of a Turkish cargo ship near Rhodes on Monday, while Ankara sent three warships in the area the incident took place. Greek coastguard sources say that after receiving...

According to sources, the cargo ship "nourm" flagged with Sierra Leone, transferred a large amount of weapons. It was identified yesterday evening near Imia and was escorted to the port of Symi this morning. After an investigation, the cargo ship...

"Let's give diplomacy a chance," said Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday, in his address to the 75th United Nations General Assembly, referring to the upcoming exploratory talks with Turkey. In his speech to the UN General Assembly held...

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...

Hundreds of passengers were safely evacuated early Wednesday from a Greek ferry after a fire broke out in the car deck. The Eleftherios Venizelos, originally bound for Hania, Crete, returned to the port of Piraeus shortly after 0100 GMT, the...

Allegations of harassment at sea of Greek fishermen by Turkish boats and the country's coast guard continued on Friday. It follows reports earlier this week of shots being fired at Greek fishermen off the coast of Leros. Two Greek seamen, owners...

New images appear to contradict claims by the Turkish government that its forces removed a Greek flag from an islet in the eastern Aegean. A Greek flag was seen still flying on top of the highest peak in Mikros Anthropofas,...

An outspoken aide to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has lambasted Greece, saying any conflict over the Aegean would be like "a fly picking a fight with a giant". Yigit Bulut made the comment on Turkish television as tensions between...

  A pair of Turkish F-16 jets entered Greek airspace on Thursday, before being engaged in a “mock dogfight” by the Greek air force, local media report. The Turkish jets infringed on Greek airspace between the islands of Limnos and Lesvos,...

  Turkey's main opposition leader has issued a strong call for the country's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, to clarify whether 18 islets in the Aegean Sea in fact belong to Turkey. Leader of the secular Republican People's Party, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, made...

Greek defense ministry sources have told local media a Turkish coastguard vessel in the Aegean clipped a Greek military ship during a "dangerous maneuver" on Wednesday. The Greek gunboat Nikiforos came into contact with the Turkish craft around 2.30 p.m. local...

Eight crewmembers of the explosives-packed freighter Andromeda, currently held in Greece, were remanded in custody on Tuesday. The crew of two Ukrainians, five Indians and one Albanian national were charged with violating laws on supplying groups with weapons and explosives...