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Six Turkish jet fighters violated Greek air space between the islands of Fournoi and Ikaria on Tuesday. According to the Greek Air Force, the Turkish warplanes spent about 30 minutes in Greek air space. This is the 78th time Turkish...

An acrimonious argument has started between Greece's coroners association and the Samos Hospital administration over autopsies and issuing of death certificate procedures. Dead bodies of refugees, with those of children among them, pile up at the mortuary of the Samos...

Unfortunately, there is no end to the refugee tragedies unfolding in the Aegean Sea. Early in the morning on Sunday, November 1, a boat carrying around 50 people, crashed against rocks on the coast of the Greek island of...

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reports that migrant deaths on the Mediterranean Sea routes to Europe are breaking all previous records. IOM confirmed 3,350 fatalities so far this year, surpassing the record-breaking death toll of 3,279 for all of...

A number of different shipwrecks in the East Aegean Greek Sea has left seven people dead, including five children. The Hellenic Coast Guard conducted a rescue operation after a boat carrying migrants and refugees capsized north of East Aegean Greek island of Lesvos....

A boat carrying migrants and refugees capsized in the East Aegean Sea, North of the Greek island of Samos, on Wednesday. Turkish authorities rescued 16 people who were aboard the ship, according to Greek media reports. Greek authorities were informed that another 15 people...

Since January 1, 2015 some 710,000 migrants and refugees have arrived in Europe, according to Frontex. The vast majority come from the war-torn regions of Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan.  While Frontex estimates that 350,000 of them have entered through Greece, the...

While creditors have asked for a raise on value added tax on Greek islands, neighboring Turkey is about to create duty free zones on tourist destinations on the Aegean Sea coastline. As of October first, six popular tourist islands have...

The Hellenic Coast Guard is currently conducting a search operation for five people, who were on boats that capsized, while transporting migrants and refugees to Greece on Saturday. Four of the missing people are minors. One of the two boats, was operated by migrant smugglers, and had...

Following the death of Aylan Kurdi, another child has passed away during his family's effort to migrate to Europe. A two month Syrian boy was declared dead on the island of Samos on Saturday after the boat that was transporting him and his family...