Patrol vessels

A fire broke out on Thursday on a Rhodes marine tourist vessel. All 82 people on board the ship were evacuated, and no injuries were reported. According to local media, many on board jumped over the side of the ship.

A fresh incident unfolded in the Aegean on Thursday morning with the harassment of a Greek coast guard vessel by a Turkish patrol boat, with Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar presenting his version of events, claiming the Greek side "harassed and shot at our fishermen."

A Hellenic Coast Guard patrol boat that was rammed by a Turkish vessel near the uninhabited islets of Imia in the early hours of Wednesday has only suffered minor damage, authorities said Thursday.

A Turkish patrol boat sailed into Greek waters on Thursday and made dangerous maneuvers close to a ship belonging to the European border agency Frontex and also near a Greek fishing boat, the Shipping Ministry in Athens said.

Police in Cyprus police say 24 Syrian migrants were located on a rocky outcrop along the Mediterranean island nation's southeastern coast after two patrol boats found an empty speedboat.

The Special Forces of the Hellenic Coast Guard stopped and boarded on a ship trying to smuggle cigarettes of a huge total money value.