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Cyprus Scraps Virus Tests for Most Travelers

Cyprus authorities on Monday made traveling to the east Mediterranean island nation easier as the summer tourist season kicks into gear by rescinding the need to undergo any COVID-19 tests prior to boarding a flight or on arrival. According to the new regulations, only unvaccinated people who haven’t contracted and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tunisia Invites Algerians to Attend Trial of Missing Persons

Algerians followed the trial of 13 people, who disappeared 14 years ago in Tunisia. The missing persons were thought to have drowned in the Mediterranean Sea while crossing to Italy and appeared for the first time on trial in the el-Kef city, northwest Tunisia. The families of the detainees told…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon Ready to Work With Cyprus on Potential Offshore Gas

Lebanon is ready to work with Cyprus to exploit potential gas deposits in waters between the two east Mediterranean countries, Lebanon’s top diplomat said Friday, even though a deal on offshore rights hasn’t been formally finalized. Cyprus and Lebanon signed an agreement delineating their respective offshore exclusive economic zones in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Coast Guard Rescues Rare Sea Turtle Found Exhausted And Floating In Mediterranean

The footage shows two members of the Turkish Coast Guard assisting the tired turtle and helping to hoist it into a dinghy.

Zenger

Death of jailed Corsican nationalist revives tensions on French island

Located in the French Mediterranean, Corsica is often referred to as the "island of beauty". But it's also been the scene of recent tensions. Since last month's death of jailed assassin and independence figurehead Yvan Colonna, following an attack on him by a fellow inmate, a pro-autonomy movement has been…

France 24

Lebanon ready to work with Cyprus on potential offshore gas

The Lebanese foreign minister says Lebanon is ready to work with Cyprus to exploit potential gas deposits in waters between the two east Mediterranean countries, even though a deal on offshore rights hasn’t been formally finalized

The Independent UK

Split Cyprus seeks equal say for women in future peace talks

The rival leaders of ethnically divided Cyprus have kicked off an initiative to give women an equal say in any renewed push to reunify the east Mediterranean island nation

The Independent UK

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Sunscreen chemicals accumulating in Mediterranean seagrass, finds study

UV filters absorbed by Posidonia oceanica may have damaging effects on ecosystems, scientists warn

The Guardian - UK

Mediterranean holidaymakers to endure 'mud rain' as Brits bask in 22C sunshine at home

Brits could tomorrow bask in 22C sunshine, while those who braved travel chaos to get to the Spanish island of Majorca will shiver over their sangrias at a maximum of 15C

Daily Mirror

Tucked away café 'Muzzy's' serving huge fry-ups and Mediterranean breakfast

After seeing many recommendations for Muzzy’s Breakfast House I had to try it myself

Liverpool Echo

Tunisia Recovers Bodies of 13 Migrants, Including Six Children

Tunisian authorities recovered the bodies of 13 migrants, including six women and six children, after their boats capsized trying to make the dangerous sea crossing to Italy, a court official said Saturday. The migrants were all from sub-Saharan Africa and had set off in two boats, said Mourad Turki, spokesman…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Frostier welcome for Russians in French billionaires' playground

Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat (France) (AFP) - The secretive and idyllic Cap Ferrat peninsula on France's Mediterranean Cote d'Azur has been marked by an influx of wealthy Russians since the 2000s but local businesses are now expecting to feel the pinch from sanctions following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

AFP

Family of slain Corsican nationalist Colonna files lawsuit against French state

The family of the late Corsican nationalist Yvan Colonna, who died in a prison attack in March that sparked rioting on the French Mediterranean island, has filed a lawsuit against the French state.

Radio France Internationale

US diplomat: Mediterranean gas pipeline to Europe not viable

A senior U.S. diplomat says a proposed pipeline to deliver natural gas from deposits in the east Mediterranean to European markets is too expensive, not economically viable and will take too long to help countries seeking alternatives to Russian gas any time soon

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Cyprus opens US-funded regional security centre

Larnaca (Cyprus) (AFP) - A US-funded security training facility for the eastern Mediterranean, the Cyprus Centre for Land, Open-seas, and Port Security (CYCLOPS), opened on the Mediterranean island on Wednesday.

Wales Online

Cardiff Airport: 24 destinations you can fly to from Cardiff in April and May

Nine new routes have been added to the summer schedule

Wales Online

New reality TV dating show wants 'open-minded' singletons ready for Mediterranean fun

'Open-minded' single people will be sent to Greece by the team behind Snog, Marry, Avoid

Asharq Al-Awsat

Report: Captagon Trade Spirals to Top $5 Billion in 2021

Trade in the amphetamine-type stimulant captagon in the Middle East grew exponentially in 2021 to top $5 billion, posing an increasing health and security risk to the region, a report said. Research by the New Lines Institute, seen by AFP, paints an alarming picture of the impact booming captagon production…

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Rail route of the month: Barcelona to Cádiz, the slow train right across Spain

Our slow travel expert takes a 12-hour odyssey from Mediterranean Catalonia – via Cervantes, bandit and sherry country – to Atlantic Andalucía

Asharq Al-Awsat

Aid Group: More than 90 Migrants Drowned in Mediterranean

More than 90 people in an overcrowded boat drowned in the Mediterranean Sea, a prominent humanitarian group said, in the latest tragedy involving migrants departing from North Africa to seek a better life in Europe. Doctors Without Borders said late Saturday the migrants were on a vessel that left Libya…

Reuters

Pope struggles with leg pain in Malta, defends migrants

Pope Francis, struggling with leg pain, on Sunday said countries should always help those trying to survive "amidst the waves of the sea" as he wrapped up a trip to Malta, which is at the heart of Europe's migration debate.

The Independent UK

Pope prays for kindness to refugees as he wraps Malta visit

Pope Francis is praying for the world to show more kindness to refugees as he pays tribute in Malta to the shipwrecked St. Paul and meets with migrants who, like the apostle, arrived on the Mediterranean island and were welcomed

AFP

Under 'shadows of war', Pope urges Malta not to fear migrants

Valletta (AFP) - Pope Francis reminded Malta of its roots as a "safe harbour" in his first visit to the Mediterranean island nation Saturday, warning it not to succumb to isolation and fear amid migrant crises on multiple fronts.

AFP

Invoking 'shadows of war', Pope urges Malta to be migrant 'safe harbour'

AFP

Pope tells 'safe harbour' Malta to resist isolation in migrant surge

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