Navy diver

A bill aimed at promoting specialized forms of tourism in Greece, including diving, was voted through Parliament late on Friday.

Diving is now allowed across Greece, with no depth limits, with some exceptions including areas where the armed forces conduct exercises.

Members of the Hellenic Navy's Underwater Demolitions Unit were on Tuesday attempting to retrieve the body of a 43-year-old diver who was discovered by other divers off the Platys Gialos beach on the island of Mykonos.

The 43-year-old had been a member of the crew of the British-flagged Sea Dragon vessel which had been doing dives in the area.

Divers of the Greek coast guard's Underwater Missions Team on Monday recovered the body of a second diver who went missing off Karpathos over the weekend. 

On Sunday, authorities said that two foreign nationals,.aged 60 and 30, had been found dead in an underwater cave off the island in the southeastern Aegean. 

More than 90 military divers from five NATO or Partnership for Peace (PfP) member countries will participate in the 10th edition of the Eurasian Partnership MCM Dive 19 taking place July 22 - 26 in Romania's Black Sea territorial waters, the Navy General Staff (SMFN) informs in a release.

The operator of a speedboat involved in a fatal collision with 44-year-old spear fisherman off the coast of Salamina on Sunday has been arrested and is expected to appear before prosecutors.

According to the coast guard, the diver was stuck by a speedboat operated by a 61-year-old. The diver was removed to a local health centre, where he was pronounced dead.

A Turkish university student, who also worked as a professional diver, has died after a test to hold his breath underwater. 

A Turkish diver set a new world record on April 24 for the longest open saltwater scuba dive in cold water.

Of around 200,000 certificated scuba divers in Turkey, only 30 percent are women, Turkish Underwater Sports Federation Scuba Diving Board Member Engin Kondul has said. 

A 45-year-old Bulgarian has died in the area of Toroneos Bay on the Greek peninsula of Halkidiki, trying to improve the world record of deep diving, Nova TV reported.

The twin-engine bomber lay undisturbed in the depths off Icaria in the eastern Aegean for 72 years until a team of divers discovered the old fighter plane on the seabed, 18 meters beneath the waves.