Geography of North Africa

Greece, Cyprus and Bulgaria have decided to launch a joint initiative for migrants in the Eastern Mediterranean, the Greek Ministry of Citizens Protection announced in a press release. The initiative will be presented to the Council of Ministers of Justice and Home Affairs of the European Union on 7-8 October in Luxembourg.

At the heart of the most recent geopolitical debate, the eastern Mediterranean Sea is also a hub of a vibrant marine life and biodiversity. To showcase that, Turkey's Marine Research Foundation (TÜDAV) will be opening a photo exhibit at the U.N. headquarters in New York next week.

A ship is barely visible from the Acropolis hill on Wednesday as Athens - and much of the rest of Greece - was blanketed in Saharan dust and sand blown on the wind from Libya. The worst affected areas were in central and western Greece, the Peloponnese and Crete. High dust concentrations are also expected on Thursday and Friday before the weather starts to clear on Saturday.

The "Eastern Mediterranean Security and Energy Partnership Act" submitted to the US Congress by Senators Robert Menendez and Marco Rubio that essentially upgrades the geopolitical roles of Greece and Cyprus is seen in Athens as a reflection of Washington's renewed interest and growing involvement in the region. 

Long ago, the Mediterranean was known as the Middle Sea because for centuries it provided the principal means of communication between empires and civilizations. Today's Mediterranean is reclaiming much of that historic legacy.

This is evidenced by the continuous strengthening of our bilateral relations with a number of countries in the region, he remarked, according to the Serbian government.

Turkey has been giving a boost to its energy drilling activities in the Mediterranean Sea to reduce its energy dependency, a top official has said.

For these ancient reptiles, a stretch of beach on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus has been their home for thousands of years. Click through for the story in photos...

Spanish rescue services said July 24 they had plucked nearly 500 migrants from the Mediterranean in a single day who were trying to reach the country's coast.

Washington is cultivating Greece as "an anchor of stability in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Western Balkans," said Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, Wess Mitchell, in a speech at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, in which he outlined the Trump administration's strategy in Europe.