MV Aegean Odyssey

The curricula and manuals of vocational training and apprenticeships at the facility that will specialize in the craft of building wooden ships will be presented in early December, the Culture Ministry has announced.

The goal of the facility is to preserve a tradition that continues to be practiced in old shipyards, such as the one depicted here in Ierissos, Halkidiki.

Ann Abel, a travel columnist for the renowned U.S.-based Forbes magazine, has recently penned an article on one of Turkey's attraction spots, Bozcaada, dubbing it as a "secret Aegean island paradise."

As Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ramps up his threats to "open the gates" and release a wave of refugees into Europe, the Greek government is scrambling to ease the pressure on state-controlled camps on the Aegean islands and to overhaul the asylum application process.

The head of Greece's Earthquake Planning and Protection Organisation (EPPO), Geology Professor Efthimios Lekkas, responded to the assertion of SYRIZA MP Yannis Tsironis that the island of Kastelorizo is "as Greek as can be" but is "not in the Aegean Sea" but rather in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Holidaymakers arrive on the Aegean island of Paros over the weekend as scores more prepare to board a ferry to Piraeus. The weekend saw the return of thousands of vacationers from the islands of the Aegean and other destinations, as the August peak holiday season reaches its final phase.

Passengers are seen boarding a ferry at Piraeus port on Friday ahead of the August 15 national holiday, traditionally viewed as the peak of the Greek summer season. An estimated 24,196 passengers left the country's main port for the Aegean islands on Thursday. Another 5,636 and 1,389 respectively departed from the ports of Rafina and Lavrio on the same day.

A Turkish-flagged merchant ship collided briefly with a Hellenic Navy gunboat Armatolos just off the coast of the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos in the early hours of Friday.

A Turkish-flagged merchant ship collided briefly with a Hellenic Navy gunboat Armatolos just off the coast of the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos in the early hours of Friday.

Overcrowding, poor sanitation and security lapses are putting refugees and migrants being kept at the reception and processing centers of Vathy on Samos and Moria on Lesvos at risk, Amnesty International said on Monday following a visit to the facilities on the two eastern Aegean islands.

The economies of the Aegean islands, especially those neighboring the western shores of Anatolia, are set for difficult times ahead after Turkey issued a ban - taking effect on October 12 - on Turkish passenger and commercial ships from arriving at Greek ports.