Almost half of Europe and Mediterranean basin hit by drought
Paris, France - Europe and the Mediterranean basin has been hit by a long-lasting drought covering over 45 percent of the region since mid-March, according to AFP analysis of European Drought Observatory (EDO) data made available on Tuesday. It is the first time since data collection began in 2012 that...
Between the Holocaust and Israel: the Jews jailed on Cyprus
Between August 1946 and February 1949, more than 52,000 Jews taken off 39 boats were detained in a dozen camps in CyprusOver 700 migrants saved from Mediterranean this weekend
SOS Mediterranee said that its vessel, the Ocean Viking, had carried out six separate operations in international waters since Saturday
Tunisia sees significant tourist influx despite rising Covid-19 cases
Tourists are flocking to Tunisia despite the country seeing its biggest surge in the number of Covid-19 cases and deaths
Egypt opens strategic Mediterranean naval base
Sisi and his guests witnessed military maneuvers involving several vessels, attack helicopters and fighter jets State-run newspaper Akhbar Al-Youm reported that the new Egyptian base includes an airstrip and a 1,000-metre long pier Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Saturday opened a strategic naval base on the Mediterranean Sea...Tunisia ‘trailblazer’ in Mediterranean seaweed farming
Red seaweed or algae is used for gelling, thickening and texturing agents FAO aquaculture expert Hamza said seaweed farming presented important opportunities for Tunisia Wading knee-deep in the calm waters of a lagoon, workers in northern Tunisia harvest red seaweed, in a nation dubbed a Mediterranean "trailblazer" in cultivating the...
