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Turkish jets violate Greek airspace in the Aegean

A formation of four Turkish fighter jets violated Greek air space three times in the eastern Aegean on Monday afternoon.

Two F-16s and two F-4s entered the Flight Information Region shortly before 2 p.m. south of Lesvos.

Shortly after 2 p.m., the two F-16s flew over Makronisi with the F-4s flying over Agathonisi, at an altitude of 19,000 feet, a minute later.

Turkish military plane flies low over Greek island

A Turkish military transport plane on Tuesday morning descended to an altitude of just 110 feet over a Greek island in the eastern Aegean in a second day of overflights.

The Turkish CN235 was captured on Greek radars flying some 30 meters above the islet of Panagia, which is part of the Oinousses island cluster east of Chios.

Migrant sailboat sinks in Aegean, at least 17 missing

A sailboat carrying migrants sank in in the Aegean sea between Turkey and Greece on July 7 and at least 17 people were missing, Greek authorities said. 

Greece's maritime ministry said Greek and Turkish rescue efforts had saved 16 of the between 33 and 37 migrants believed to be on board when the boat went down between the Greek islands of Farmakonisi and Agathonisi. 

Lesvos strained by migrant influx

Coast guard officials intercepted more than 400 undocumented immigrants on several islands in the eastern Aegean within 24 hours, officials said on Wednesday as authorities on Lesvos appealed to the central government for support as the relentless flow of arrival fuels tensions and overwhelms local services and infrastructure.

Turkish Warship violates Greek waters

A Turkish war ship violated Greek sovereign waters near Agathonisi, partaking in a military exercise of the country’s war navy.

 

According to the Greek military officials, Turkish war ship “TCG POYRAZ” entered Greek sovereign waters at 08:55 am local east of Agathonisi. It exited sovereign waters at 11:50 am southeast of the Iisland.

 

 

Greek coast guard picks up 237 migrants in east Aegean

The Greek coast guard rescued 237 irregular migrants and arrested three suspected traffickers during patrols in the eastern Aegean on Friday, officials said.

The three suspects were arrested when they allegedly attempted to disembark 93 migrants from a wooden vessel on the island of Symi.

Another 27 immigrants were spotted off Agathonisi.

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