Mediterranean Sea

More than 3,000 migrants and refugees have died crossing the Mediterranean in a desperate bid to reach Europe’s shores since the start of the year, the International Organization for Migration said on Nov. 28.

More than 33,000 migrants have died at sea trying to reach European shores this century, making the Mediterranean "by far the world's deadliest border", the United Nations migration agency said on Friday.

Newly discovered gas deposits in the eastern Mediterranean can offer Europe the alternative sources of energy that it’s searching for, Egypt’s president said on Nov. 20.

At least eight people are feared to have died after a Tunisian warship collided with a migrant boat heading towards Italy on Monday morning, The Local reported.

Naxos, Paros, Kalymnos, Leros are the four islands of the South Aegean Region that are part of the approved Strategic Plan of the South Aegean Region for the construction of diving parks.

A Russian tourist drowned in the sea off the Kemer district of the Mediterranean resort of Antalya on Sept. 3.

The 63-year-old tourist, identified as Olga Salomakhina, reportedly went swimming at a beach of a hotel on the coast of the Tekirova neighborhood in the evening hours after having dinner, but locals observed her standing still in the sea a while later.

A Russian tourist drowned in the sea off the Alanya district of the Mediterranean resort of Antalya on Aug. 27, Doğan News Agency has reported.

The 68-year-old tourist, identified as Nikolay Kudinov, reportedly went swimming off the coast in the Kızlarpınar neighborhood in the early hours of the morning but after swimming for a while locals observed him struggling in the sea.

Italy is putting its hopes for managing the migrant crisis on a new, Libya-requested mission to support the North African nation's coast guard after suffering a rebuke by humanitarian groups.

Cypriot authorities said a boat carrying over 140 migrants believed to be Syrians, more than half of them women and children, was escorted to shore by the coast guard Monday near the resort of Paphos, according to the Business Standard.

The Czech Republic’s foreign minister has suggested that the European Union consider a military engagement in Libya to reduce the flow of migrants arriving by boat from there to Europe.