Samos

The Ministry of Culture has completed a fire safety study for the archaeological site of Heraion on the eastern Aegean island of Samos, which has been on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 1992. 

Police on Samos are investing the murder of a 70-year-old man, who was killed in his home in Vathy the early hours of Holy Saturday.

The man's 49-year-old daughter, who has a history of psychological problems, has confessed to the act.

She reportedly called the police after striking and killing her father with a metal object.

Greek rescuers found 10 migrants on a rocky area of the island of Samos overnight after recovering the body of one migrant and rescuing 25 whose boat had sunk, the coastguard said on Monday.

A search and rescue operation was under way, while authorities have launched an investigation into the case, the coastguard said in a statement.

Greece has recovered the body of one migrant and rescued 25, while searching for at least four more believed missing after their boat sank off the island of Samos, the coastguard said on Sunday.

The rescued migrants were taken to a port facility on Samos, while a search and rescue operation for the missing was ongoing, a coastguard official said on condition of anonymity.

The eastern Aegean island of Samos was jolted by a 4.3 magnitude earthquake on Friday morning, according to the Geodynamic Institute of the National Observatory of Athens. No injuries or damage were reported.

The epicentre of the quake, which occurred at 11 a.m., was in the sea area 8 kilometers east of the port town of Karlovasi.

The Municipal Authority of Eastern Samos is holding its fourth consecutive student exchange program this month, in cooperation with Germany's Greifswald.

The eastern Aegean island of Samos was jolted by a 4.9 magnitude quake on Saturday, as reported by the Geodynamic Institute in Athens. No injuries or damage were reported. 

The epicenter was in the sea area approximately 25 km north-northwest of Vathy, the island capital, with a focal depth estimated at around 12.9 km. 

In North Aegean Samos, enchanting coastal towns and picturesque villages blend history and nature into one captivating experience

Coast guard officials on Samos have picked up 27 migrants who were stranded on a rocky islet northeast of the eastern Aegean island.

Upon receiving information that the migrants were on Aghios Nikolaos, a coast guard vessel approached the islet and located the group.

Greek authorities conducted a search and rescue operation Friday off the coast of a small islet in the eastern Aegean Sea near the Turkish coast after a dinghy carrying migrants to Greece capsized, the coast guard said.