Greece’s Coast Guard and the Navy are closely monitoring the movement of some 120 Turkish fishing vessels sailing through the Aegean Sea. The vessels have reportedly gather in the Dardanelles on Friday and are moving towards the Libyan Sea. The fleet is sailing through international water in the northern Aegean …

Three Turkish fishing vessels have been spotted in Greek territorial waters off the coast of the island of Mykonos in the central Aegean Sea. Turkish fishing vessels are reported also off the island of Paros.The vessels are still in the area, with the Greek Coast Guard to have not taken …

283 migrants on a fishing boat have been rescued by the Greek Coastguard on Sunday, 18 miles south of the island of Gavdos. There are no reports of injured, ill or missing passengers. The Hellenic Coastguard on Sunday launched a search & rescue operation south of #Crete after a fishing …

An incident involving a Turkish fishing boat and a Greek Coast Guard patrol vessel took place northwest near the island of Oinousses in Greek waters early Tuesday evening, the Hellenic Coast Guard reported on Wednesday. According to the Greek Coast Guard, one of its patrol vessels approached the Turkish fishing …

A fishing boat ran aground on the Tripiti Reef in the sea north of Makronissos in the central Aegean Sea on Monday afternoon. The seven people on board were picked up by rescue vessels and are in good health. Two Coast Guard patrol boats and private boats rushed to the …

Turkish fishing boats entered Greek territorial waters south of the small island of Gavdos, off western Crete, on Wednesday.  It is the first time that Turkish vessels have appeared at the western part of Crete. No further details were available about the incursion. The incident was handled by the Greek …

Four people died and one is missing after the collision of a Greek tanker with a Turkish fishing boat in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. The accident took place 15 nautical miles from Karatas, off the port of Adana in the Turkish South-West coast at 05:50 on Wednesday morning. Following the …

Greece has banned swimming, fishing and all recreation water sports like canoeing, kayak and windsurfing in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus. The ban is valid until April 21, 2020 or for as long as lockdown measures apply. The Ministry of Shipping and Islands Policy reportedly sent on Tuesday, …

Two Turkish warships harassed a Cypriot fishing boat on Thursday and forced it back to Cyprus after threatening to arrest the crew, media report. The Cyprios fishing boat belonging to the company ‘Ta Psarokaika’ on Thursday, while the vessel was in international waters, company head Aristos Aristeidou told Cyprus News …

A search and rescue operation was underway Monday after a dinghy carrying migrants sank overnight off the coast of the small eastern Greek island of Symi, leaving at least three people dead, the coast guard said. Eight people were rescued, with two of them transported to a hospital on the …

Greece has closed the airspace in the region of Evros for all military aircraft due to the war that Russia is waging in Ukraine, media report on Tuesday. The Civil Aviation Authority has reportedly issued a relevant air directive (NOTAM) on February 25, following request by the United States and …

Turkey issued a NAVTEX on Tuesday for so-called “seismic research” in the area of the Greek continental shelf and set the Greek Armed Forces on alert. In particular, Ankara plans to conduct research in the sea area south of Rhodes and Kastelorizo ​​and southeast of Crete, has blocked the sea …

Rural Development and Foods Minister Makis Voridis raised the issue of Turkish fishing vessels trespassing on Greek waters in the Aegean Sea. Turkish fisherman are after sea bream in the area, and therefore, we call this issue of Greek-Turkish conflict the “Tsipoua War – the Sea Beam War. Voridis raised …

A warship of the Turkish Navy arrested five fishermen on board of a Cypriot boat on Friday morning. The fishermen were on board of a boat in international waters in the sea area off  the North-West of Cyprus. The fishermen were forced to sail the boat to the port of …

Could the shipwreck tragedy in international waters south off Greece have been avoided? This is the question many pose after details and pictures by the Frontex and the Greek Coast Guard have being released showing that authorizes were close to the overloaded fishing boat before it suddenly capsized and sank …

Shipwreck Greece: The Coast Guard in Kalamata, south Peloponnese, announced on Thursday the launch of an inquiry into the sinking of a boat carrying hundreds of migrants in international waters off the coast of the Peloponnese, 47 nautical miles southwest of Pylos. According to an announcement “there is not a …

A big search and rescue operation is underway off south Peloponnese after a fishing boat carrying dozens of migrants capsized and sank on early Wednesday morning. So far, 32 bodies have been recovered and 104 people have been rescued, while there are fears for dozens of missing. UPDATE Death toll …

A fire-fighting helicopter crashed into the sea off the island of Samos on Wednesday afternoon. Four crew member missing. Big Search and Rescue Operation underway. According to preliminary information, the helicopter, type ER-MH4, crashed while it was attempting to collect water from the sea. The helicopter was participating in the …

Dozens of passengers and crew members were on board of the Euroferry Olympia have been evacuated from the burning ship and are reportedly on lifeboats and coast guard vessels sailing to the island of Corfu short after 10 o’ clock Friday morning. There are currently reports of some 11 missing …

The bodies of one woman and four children have been recovered out of six people believed to be missing after a dinghy carrying 27 migrants capsized and sank off the south-east coast of the island of Chios early Tuesday morning. According to state broadcaster ERT, the woman and two children …