Authorities say they rescued 27 people aboard a vessel that was going down off the country's coast

Greek authorities says 104 rescued so far after fishing vessel capsizes off coast of Peloponnese Peninsula, in worst such disaster this year

Up to 120 Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese thought to have been on vessel heading to Europe as masses flee deepening economic crisis; authorities raid suspected smugglers

Greek rescue effort hampered by strong winds; passengers were traveling from Turkey to Italy on shipwrecked vessel

Accident not the first of its kind for crisis-hit country, as growing number of people attempt sea escape for better future abroad, given rising poverty and unemployment rates

Oil tanker rescues four people from North Africa but returns them to Libya, according to Doctors Without Borders