STORY: Thanos Marmarinos pilots his small fishing boat out of the harbor on the northern shore of the Greek island of ...

More than 600 migrants were rescued overnight and early Friday from two wooden fishing boats found sailing miles (kilometers) from the southernmost part of Greece, the country's coast guard said ...

The statement said the coast guard vessel was sent to chase away the Turkish boat that was fishing inside Greek waters. It said the collision was caused by the Turkish captain’s “abrupt change ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say a fishing boat carrying nearly 300 migrants to Europe has safely reached a southern island after a large rescue operation in the Mediterranean Sea.

Panagiotis Pagonis stands on the deck of his fishing boat off Asprovalta in northern Greece, grimacing at another empty catch. "It's all gone to hell," the 72-year-old mutters as the early glimmer ...

The first fishing boat, carrying 352 people, was spotted overnight about 30 nautical miles (35 miles, 55 kilometers) south of the tiny island of Gavdos, the coast guard said.