Greece’s coast guard launched a major rescue operation after receiving a distress call overnight. Rescuers successfully towed a dilapidated fishing boat that had lost steering and had been drifting in the Mediterranean south of Crete. The boat was crammed with 400 migrants.
ATHENS A dilapidated fishing boat crammed with hundreds of migrants that lost its steering and had been drifting in the Mediterranean Sea south of the Greek island of Crete has been successfully towed to port, Greek authorities said Tuesday.
Greek Migration Minister Notis Mitarachi tweeted that
A dilapidated fishing boat crammed with hundreds of migrants that lost its steering and had been drifting in the wind-lashed Mediterranean Sea south of the Greek island of Crete was successfully towed to port Tuesday, Greek authorities said.
ATHENS – Greece's tax-free shipping oligarchs, who rule the world's waves but have many of their vessels fly flags from other countries, are back to conducting Posidonia, the world's biggest shipping fair, after a three-year break because of the lingering COVID-19 pandemic.
With the New Democracy