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Albania Earthquake: Greece Sends Immediate Help to Assist Rescue Operations

The strong earthquake that hit Albania in the early hours of Tuesday, killing at least six people and injuring hundreds has led Greece to send immediate aid to the neighboring nation. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis had a telephone call...

Rescue Operation Launched for Migrant Boat in Distress South of Peloponnese

The Greek Coast Guard and the European Border and Coast Guard Agency Frontex launched a rescue operation on Monday afternoon to locate a boat carrying roughly 80 migrants and refugees in waters to the south of the Peloponnese. The boat...

Stunning Rescue Operation Saves Horse from the Open Sea in Greece's Katakolo

A difficult and strange rescue operation took place on Monday in Peloponese’s Elia region. Everything started 15 days ago, when a local farmer lost his horse, named ''Haido''. The horse couldn’t be found anywhere as friends and members of his family...

Rescue Operation Underway on Mount Olympus for Seriously Injured Climber

A large operation is underway by the Hellenic Rescue Team in Mount Olympus since Saturday morning to rescue a female climber who fell while climbing near the peak of Stefani or "Thronos Dios" (Throne of Zeus) at a height...

Distress Signal from Vessel in South Mediterranean, Greek Coast Guard Launches Rescue Operation

According to the Greek Shipping Ministry, the Greek Coast Guard has launched a rescue operation for a vessel with about 200 migrants on board which sent a distress signal off the island of Crete. They reported that the Greek Coast Patrol...

Ferry on Fire off Greece; Rescue Operation for 411 Passengers [Photos]

A ferry carrying 411 passengers and 55 crew caught fire during its Greece to Italy route on Sunday. The Italian-flagged Norman Atlantic, which belongs to the Greek ferry line ANEK, sailing from Patras in western Greece to the Italian port...

Immigrant Rescue Operation North of Crete

Greek coast guard authorities have mounted a rescue operation after an SOS signal was sent by a vessel carrying illegal immigrants on Sunday night. According to the Greek Ministry of shipping the number of immigrants amount to 400 The vessel...

Search & Rescue Operation in Crete Finds 3 Drowned

A search-and-rescue mission for 16 Bangladesh nationals is underway.  The mission is in the south of the Souda port in Crete. Thirty others are already rescued, while three were found drowned. According to sources, the 49 were among...

Greek Volunteers Rescue Trapped Wolf in Dramatic Operation

Volunteers from Greece's animal welfare organization ''ARCTUROS'' launched an operation recently to save a trapped female wolf from a house's iron fence in a village near Thessaloniki. The unfortunate, petrified animal had most likely been chased by dogs and became...

6 Arrested From Migrant Boat Rescued Off Mykonos

Greek authorities on Monday charged six of the 108 migrants rescued off Mykonos in a rudderless sailboat over the weekend with illegally transporting third country nationals. Charges against the group also included causing a shipwreck and forming a criminal organization....

Greece’s Coast Guard Sends Bill to Rescued Couple

After rescuing a couple from the sea off Kalo Limenes, Crete, the Greek Coast Guard sent a bill for their services so they can be reimbursed.

Search and Rescue Underway for Migrants off the Island of Lesvos

A search and rescue attempt is currently underway off the Greek island of Lesvos after three women were reported to have fallen off a migrant boat as it neared the island early on Friday. The Greek Coast Guard launched the...

Turkey-Bound Freighter Rescues 151 Migrants on Yacht Adrift Near Amorgos

A freighter bound for Turkey on Wednesday rescued a total of 151 migrants and refugees who had been packed on a yacht which was adrift in the sea northeast of the island of Amorgos. As has been the case during...

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...

Greece Sends Rescue Team, Equipment to Beirut After Blast

A fully-equipped Greek Fire Brigade search and rescue team departed for Lebanon on Wednesday morning in a C-130 military cargo aircraft, at the orders of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis following a consultation with Deputy Civil Protection and Crises Management...