Mediterranean

A Turkish newspaper known to be pro-government claims that Greece and Egypt are trying to "strangulate" Turkey in the eastern Mediterranean through the delimitation of large Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ). An EEZ is a sea zone prescribed by the United Nations...

Greek and foreign scientists are really excited with the surprising discoveries in the archipelago of the Greek island of Fournoi. At least 58 shipwrecks, most of them dating back to the ancient, Roman and Byzantine times, were found under the...

Bright Star is a multinational aeronautical military exercise in the Mediterranean Sea that was established in 1980, after a peace agreement was signed a year earlier in USA’s Camp David between Egypt and Israel under Jimmy Carter’s administration. Since then,...

The prime focus of Israel, Greece, and Cyprus right now is to develop the Eastern Mediterranean pipeline which is a great project, and could be one of the great underwater projects in the world, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...

By Heini-Sofia Alavuo As Greeks try to cut the amount of plastic clogging up their seas and environment, a new report released on Friday -- World Oceans Day -- claims the Mediterranean has the highest levels of plastics pollution in the world. The research...

"We are three countries washed by the same Mediterranean waters; we want to ensure peace, prosperity and cooperation," Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Tuesday. The Greek PM spoke during the 4th Greece-Cyprus-Israel Summit held in Nicosia with energy...

Turkey's seismic exploration ship Oruc Reis will start operating in the Aegean as early as next week, Daily Sabah says. Energy and Natural Resources Minister Berat Albayrak announced that, "Our vessel will start a three-dimensional seismic search in the Mediterranean...

Greece, Cyprus and Israel signed an agreement during the international tourism fair IMTM 2017 held in Israel for the creation of an organization that will enhance Greek tourism and support the wider region of eastern Mediterranean. The first phase of...

Αirline company Emirates has been in discussions with MedCruise in order to boost the cruise industry in the Mediterranean as of 2018 with clients from Asia, according to the 111th MedCruise board meeting. Piraeus Port Organization (OLP) along with...

Italy's coast guard said Friday that it had rescued about 1,000 migrants from leaky boats in the Mediterranean; one person was found dead. Officials said the migrants were found on nine different boats — six of them inflatable and three...