A fast-moving wildfire has forced evacuations on the Greek island of Crete. Authorities on Thursday ordered evacuations at ...

Greece denied Monday a new report alleging its coast guard of brutal treatment of migrants who arrived on the nation's shores, including conduct that reportedly triggered 43 drownings.

Greece’s coast guard says more than 600 migrants have been rescued after two wooden fishing boats were found sailing miles ...

The Greek coast guard on Friday defended its response to the sinking of a ship that went down off the country’s south coast and left as many as 500 migrants presumed drowned. Criticism mounted ...

Coast guard spokesperson Nikos Alexiou said Greece should be recognized for ultimately helping to rescue 104 people. “We were there trying to get them to get help,” he said. “They didn’t ...

Europe Greece sends its navy, coast guard, civilian vessels to rescue dozens of migrants off southern coast The migrants were found near the site where hundreds of passengers traveling from Libya ...

Members of Greece's coast guard, navy and air force have been searching the waters with a helicopter, lifeboat, navy frigate and two patrol boats. Authorities said Wednesday that 79 bodies had ...

In this photo provided on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020 by the Greek Coast Guard, a half-sunken yacht is photographed during a search and rescue operation by the Greek authorities west of the small ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks to freelance reporter Lydia Emmanouilidou about the deadly capsizing of a boat off the Greek coast in June, and how authorities failed to help roughly 700 migrants on board.

Contradictions in the Coast Guard’s account cast new doubts over how the Greeks handled one of the worst maritime disasters in the country’s history. By Jason Horowitz Matina Stevis-Gridneff ...

The Greek coast guard said that it was notified of the boat’s presence late Tuesday morning, and observed by helicopter that it was “sailing on a steady course” at 6 p.m.

A Greek coast guard vessel is docked at the port in Kalamata town, about 240 kilometers (150 miles) southwest of Athens, on Thursday, June 15, 2023.