Dodecanese

At least six people have been reported dead after a boat they were sailing in sank off the island of Symi in the southeastern Aegean Sea, Greek authorities said Saturday, adding that five passengers have been declared missing.

A criminal court on Rhodes has handed a 145-year prison sentence to a 21-year-old Syrian national after deeming him responsible for the death of 11 immigrants during a coast guard rescue operation off the eastern Aegean islet of Farmakonisi in January last year.

The court also fined the 21-year-old 570,000 euros after deeming that he had captained the vessel.

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The Southern Aegean Regional Authority said on Tuesday that it is going to pay 60 new doctors an extra 450 euros a month for three years to help cover the shortage of medics on many Cycladic and Dodecanese islands.

Authorities want the doctors to work at various local health centers and hospitals.

Greece's new defense minister has started his term by reportedly leaving a wreath off the waters of the Aegean islets that led Ankara and Athens nearly to the point of war in the past. 

Two Greek fishing boats retreated after a Turkish submarine surfaced in front, as they were about to enter Turkish waters off Turkey's western Bodrum district.

The remains of an unidentified man were discovered in the sea off Marmari beach on the Dodecanese island of Kos, on Friday, local authorities announced on Saturday.

The body was in a state of advanced decomposition and had black underwear.

The Turkish Coastguard prevented Greek fishermen from casting their nets inside Turkish territorial waters in the Aegean on Nov. 7.

After Greek fishermen wanted to cast their nets off of the Kardak islets, facing mainland Turkey, a Turkish coastguard boat intervened by approaching and forcing them away from the territories.

Greek and Turkish navies experienced tension on the Aegean Sea on Nov. 12, after a Greek coastguard boat harassed Turkish fishers inside Turkish territorial waters.

The naval forces of Turkey and Greece played cat-and-mouse on the Aegean Sea that lasted for about 20 minutes in the afternoon of Nov. 12, after a Greek coastguard boat harassed Turkish fishers inside of Turkish waters.

Two half-brothers, aged 26 and 29, have been charged with murdering their 69-year-old grandmother and stealing a television from her home on the Dodecanese island of Rhodes.

According to sources, each of the suspects has blamed the other for the fatal beating on Tuesday night.