Spain

At least 17 migrants die trying to reach Spain from north Africa

Rescue workers are searching for survivors after at least 17 migrants died trying to reach Spain from north Africa.

06/11/2018

France

'Saving lives is not a crime'—Javier Bardem on Mediterranean migration

Actor Javier Bardem had a strong message for Europe — stop persecuting NGOs that are trying to save Migrants on the Mediterranean.

16/10/2018

World News

Mediterranean flash floods leave trail of death and devastation

More bodies have been found after torrential rain and flash floods brought havoc to the south of France and the islands of Mallorca and Sardinia.

12/10/2018

France

First attempts to free two ships that collided near Corsica fail

The collision resulted in a fuel spill that spread across 25 km in the Mediterranean Sea.

10/10/2018

Europe News

Debate over wiggle room of NGOs helping migrants

Without humanitarian assistance by NGOs, the refugee crisis "would have been hell"

02/10/2018

World News

UNHCR calls for better search and rescue operations in Mediterranean

European governments must review their search and rescue capacities in the Mediterranean Sea according to the UN Refugee Agency in Geneva. "The fear is if there is no search and rescue in the Mediterranean, more lives will be lost,” says UNHCR spokesman Babar Baloch.

29/09/2018

World News

Scientists urge EU to end Mediterranean ‘overfishing crisis'

Experts said EU leaders need to act to prevent the collapse of the region's fish stocks.

21/09/2018

Greece

In pictures: Eerie spiderweb covers entire shoreline in Greece

A huge spiderweb is covering 300 metres of vegetation in Aetoliko, Greece

19/09/2018

World News

Euroviews. About the Mediterranean, start with saving lives | View

European leaders should not allow their vision of a humane asylum policy to be held hostage by fear.

16/09/2018

World News

Migrant boat 'spends hours in distress off Libyan coast'

German NGO Sea Watch described the lack of action as "a clear case of non-assistance".

16/09/2018

World News

Euroviews. Migrant rescuers at sea are saving EU's dignity | View

A documentary producer speaks to Euronews about his experience accompanying the Italian Coast Guard, NGOs and Italian Red Cross for two months as they conducted rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea.

30/08/2018

Spain

Spain takes in 40 percent of Mediterranean migrants in 2018 – UN

The UN’s Migration Agency confirms that Spain is now the preferred destination for migrants and refugees crossing the Mediterranean – but overall arrivals into Europe are well below 2017 and 2016 figures.

08/08/2018

No Comment

Shark seen off Majorca beach, forces evacuation

A beach on the Spanish island of Majorca had to be evacuated after a three-metre-long shark was seen swimming near the shore on Thursday.

06/08/2018

Spain

Watch: Majorca beach evacuated after shark spotted near shore

Video shows tourists fleeing Mallorca beach after 10-foot shark spotted in sea.

03/08/2018

Spain

NGO says Libya abandoned migrants at sea

NGO says Libya abandoned migrants at sea

21/07/2018

World News

‘Open Arms’ migrant rescue boat heads for Spain amid row with Italy

A sea charity, at loggerheads with Italy and Libya after recovering a survivor and two bodies from the Mediterranean, is heading to Mallorca.

19/07/2018

Italy

Italy 'turns blind eye' to more than 10,000 hours of illegal fishing

20 Italian bottom-trawling vessels were caught fishing within closed areas of the Strait of Sicily designed to protect young hake — the most overfished species in the Mediterranean.

12/07/2018

World News

Mediterranean is world’s most overfished sea: report

A third of the the world’s commercial fish species are being caught at unsustainable levels, with overfishing at its most severe in the Mediterranean and Black Sea, according to a new report by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

09/07/2018

Italy

Rising sea levels threaten new parts of the Italian coast

Italian researchers are warning that rising sea levels in the Mediterranean threaten new areas of the Italian coastline.

06/07/2018

World News

European migrant rescue NGOs stuck on dry land amid ‘political crackdown’

German charity Sea Watch compared the restrictions imposed by Malta to "stopping an ambulance trying to reach a road traffic accident”.

04/07/2018