Europe

On Tuesday, January 17, the European Court of Human Rights found that Greek Coast Guard officials tortured Necati Zontul when he was raped in detention at the port of Chania, Crete, in 2001, and ordered Greece to pay 50,000...

There exists today a tiny enclave of Calabrian Greeks, Greek-speaking people in Reggio Calabria that seem to have survived millennia.

Greek-led Operation IRINI proceeded with the seizure of the commercial vessel MV Meerdijk on October 11. According to an announcement made on Wednesday, the ship was carrying armored vehicles to Libya, a violation of the arms embargo on Libya...

A massive superyacht named My Saga sank off the coast of southern Italy on Saturday. The recorded video shows the forty-meter yacht sinking off the coast of Catanzaro Marina and teetering into the water for seconds before completely sinking. Local news...

Aerostats are to be deployed to monitor the northern Greek border by Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency.

Three Greeks accused of drug smuggling were arrested for attempting to bring in 55.5 kilograms (1957 ounces) of cannabis into Greece.

The body of a man found in the sea off Devon, is thought to be that of Efstathios Anthis, who jumped out of a window at Burgh Island Hotel.

Greek Immigration Minister Mitarakis recalled that one year ago Greece protected the EU from a breach of the border using FRONTEX troops.

Around 100 people are feared dead after a boat carrying 100 migrants overturned at sea near the coast of Libya on Friday. Libya's coastguard told the Associated Press they had rescued 14 migrants but could not confirm the death toll...

German police on Tuesday arrested an Afghan citizen on suspicion of smuggling migrants by sea from Turkey to Greece resulting in the death of several dozen people when the boat sank, federal police and prosecutors said. The man is believed...

EU Migration and Home Affairs Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos pointed to Thursday as a historic day for the European Union, he added that the new European Border Guard and Coast Guard is a symbol for the EU. "It is a symbol...

Turkish authorities rounded 1,300 asylum seekers yesterday (30 November) that they said were planning to sail to Greece from hideouts near secluded Aegean beaches and forests. Turkish gendarmes apprehended hundreds of Syrians, Iraqis, Iranians and Afghans and three human traffickers,...

The ancient Greek statues known as the Riace Bronzes were dressed in white tulle, feathers and leopard print underwear by photographer Gerald Bruneau, causing the outrage of people who love ancient Greece and history.  "I love to be provocative," said the photographer,...

On Wednesday morning, Albanian authorities confiscated about 463 pounds of marijuana during two different police missions in Saranda and Gjirokastra. The Albanian polices confiscated about 154 pounds of Marijuana which was being transferred to the Greek island of Corfu on...

A Greek cargo ship rescued more than 120 migrants when the vessel transferring them illegally to Italy broke down off the coast of Lampedusa, outside Italy. Two people died. The 7 meter vessel carrying the migrants was detected 145 nautical...