Coast Guard
Greece
Coast Guard Stops 5,608 Migrants From Illegally Entering Greece in July
The Hellenic Coast Guard issued a statement on Tuesday informing the public about its efforts carried out during the month of July to stem illegal migration into Greece.
According to its official data, the Greek Coast Guard intervened in 208 separate incidents...
Diplomacy
New Surveillance System to Monitor the Aegean for Athens and Brussels in Real Time
A new, state-of-the-art integrated maritime surveillance system will be developed in the Aegean Sea, as the European Internal Security Fund has decided to grant Greece €50 million to develop the system.
Once deployed, the new surveillance system will allow the...
Greece
Frontex Saves Sixty Migrants in the Sea off Samos, Greece
Sixty migrants who were trying to make their way to Greece as passengers aboard a dinghy were saved near the village of Agios Constantinos on the island of Samos on Wednesday morning.
According to local authorities, a Frontex vessel was...
Greece
Meet the Greek Heroine Saving Lives in the Aegean
Captain Maria Konti of the Greek Coast Guard, based in Lesvos, is so busy saving the lives of migrants crossing from Turkey that she forgot today was International Women's Day.
"Is it today?" she wondered as she spoke to 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
Greece To Obtain Three State-of-the-Art Coastal Patrol Boats
Greece will soon obtain three state-of-the-art coastal patrol boats, with 90 percent of their funding coming from the E.U.'s Frontex border patrol agency.
According to the contract signed on Tuesday by the Greek Ministry of Shipping and Island Policy, the three vessels...
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, Turkish Coast Guards Vow to 'Strengthen Cooperation'
The heads of the Greek and Turkish Coast Guards met in Piraeus on Friday to strengthen cooperation in tackling the migration flows in the Aegean Sea.
The meeting between Turkey's Ahmet Kendir and Greece's Stamatis Raptis took place at the Hellenic...
Greece
Hero of the Aegean Who Saved Thousands of Lives Dies at 44
Kyriakos Papadopoulos, the 44-years-old lieutenant of the Hellenic Coast Guard, who became globally known for his tireless efforts to save thousands of refugees in the Aegean Sea during the refugee crisis of 2015-16, has died unexpectedly from a heart...
Greece
Greek Firefighters and Rescuers Criticize Government on Deadly Fires Response
The head of Greek firemen federation and the leader of a coast guard rescue mission criticized the government for responding slow and misinforming the public on the deadly East Attica wildfires.
Dimitris Stathopoulos, the head of the firefighters' federation spoke...