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Greek Government Plan to Give Life to Uninhabited Aegean Islets

The General Secretariat of Aegean and Island Policy announced in parliament a draft plan to make uninhabited Aegean islets habitable and offer incentives to that effect. The prospect includes 28 islets in the eastern Aegean, the sovereignty of which is...

Greece Launches Military Exercise Over Migrant Camp

The Greek army launched an unscheduled military exercise Thursday along its border with FYROM and a cluster of islands near Turkey, with fighter jets passing over a tent city in Idomeni near the border. Sources within the Greek army confirmed...

Greek Coast Guard Pursues Vessel Smuggling Immigrants

A pursuit between a Turkish smuggler vessel and a patrol boat of the Greek Coast Guard on Thursday morning in the sea area of Oinousses, in the north-eastern Aegean Sea, led to the injury of three illegal immigrants, who...

Greek Seadogs Shooting in Greece

The Greek-Australian crew for the shooting of the documentary about Greek Shipping, and generally about the relation of Greeks with the sea, has arrived in Greece. This week the crew members were on Oinousses, one of the islands which...

Boat Carrying Weapons Detected in Chios

Early in the morning of July 30, the port police detected a vessel of about seven meters moving between Chios and Oinousses. A port police patrol boat rushed to the spot and immobilized it. According to the police announcement, two...

Immigrant Died in Boat Sinking

According to Greek authorities, a man died when a small boat crammed with immigrants sank while trying to enter Greece. The coastguard stated that the victim was found unconscious at sea on the morning of July 25 off the...