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This photo captured by a drone at the Greek island of Cephalonia, has been named among the top 10 snaps captured worldwide by the social network Dronestagram. The photo by Calin Stan depicts the exploration of the Melissani cave on...

Moves towards EU-wide regulation of unmanned aerial vehicles – more commonly known as drones – took another step closer to reality on Thursday. MEPs and European Council negotiators agreed provisional rules which could eventually see drones and their operators required...

Police at Britain's two military bases in Cyprus say that the use of a state-of-the-art drone will greatly boost their ongoing crackdown on the illicit trapping of small migratory birds. British Base police chief constable Chris Eyre says poachers can...

The regional government will employ police drones to assist with the prevention of forest fires, the deputy regional governor for northern Attica, Giorgos Karameros said, following a meeting of the Civil Protection Co-ordination Body. “Prevention and coordination are key in...

The law on the operation of drones in Greece was published in the Government Gazzette on Friday, applying to the use of drones when they fly more than 50 meters away from the controller. According to the Civil Aviation Authority...

Mehdi Salehi fled his native Afghanistan fifteen years ago to escape the Taliban and has now turned his attention to trying to help the migrants fleeing their countries using the popular Greece-Turkey route. When Mehdi reached the shores of Greece...

Greece’s problem with unauthorized buildings will be dealt with by using drones and high precision satellite imaging, Alternate Minister for the Environment Yiannis Tsironis said on Monday. “Control mechanisms will be strengthened by electronic means, such as drones and high...

The Greek government in a pilot project is expected to use a drone in order to be able to oversee the country’s sea border in the Aegean sea -- which is considered one of the main avenues for immigration...