Mediterranean Sea

From next year, pupils in schools in Turkey will be taught the geopolitical "Blue Homeland" doctrine, which envisages Turkish influence over large parts of the Mediterranean and other seas and aims to legitimize the government's eastern Mediterranean policy. According to...

The ancient Greeks named the Phoenicians the "purple people" because of the rare purple dye they made out of snail shells, but they were much more than that: they were the Mediterranean seafarers who created the first alphabet It was...

A 7,000-year-old road that may have connected an ancient Hvar culture settlement to the now-isolated island of Korčula has been discovered recently by archaeologists off the southern Croatian coast. The remnants of this road were found at the sunken...

The Mediterranean sea straddles two tectonic plates and is lined by large towns and cities. We need to take the tsunami threat seriously, argues Matthew Blackett, a senior lecturer at a British University.  By Matthew Blackett Nearly a century has passed...

The Pillars of Hercules appear in ancient Greek mythology in a variety of different settings. They are mentioned in the context of Atlantis, various quests, and of course, in the stories of Hercules himself. They are even mentioned in...

Greece is currently the second most popular destination for superyachts in the world according to online tracking data published by Bloomberg. On Friday, Greek waters were host to hundreds of yachts. Only Italy had more and was the most popular...

The Isle of Malta is currently the smallest member state of the European Union, both in terms of territory and the size of its population.

A recent study has found that chemicals in sunscreens may be damaging vital seagrass ecosystems in the Mediterranean Sea. The Mediterranean seagrass Posidonia oceania has been particularly impacted by the chemicals, the study, which was published in the "Marine Pollution...

An oil spill originating from Syria's largest refinery has proliferated across the Mediterranean Sea and is inching towards Cyprus' Karpas peninsula. The treacherous oil slick, which is nearly the size of New York City, has seeped across international waters...

President of the Greece inspected navy fleet vessels in the Saronic Gulf on Friday, as Athens considers the purchase of four new frigates.