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Fishermen Save Woman Who Was Lost For 12 Hours in the Sea off Crete (Video)

Two Cretan fishermen managed to save an 18-year old woman who was fighting to survive for more than twelve hours in the sea in Greece's Lasithi, on Crete. Media reports suggest that the unfortunate woman tried to pick up her...

Nine Migrants Missing as Boat Sinks off Turkey's Aegean Coast

The Turkish Coast Guard announced on Monday that a dinghy carrying forty migrants sank near the coast of Bodrum in the Aegean Sea. Thirty-one people were rescued by the Turkish authorities, who were responsible for the rescue operation, but unfortunately,...

Strong Winds Continue to Cause Disruptions in Southern Greece (video)

The very strong winds that have swept across Greece since Thursday, caused disruptions in the city of Nafplio on Saturday. According to the port authorities of Nafplio, Southern Greece, a speed boat was partially engulfed by water in the city's port...

More Details Emerge from Fatal Greek Island Boat Tragedy

  More information has emerged about Saturday's fatal boating accident in Paxoi island which claimed the life of a British teenager on holiday with his family. According to a report in the U.K.'s Daily Mail newspaper, the 15-year-old was part of...

Three Killed, Several Missing as Migrant Boat Sinks in Eastern Aegean

At least three people was killed when a boat carrying migrants and refugees to Greece from Turkey capsized in the early hours of Friday. The incident happened at Kalolimnos islet in the Dodecanese, just opposite the Turkish coast. The Greek coastguard...

World's Largest Solar Boat Sails into Corinth Port

The world's largest, exclusively solar-powered boat, the Swiss-flagged MS "Tûranor PlanetSolar", sailed into Corinth, Greece, on Thursday. The 31-metre-long catamaran will stay docked in Corinth for three days before continuing its journey to the Ermioni area to take part...

Farmakonisi Incident, What Really Did Happen?

New evidence comes to light in the tragic incident last Monday involving a boat transporting illegal immigrants in the eastern Aegean Sea and the Greek coast guard, which led to the death of 12 immigrants. The statements given by...

Greek Coast Guard Searching for Missing Castaways

A rescue operation is underway by the Greek Coast guard, after a fishing vessel containing illegal immigrants capsized, 1.5 nautical miles from the island of Farmakonisi, Greece, in the Eastern Aegean.The Coast Guard ship had detected the drifting vessel...

Four Immigrants Drown Fleeing to Greece

Four immigrants drowned on Thursday night after their boat -- heading to Greece --  sank offshore Balıkesir's Burhaniye in Turkey. The boat that was carrying immigrants set off from the Burhaniye district and was heading to the Greek island Lesvos late on...