Coastguard
New water ambulance arrives in Corfu!
CORFU. The long-awaited Coastguard patrol boat has now arrived in Corfu.
Ionian Islands to get water ambulances at last
CORFU. The first one will be here in October and the second before the end of the year.
Marine pollution in Garitsa
CORFU. Corfu Coastguard has placed absorbent barriers around the polluted area.
Man pulled out of sea dead near Old Fortress
CORFU. The body was spotted by nearby boats and the police and Coastguard were called.
Illegal immigrants trying to reach Italy from Corfu found positive for Covid
CORFU. Three illegal immigrants who were trying to travel to Italy from Corfu in a wooden boat on Monday morning were arrested by the Coastguard and found to be Covid positive.
Covid-19 tests at Corfu Central Port Authority
CORFU. An EODY Mobile Health Unit is carrying out tests at the Central Port Authority after four Coastguard officers tested positive for Covid.
Boat with migrants intercepted in Paleokastritsa
CORFU. The passengers had no legal documents and were arrested.
Missing fisherman, 75, found off west coast of Othoni island
CORFU. The amateur fisherman had gone missing last night, Wednesday 22 July, but was found by the Coastguard and other volunteers off Othoni island and in good health.
Coastguard fines amateur fishers who caught 19.5kg of fish
Their catch was confiscated and given to a charitable organisation.
Man fishing in Gouvia falls into sea - rescued by Coastguard
CORFU. The 47-year-old said he was fishing from a platform, slipped and fell into the sea.
Three arrested for illegal transport of 43 foreign nationals to Lecce, Italy
CORFU. Three foreign nationals aged 69, 42 and 37 were arrested by Corfu and Othoni Port Authorities early on Sunday morning.
Sad anniversary of the killing of Coastguard Marinos Zabatis
CORFU. He died at 25 years of age on the morning of 27th April, 1997 near the bay of Panagia Thesprotias, heroically fighting drug traffickers who used to sail daily from the Albanian coast at that time.
