Search and rescue

Coast guard have launched a search and rescue operation northwest of Samos after a boat carrying migrants sank in the area.

ERT reports that 20 people have been rescued so far, while two more people are believed to have been on board the vessel.

Three boats and a helicopter are involved in the rescue operation.

Greek maritime authorities said Monday at least two people - a man and a woman - died and 22 people had to be rescued when a migrant boat sank as it attempted to cross the Aegean toward Greece.

One man has died and two more are missing after a boat carrying migrants sank off Gavdos, an island south of Crete.

Coast guard officials said the vessel went down 21 nautical miles south of the island.

A drone from the EU's border agency Frontex spotted the semi-submerged vessel and a nearby ship conducted a search and rescue operation.

An alarm was raised in the early hours of Wednesday morning when the coastguard was informed of the sinking of a boat carrying 96 illegal immigrants off Gavdos.

Search and rescue procedures were immediately activated under the coordination of the EKSED for the sinking of the vessel 21 nautical miles off Gavdos.

Three people were rescued while one was missing after the tourist boat sank in the eastern Aegean on Tuesday afternoon.

The four passengers were Turkish nationals, according to state-run broadcaster ERT. They all ended up in the water when the vessel capsized in unclear circumstances. 

A rescue operation is underway by members of the Hellenic Rescue Team (HRT) to assist a hiker in danger on Mount Olympus.

The rescue team received an emergency radio call on Sunday regarding the hiker near the Kastana area. Volunteers stationed on the mountain are on their way to the scene. The fire department in Litochoro has also been notified and is involved in the operation.

A search and rescue operation is continuing on Crete for a 60-year-old German man who was reported missing on a hike on Friday.

The man had set out on the hike with two women on Friday along the Sougia trial towards the Trypti Gorge, in the south of the island, according to state broadcaster ERT.

Along the way, the other hikers lost track of the man and later raised the alarm.

The search and rescue operation in the area northwest of Samos, near the bay of Agios Isidoros, is in full swing for the second day, aiming to locate survivors after the capsizing of a boat in the area.

At least four migrants died when their boat sank on Monday off the Greek island of Samos, the Greek Coast Guard said.

At least 30 migrants were believed to be initially on board the vessel that foundered off the rocky shores of Agios Isidoros in the northwestern part of the Aegean island, according to coast guard officials.

The Greek public broadcaster said on Monday that three migrants were dead and five were rescued off the island of Samos in Greece.

More were believed to be missing, the public broadcaster added.