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Diaspora
Migrants Granted Greek Citizenship After Saving Dozens in Mati Fire
Greece's President Prokopis Pavlopoulos will grant Greek citizenship to three migrant fishermen who helped rescue dozens of people from the sea during the deadly fire at Mati last summer.
One hundred people died in the disaster, which struck eastern Attica...
Cyprus
Cyprus: Fishermen Remanded to Custody in the Occupied North
Five Egyptian fishermen on a Cypriot boat were remanded to custody for three days on Saturday by a ‘court’ in Northern Cyprus, following their arrest on Friday, 7.5 nautical miles away from Kormakitis.
According to reports in the north, the...
Greek News
Egypt Proud for Fishermen Who Saved Lives in Greek Inferno
Egypt's Minister for Diaspora and Migration Policy, Nabila Makram, on Friday expressed great satisfaction and offered her warmest congratulations for the self-sacrifice shown by the Egyptian fishermen who helped save human lives during the deadly fires in Mati, defying...
Greece
Greek Fishermen Complain of 'Undeclared War' by Turkish Counterparts (Video)
Dozens of Greek fishermen from the east Aegean islands have sent a legal notice to the government complaining of continuous provocations by their Turkish counterparts.
The notice, signed by 36 fishermen, says that their counterparts infringe in Greek waters and...
Greece
Three Missing Fishermen Found Dead off Rhodes
Three fishermen were found dead in the rocky area of Prasonisi this morning after an intense search for them took place overnight.
The three men had made a distress call from their cell phones to relatives back on the shores...
Economy
Greenpeace Launches "A Box of Sea" to Promote Low-Impact Fishing
Greenpeace launched the program, "A Box of Sea," which brings fishermen and citizens together to deal with overfishing in the hope of protecting the marine environment. The program aims to reward fishermen using low-impact, non-intrusive fishing methods and support...
Environment
Fisherman's Friends: The Pelicans of Lake Kerkini
Lake Kerkini, famous as a bird-watching destination in northern Greece, has a particularly robust Dalmation pelican population. The local fishermen have developed a special relationship with these birds, feeding them for hundreds of years during wintertime so that they...