Greek Coast Guard rescued on Tuesday 113 migrants from a Maltese-flagged freighter Gagliarda that was sailing adrift 32 miles west of the Ionian island of Paxi and had issued a distress signal.

On Sunday 05 March 2017, the frigate KOUNTOURIOTIS participated in exercises with a US aircraft carrier in the Cretan - Myrtoo Sea region.

The song «This is love» was selected in the Greek final to represent Greece in the 62nd Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev.