The Latest Breaking News from Mediterranean

The European Union's border agency Frontex says that illegal immigration into the EU rose by ten percent in the first half of 2023 compared to a year ago, with Mediterranean routes accounting for most of the arrivals.

The convincing win by the New Democracy) center-right party in Greek elections stabilizes the political scene in Athens.

The vessel, from the first or second century BC, contains hundreds of jars, giving archaeologists insight into ‘ancient maritime trade routes’

Fanned by strong winds and record temperatures, wildfires on the Greek island of Rhodes recently spread from the hilly interior to the densely populated coastline with astonishing speed, leaving authorities with the daunting task of evacuating thousands of residents and holidaymakers from harm’s way.

Thousands of firefighters tackle spreading flames as Rhodes placed under state of emergency

The European Union’s official watchdog says it has opened a probe into the role of the bloc’s Frontex border agency in the shipwreck off Greece last month that is feared to have killed hundreds of people in the Mediterranean Sea

Major fires raging in parts of Greece and in other Mediterranean countries have advanced causing additional deaths, destroying homes and threatening nature reserves during a third successive wave of extreme temperatures

‘There is no magical defence mechanism,’ says Greek prime minister as fires burn in northern Africa and southern Europe

Thousands of people on the beach. Children reportedly falling off evacuation boats. Panic. People fleeing with the clothes on their backs. It felt like “the end of the world”, according to one tourist.

A plane fighting wildfires in Greece crashed killing two airmen on Tuesday, as large areas of the Mediterranean sweltered under an intense summer heatwave and Algeria battled to control an inferno in which at least 34 people have died.

Armed forces will observe three days of mourning after low-flying water bomber hit hillside near Karystos