Greece

A total of two people passed away in a helicopter crash off the island of Samos in Greece on Wednesday. Rescue crews found four people—two survivors and two people who passed away—whose helicopter crashed into the sea off the island...

UPDATED: Rescue crews found three people whose helicopter crashed into the sea off the island of Samos on Wednesday afternoon as they battled a wildfire. A fourth person was still missing. Two of the passengers were taken to the hospital...

France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy and Greece signed letters of intent to construct NATO’s next-generation helicopter earlier this week. The five allies will participate in the program dubbed “Next-Generation Rotorcraft Capability,” or NGRC, as they are planning to replace...

Greek authorities used helicopters on Tuesday to evacuate six residents of a village near Karditsa, Thessaly, who had been stranded by the floods caused by the rare "Medicane" storm which hit the country over the weekend. The village of Oxia...

Two Turkish fighter planes engaged with and harassed the helicopter carrying Defense Minister Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos and the Chief of the National Defense General Staff, General Konstantinos Floros earlier Sunday. The minister and chief of staff were visiting the islands of...

A NATO helicopter crashed in the Ionian Sea, west of the Greek mainland, on Wednesday evening. According to Greek Defense Ministry sources, the CH-148 Cyclone helicopter had taken off from a Canadian frigate and crashed in the sea some 20...

The US military published a video on Saturday showing the operation of offloading military equipment, including helicopters and army vehicles, at the port of Volos, a city in Greece's Thessaly region. The operation was conducted under heavy security measures, as...

The Greek Air Accidents Investigation Committee began an investigation on Wednesday to determine the reasons behind the helicopter crash which took place on Tuesday off the coast of the picturesque island of Poros in the northeastern Peloponnese. Despite it being far...

A private helicopter crashed into the sea near the island of Poros off the coast of Attica at approximately 3:40 in the afternoon, local time. According to initial information, the helicopter had three passengers, including two Russians and one Greek...

Seventy OH-58D Kiowa Warrior reconnaissance helicopters and one CH - 47 Chinook helicopter have arrived in Greece from the US, in the context of agreements which have been signed by the two countries. The helicopters were unloaded at the port...

Greece handed a protest note on Tuesday to a Turkish envoy in Athens over the Monday  incident with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ helicopter. The Greek PM had said the previous day that Turkish jets buzzed his helicopter as he was...

Greece's prime minister says Turkish fighter jets harassed the helicopter he was traveling in during a visit to a remote Greek island to celebrate Independence Day. Alexis Tsipras said he was "welcomed" by Turkish fighter jets violating Greek airspace during...

A large grass fire on the Greek island of Crete has seen the authorities deploy a helicopter to dump water on acres of burning land. Strong winds are thought to be fanning the flames which have taken hold in in eastern...

Two Turkish fighter jets flying at 10,000 feet just outside Greek airspace approached a helicopter carrying Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and asked the pilot for a flight plan. According to ANT1 television, aboard the helicopter was the General Chief...

Turkish media are reporting comments from the country's leadership denying one of its helicopters violated Greek airspace on Monday. The office of the Turkish prime minister, Binali Yildirim, was quoted by Hurriyet newspaper as rejecting accusations carried in the Greek...