Naval mine

A fisherman located a naval mine dating to World War II off the coast of Nea Moudania in Halkidiki, northern Greece, reports said over the weekend.

The mine was found on Thursday at a depth of around 5 meters some 350 meters from shore, according to local reports.

Turkey's Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources stopped the activities of 1,780 mines since August 2017 as it has increased inspections of the mines with a new model, which is adopted in August, the Ministry announced on Nov. 18.

A specialized team in Burgas yesterday destroyed the naval mine which was found near the Coral beach in Tsarevo, the Ministry of Defense announced, quoted by BGNES.

The actions of the team were lead  by Captain lll rank Krasimir Ivanov.

The naval mine is from type ''mining defender'' and was about 30 meters away from the coastline.

The beach area near  ''Coral'' camping site was cut off because of an old unexploded naval mine,  bTV reported. 

A savior has discovered this morning about 30 meters inland into the sea.

A Navy team is expected to defuse the sea mine.

A large-scale energy interconnector project linking the United Kingdom to mainland Europe is pressing on, despite the discovery of wartime bombs and mines in the cable’s path.

Energy Minister Giorgos Stathakis on Sunday ordered the demolition of Anargyroi, a village in northern Greece that suffered extensive damage when a lignite mine used by Public Power Corporation collapsed on Saturday.

Efforts to clear mines have been launched on Mount Ararat in the eastern province of Iğdır as part of a project financed by the European Union and Turkey in cooperation with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). 

Mine worker Mustafa Sarı survived a mine accident four years ago. Eight of his colleagues died.

The other day, Sarı died at another mine accident in Gelik, in the Kilimli district of the Black Sea province of Zonguldak. 

What killed Mustafa Sarı? Did he die because of the "nature" of his job? 

An active mine dating back to World War II was found by a tourist off the coast of the Aegean island of Skopelos, local authorities announced on Saturday.

A new United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) project to clear Turkey's eastern borders of land mines was launched on April 4, International Land Mine Awareness Day, at a hotel in Ankara with the participation of Defense Minister ?smet Y?ld?z.