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The Greek islands of Crete and Gavdos have seen a steep rise in migrant boats landing on their shores from Libya this year, U.N. data shows, piling pressure on ill-equipped authorities and raising ...
A coast guard statement said the boat was located about 23.5 nautical miles (27 miles, 43 kilometers) south of Gavdos, a small island off Crete's southern coast, by a passing merchant ship after ...
Flag of the Hellenic Coast Guard flown in front of the Coast Guard offices in Rethymno Harbour. The Hellenic Coast Guard is under the authority of the Ministry of Shipping and Island Policy, [9] which is headed by a commandant and assisted by two deputy commandants who all have the rank of vice admiral (Antinavarchos).
The battleship Vittorio Veneto firing upon the Allied cruisers during the action off Gavdos. On 28 March, an IMAM Ro.43 floatplane launched by Vittorio Veneto spotted the British cruiser squadron at 06:35. At 07:55, the Trento group encountered Admiral Pridham-Wippell's cruiser group south of the Greek island of Gavdos. The British squadron was ...
View of Frangokastello plain and Libyan Sea from Crete. Gavdos is barely seen on the horizon at the right Relief map of Mediterranean Sea Libyan Sea. The Libyan Sea (Latin: Libycum Mare; Arabic: البحر الليبي; Greek: Λιβυκό πέλαγος) is the portion of the Mediterranean Sea north of the African coast of ancient Libya, i.e. Cyrenaica, and Marmarica (the coast of what is now ...
In recent months, the islands of Crete and Gavdos, the southern point of Greece and Europe, have seen an unprecedented surge in migrant flows mostly from Egypt, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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Tuesday expected to bring more wildfires as ‘extreme fire risk’ issued for Crete and Rhodes