rescue operation

A major rescue operation took place earlier today at the Evros river, on the Greek-Turkish border in the region of Thrace, where there has been flooding recently, as 25 immigrants were trapped on one of the river islets' embankment. The operation...

The Development Organization of Crete has placed several traps in order to capture “Sifis”, the crocodile found in the region of Rethymno, on the Greek island of Crete last week. Rethymno Mayor Giorgis Marinakis said that efforts are made to recapture the...

Greek coast guards have rescued another 24 migrants fighting for their lives in Turkish waters, a day after the tragic death Monday of 22 illegal immigrants in the northeastern Aegean Sea off the coast of Samos. The 22 men and two women,...

The Greek coast guard rescued eight people from a 200-foot French-flagged yacht as it was sinking in the Aegean Sea on Friday. The luxury yacht suffered mechanical failure in gale-force winds off the coast of the island of Skyros. The coast...

Greek authorities mounted a rescue operation on Friday to save 92 illegal immigrants adrift on a trawler disabled in rough seas 30 miles from the island of Kythira. According to a coast guard statement, patrol boats, merchant ships and a military...