Tunisia

Twenty bodies found as migrant boat sinks off Tunisian coast

Despite the coronavirus pandemic, the Tunisian coast remains a major departure point for migrants and asylum-seekers searching for a better life in Europe.

24/12/2020

Italy

'Strong' 4.6-magnitude earthquake strikes southern Sicily

Tremor on Tuesday evening was felt in major towns in the south of the island

22/12/2020

Smart Regions

Efforts to maintain economic activities in France's Occitanie region

In partnership with the European Commission

How the Lido de Marseillan in Sète is being preserved and redeveloped - that's this week on Smart Regions.

07/12/2020

Earth News

How can we stop 200,000 tonnes of plastic polluting the Mediterranean?

A new report from IUCN highlights the scale of the plastic problem in the Mediterranean.

30/10/2020

Greece

Captain of Portuguese ship arrested after collision with Greek warship

The Polish captain of a Portuguese cargo ship has been arrested after his freighter collided with a Greek warship off the port of Piraeus, causing extensive damage and two injuries to crew members.

27/10/2020

World News

EU neighbourhood 'in flames', says Borrell, calling for unity

The bloc's foreign policy chief said ministers will agree on sanctions on Belarus on September 21 while EU leaders will discuss restrictive measures on Turkey on September 24.

13/09/2020

World News

Migrants rescued by Danish tanker 38 days ago transferred to NGO ship

The Mediterranea NGO said however that Malta has refused them access to a port to disembark the migrants.

11/09/2020

Greece

Southern EU leaders urge Turkey to end 'unilateral' actions

Heads of states of France, Greece, Cyprus, Malta, Italy, Spain and Portugal warned Turkey that "unless it ends its unilateral activities", the EU would "develop a list of further restrictive measures".

10/09/2020

World News

Euroviews. It’s time the EU ended the cynical stalling game endangering lives in the Mediterranean ǀ View

Implementing a plan that reflects a shared responsibility among its member states is the only way the EU will end the deaths or indefinite languishing at sea of migrants crossing the Mediterranean for a better life.

07/09/2020

World News

Migrants moved off Banksy-funded rescue ship now seek port to dock

The Louise Michel refugee rescue ship had called for urgent help after assisting a boat in the Mediterranean that was carrying around 130 migrants including at least one who died.

29/08/2020

World News

Banksy funds pink boat to rescue migrants in the Mediterranean

The ship's website said the vessel "is as agile as she is pink" and that Banksy bought it with the proceeds of his sold artwork and decorated it with a fire extinguisher.

28/08/2020

No Comment

Sea-Watch 4 rescue boat seeks port for 200 migrants in the Mediterranean

The Sea-Watch 4 vessel of the German NGO has been waiting for several days for port permission to disembark the rescued migrants in the central Mediterranean.

28/08/2020

France

France: 1,200 firefighters deployed to tackle southeastern wildfire

"The fierce struggle will continue throughout the night to bring the population to safety and protect homes," the fire service said on Twitter.

04/08/2020

The Cube

Migrant rescue ships facing new challenges amid COVID-19 pandemic

Vessels have been forced to introduce radical changes in a bid to contain the virus among those rescued at sea.

25/06/2020

Italy

Migrant rescue ships return to the Mediterranean after lockdown

As they return to the seas for the first time since April, rescue ship operators say migrants fleeing Libya's humanitarian crisis are undeterred by Europe's coronavirus outbreak

23/06/2020

World News

Illegal border crossings into EU surge as coronavirus fears ease

In April, Frontex recorded just 900 illegal border crossings since 2009. In May, it was 4,300.

15/06/2020

France

Fines for littering rise in France as masks and gloves found on seabed

Environmentalists sounded the alarm over a new type of marine pollution, courtesy of the coronavirus pandemic.

08/06/2020

World News

Euroviews. Closing holes in the net: How the EU needs to remove secrecy from European fishing ǀ View

The ongoing revision of the Fisheries Control Regulation provides a crucial opportunity to remove the continuing veil of secrecy that shrouds member states’ efforts to control their fishing fleet and that has allowed infringements of EU law to go unpunished.

22/04/2020

World News

Boat carrying 91 migrants goes missing in Mediterranean

News of the missing boat comes amid criticism of the European Union's lack of rescue missions in the Mediterranean Sea.

20/02/2020

World News

EU to end Med anti-smuggler mission and tackle Libya arms flow

#EU foreign ministers have agreed to end the bloc's anti-smuggler operation in the #Mediterranean and launch a new drive targetting the #UN #Libya #armsembargo.

18/02/2020