Coast Guard

"The most important element of the new European Border and Coast Guard Agency is that it goes beyond what Frontex was able to do, but that we do not replace member states' responsibilities and definitely not their sovereignty," European...

"We must all understand that our international obligation regarding the Schengen treaty is to effectively contribute to the battle against terrorism, which means immediate identification and recording of the migrants that enter into the country; the identification should be...

Greece 's main opposition leader Vangelis Meimarakis, the temporary head of New Democracy called for the foundation of a European coast guard to patrol the European Union's borders, while addressing a European People's Party (EPP) conference in Madrid, on...

New Democracy Interim President Evangelos Meimarakis has called for the establishment of a European Union Coast Guard. The European Union does not have an established common border patrol body. Frontex is a coordinating body that helps member states cooperate in...

A man, possibly a Turkish smuggler, died after gunfire from the Greek coast guard, who were chasing the speedboat he was piloting Tuesday off the Psalidi coast in Kos, Greece. According to sources, seven illegal immigrants were located on Psalidi beach by coast...

Seven immigrants were recovered dead from the sea north of Mytilene, Greece, when their boat capsized while they were on board. It all started on Monday night when two immigrants who were rescued by a ship stated that they were...

The Greek coastguard reported that twelve immigrants, which included four children drowned on Friday, after their boat capsized just off the Greek island of Lefkada in the Ionian Sea. Earlier reports said eight people had died, but now the number...

A cargo ship with the Sierra Leone flag was found near Imia last Thursday. The Coast Guard was alerted by the ship’s peculiar course and proceeded to escort it to the port of Rhodes, where today, around noon, the...

A boat, full of illegal immigrants that are now out of danger, were found this morning in the Ionian Sea. The boat was spotted by an AB-205 helicopter of the Hellenic Air Force, west of the island of Cephalonia...

The Greek Ministry of Mercantile Marine showed the operational diligence of the Greek Coast Guard to the Troika representative, and the European Border Guard. With a video shot mostly in Lesbos, the Minister of Mercantile Marine Mr. Miltiades Varvitsiotis wanted to...