Dodecanese

A Greek military plane airlifted a newborn baby suffering from respiratory problems from the Aegean island of Samos to Athens late on Friday, while a few hours later a second military plane airlifted another newborn, also with respiratory problems, from the Dodecanese island of Rhodes to Iraklio, Crete.

An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale shook a sea area situated 141 kilometers northeast of the island of Karpathos, in the Dodecanese in the Aegean Sea, at 6.53 a.m. on Wednesday.

According to the European Mediterranean Seismological Center the quake’s epicenter was put at 77 kilometers below surface.

The Greek Coast Guard rescued 17 irregular migrants off the southern Aegean island of Farmakonisi on Tuesday morning.

According to authorities, the immigrants had to jump into the sea northeast of the island after the boat they were trying to reach Greece in started taking water on board. All 17 migrants are reported to be well. They have been taken to the island of Leros.

The Greek Coast Guard rescued 30 irregular migrants off the coast of Farmakonisi in the southern Aegean on Monday, according to reports.

The details of the rescue are not known but the migrants were transported to the island of Leros.

Police on the Dodecanese island of Kos in the southeastern Aegean were investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 43-year-old woman on Monday.

The victim, a Romanian national, was discovered in a pool of blood by her partner, an Albanian national, in her home in the village of Platani.

Authorities in Greece said Tuesday they had recovered the bodies of seven immigrants who drowned overnight when a boat sank in the eastern Aegean Sea after traveling illegally from nearby Turkey.