Chios

A total of 237 undocumented migrants and three human traffickers were intercepted within 24 hours in several incidents in eastern Aegean Sea islands, the Greek Coast Guard said on Friday. The three suspects were arrested when they allegedly attempted to...

Turkish companies operating in the yachting sector are aiming to expand in the eastern Mediterranean Sea and specifically in Greece. Turkish companies are the only ones to invest in this sector and buy Greek marinas since both Greeks and investors from...

Archaeological excavation of the area "Psomi" in the island of Chios, northeastern Greece, revealed parts of an ancient necropolis. The ancient Greek necropolis dates back to the 7th and 6th century BC. Archaeologists found earthenware containers sealed with stone, most of them undecorated while...

The Hellenic Coast Guard announced earlier today it had recovered the bodies of a man and a young boy around 10 years old, part of a group of over 30 people onboard a vessel that was capsized as it was...

The Greek Coast Guard proceeded with yet another illegal immigrants rescue operation, one of the many carried out on a daily basis during the last months. More specifically, in the early hours on Wednesday, two Coast Guard vessels rescued 31 immigrants...

]Greek coast guards rescued and arrested sixteen migrants off the island of Chios in the Aegean Sea. Greek authorities were also able to capture the person who was trafficking migrants within the country’s borders. The sixteen migrants had no documents and are...

Lailapas Football Club from the Greek island of Chios and the Turkish Karşıyaka from Izmir met again on May 9 to end a friendly match cancelled due to a downpour 84 years ago. The original match was started on December 7,...

The traditional firework face-off between the two opposing parishes of Aghios Markos and Panagia Ereithiani on the Greek island of Chios, an Easter event known in Greece as rouketopolemos (literally 'rocket war'), once again both lit up and clouded the night sky...

A cultural club from the Greek island of Chios will represent Greece in the International Folk Dance Festival in Istanbul which is held by the Fatih Municipality. The festival will take place from April 22 to April 25. The...

Greece's Lailapas football club and Karşıyaka from Turkey have scheduled to meet in May to play a game that started 84 years ago but was cancelled after three minutes due to heavy rain. On December 7, 1930, the teams met...