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Homes saved as firebreaks halt blaze on Greek island

Firebreaks dug outside evacuated villages on the Greek island of Lesbos have halted a wildfire that had threatened scores of homes, authorities said. The overnight work by fire crews and local workers, using excavators and other heavy machinery, ...

25 Jul 2022 at 10:42

Dramatic rescues after two migrant boats sink off Greece

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At least 15 dead after two migrant boats sink off Greek island

Residents of a Greek island pulled shipwrecked migrants to safety up steep cliffs in dramatic rescues after two boats sank, leaving at least 21 people dead and many others still missing. The coast guard said 16 bodies of young African women and ...

06 Oct 2022 at 11:24

World

Gales off Greek islands stall efforts to find missing migrants

Strong winds hampered efforts around two Greek islands to find at least 10 migrants believed to be missing at sea after shipwrecks left at least 23 people dead, officials said. A dinghy and a sailboat sank in two separate incidents late on ...

07 Oct 2022 at 16:51

World

Smuggling trial begins for aid workers over migrant rescue efforts in Greece

A group of 24 aid workers and volunteers who participated in migrant rescue operations on a Greek island have gone on trial in a smuggling-related case widely criticised by human rights groups. The defendants deny all the charges, saying ...

10 Jan 2023 at 14:58

22 dead, dozens missing after two migrant boats sink in Greek waters

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21 dead, dozens missing after two migrant boats sink in Greek waters

Bodies floated amid splintered wreckage in the water off a Greek island on Thursday as the death toll from the sinking of two migrant boats rose to 22, with many still missing. The boats went down hundreds of miles apart, in one case ...

06 Oct 2022 at 15:32

World

Search for missing crewmen after cargo ship sinks in heavy seas off Lesbos

A cargo ship sank off the Greek island of Lesbos in stormy seas early Sunday, leaving 13 crew members missing and one rescued, authorities said. The Raptor, registered in the Comoros, was on its way to Istanbul from Alexandria, ...

26 Nov 2023 at 14:23

Ireland

Irish aid worker says Greece smuggling trial ‘deeply damaging to the EU’

An Irish humanitarian has said his trial in Greece over smuggling-related charges is “deeply damaging” to the European Union. Sean Binder said the trial was “an attack on the idea of human rights and the rule of law” but added ...

08 Jan 2023 at 18:03

World

More than a dozen migrants die as boats sink off Greece and Turkey

A boat carrying migrants from Turkey to a nearby Greek island sank, leaving at least seven people dead, including three children, Greece’s coast guard said. Turkish authorities reported what appeared to be a separate sinking ...

03 Apr 2025 at 14:39

World

Norwegian photographer arrested in Greece on spying charges

A 75-year-old Norwegian photographer has been arrested on the Greek island of Lesbos on espionage-related charges and is due to appear in court on Friday. Knut Bry was working with a local non-profit organization that helps ...

18 Mar 2022 at 14:55

World

Migrant mother ‘gives birth on uninhabited tiny island near Lesbos’

A woman from Eritea has given birth on an uninhabited rocky islet after travelling with other migrants from nearby Turkey, authorities in Greece say. A coastguard official said 29 adult Eritreans ‒ 24 men and five women ‒ ...

22 Jun 2022 at 13:50

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