With pictures on their mobiles or at hand, relatives and friends are desperately searching among the fishing boat survivors for their beloved ones. They have traveled from several countries to Greece to seek for their people with whom they lost contact since Wednesday, June 16, when the fishing boat capsized …
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Shipwreck Greece: SAR for missing people ongoing; 104 rescued (nationalities)
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 …
Read More »Greece declares 3-day mourning for the shipwreck victims (latest info)
Greece’s caretaker Prime Minister Ioannis Sarmas declared a three-day national mourning for the dozens of victims of the shipwreck, 47 nautical miles south of Peloponnese, early morning Wednesday. By 9 p.m. Wednesday, the death toll has reached 79 bodies have been recovered and 104 people have been rescued. Dozens of …
Read More »+++78 bodies recovered, 104 rescued, dozens missing after migrants boat sinks south of Greece
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 …
Read More »Two cargo vessels collide off Chios island; Turkish cargo rejects Greek SAR (video)
Two cargo vessels collided 9 nautical miles North-North-West of the island of Chios in the eastern Aegean Sea on Friday afternoon. While the Turkish vessel is taking water, its captain has refused aid by the Greek Coast Guard. The vessels with flags of Vanuatu -ANT- and Singapore – POTENTIA- have …
Read More »Acropolis Museum events on European Museums Night & International Museum Day
With special events and free entrance, the Acropolis Museum will celebrate the annual European Night of Museums on Saturday, May 13, and the International Museum Day on Thursday, May 18, 2023. On Saturday, the museum will extend its closing time by 4 hours to 12 midnight (09:00-00:00), while entry will …
Read More »FM Dendias: “I’d sign an agreement to resolve Greek-Turkish dispute”
Hardly two week before the elections in Greece, Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said that he would sign an agreement that would resolve the Greek-Turkish dispute. In an interview with news website in.gr, Dendias reiterated the Greek position that there is one and only difference with Turkey, that of the continental …
Read More »Greece deploys transport aircraft for evacuation of Greeks and Cypriots from Sudan
Two military transport aircraft C-130 and C-27j left Greece on Sunday afternoon for Egypt in the context of the operation to rescue Greek but also Cypriot citizens from the civil war in Sudan, a total of 120-150 citizens wanting to leave the country. Earlier today, Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias had …
Read More »Second F-4 pilot confirmed dead; Crash scenarios
The pilot of the F-4 Phantom has died after the fighter jet crashed in the Ionian Sea in western Greece, the Hellenic Air Force (HAF) confirmed early Wednesday afternoon. According to a HAF statement, analysis of evidence from the crash site confirmed that Captain Efstathios Tsitlakidis, 31, died in the …
Read More »Kolumbo volcano: New magma chamber discovered in Santorini
A new magma chamber discovered beneath the Kolumbo underwater volcano, near the Greek island of Santorini, is a sleeping menace, a study found, even thought eruption is not expected immediately. The new magma chamber was announced in a recent paper published in the journal Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems by a team …
Read More »F-4 crash: Co-pilot found dead, SAR for pilot continues
Two pilots are missing after a two-seat F-4 Phantom fighter jet of the Greek Air Force crashed into the sea during a training flight on Monday morning. A big Search and Rescue operation is underway to locate the pilots as well as the fighter jet. A statement from the Hellenic …
Read More »Turkey warns Greece of “serious consequences” if it extends territorial waters
Ibrahim Kalin, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s spokesman and chief foreign policy adviser, has warned of “serious consequences” for Greece if it extends its territorial waters to 12 nautical miles around Crete. “Turkey will not accept any extension, even by a single mile,” Kalin told NTV television late Tuesday, adding …
Read More »Crete: Boat with 430 migrants, incl 100 children, towed to safety
The fishing boat with 430 migrants onboard was towed to Skala Palaiochoras where it docked at 2 o’ clock Tuesday afternoon after a big rescue operation. According to state broadcaster ERT, three of the 100 children in total suffered faint incidents and were transferred to the local hospital with ambulances. …
Read More »Turkey’s FM warns Greece over territorial waters extension in the Aegean
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Wednesday warned Greece against extending its territorial waters in the Aegean Sea. Ankara “will not accept a fait accompli that has kept Turkey trapped in its coastline,” he stressed. “We will not allow [Greece] to extend its territorial waters in the Aegean by a …
Read More »Over 30 migrants die in two shipwrecks off Kythera and Lesvos (videos)
More than 30 migrants are believed to have died in two shipwrecks off the island of Kythera in south Peloponnese and Lesvos in the eastern Aegean Sea in less than 12 hours. Residents of a Greek island pulled shipwrecked migrants to safety up steep cliffs in dramatic rescues after two …
Read More »3rd booster shot on low-flight as citizens wait for more upgraded vaccines
The new, upgraded vaccines against Covid-19 and the Omicron variant BA2, the 3rd booster shot, are on low flights in Greece, as the majority of citizens apparently is waiting for the next series that will cover also the Omicron 5 and are expected to arrive next month.. According to data …
Read More »Unknown shipwreck discovered off the island of Kythnos
Αn unknown shipwreck was discovered west of the island of Kythnos in the wesaten Cyclades, soe 56 nautical miles of Attica. There are indications that the ship sank after an explosion at its prow. There are no indications of its date yet. Researcher Kostas Thoktaridis told state=run news agency amna, …
Read More »Turkish Coast Guard harasses rescue boat inside Greek territorial waters (video)
The captain of a Turkish Coast Guard vessel carried out dangerous maneuvers within Greek territorial waters around a Greek rescue boat near Leros island, the Shipping and Island Policy Ministry said on Wednesday. The incident occurred on Monday (July 25) off Farmakonissi, North-East of Leros in the East Aegean Sea, …
Read More »Antonov plane with 8 crew members crash in Kavala, N. Greece (videos)
An Antonov airplane with 8 crew members crashed off the city of Kavala, Northern Greece, about an hour before Saturday midnight. The plane was flying from Serbia to Jordan with reportedly 12 tons of dangerous material. Eyewitnesses said that the plane was on fire when it came down. The Antonov-12 …
Read More »NBA legend Magic Johnson is touring Greece, gets surprise call by PM
Earvin Magic Johnson is not only an NBA legend but also “the best ambassador for Greece” in summer 2022. With his spouse and friends, he has been touring the islands in the Aegean and the Ionian Seas since the start of July, having fun. He captures every moment in the …
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