"2023 is a summer of travel like we haven't seen in years and people are making the most of the season with beach getaways, city breaks and Mediterranean cruises.

Source: https://www.barrheadnews.com/news/23693510.barrhead-travel-reveals-top-summer-destinations/?ref=rss

A 12-month-long study revealed that the Mediterranean has greater successful long-term weight loss rates when compared to low-fat diets.

Source: https://www.cnet.com/health/fitness/heres-how-to-lose-body-fat-and-keep-it-off-this-time/

Above all, Lampedusans demand one thing: a stop to deaths in the Mediterranean.

Source: https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2023/1221/On-Lampedusa-locals-are-front-row-first-responders-to-migrant-crisis?icid=rss

A cooling sea breeze means that areas next to the Mediterranean will escape the worst of the heat, with Torrevieja set to register 27°C and Jávea 26°C.

Source: https://www.costa-news.com/costa-blanca-north/hot-week-to-end-april/

A devastating earthquake that toppled buildings across parts of Turkey and neighboring Syria has revived a longstanding debate locally and in neighboring Cyprus about a large nuclear power station being built on Turkey’s southern Mediterranean coastline.

Source: https://www.newdelhitimes.com/turkey-quake-revives-debate-over-nuclear-plant-being-built/

Ahead of Mediterranean storm Daniel, authorities gave contradicting messages.

Source: https://www.alloaadvertiser.com/news/national/23795267.expert-warnings-derna-dams-ignored-years-prosecutor-says/?ref=rss

Alberto Bailleres family/ 305 feet) *yacht recently rescued 106 migrants in the Mediterranean Sea.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jimdobson/2023/07/08/superyacht-summer-from-st-tropez-to-capri-these-are-the-most-popular-billionaire-escapes/

All of this, even as the US has bolstered its military presence in the region, with two aircraft carrier battle groups deployed in the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean, and additional air and land forces reinforcing friendly bases throughout the region.

Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/10/analysis-why-biden-is-pressuring-israel-on-gaza-humanitarian-pauses?traffic_source=rss

Also doubling up as a Mediterranean grill, Medbar Southampton offers lots of bottomless cocktails and appears to have garnered a decent reputation.

Source: https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/23420398.best-southampton-cocktail-bars-according-tripadvisor-reviews/?ref=rss

Although some consider collards as synonymous with African American cooking, they had their start in the eastern Mediterranean, and were brought to North America by Europeans in the 1600s.

Source: https://kiowacountypress.net/content/north-carolina-warms-one-farm-turns-tropical-crop-taro

A man rows a stand-up paddle flying an Israeli flag near a sailing boat and a yacht in the Mediterranean sea off the coast of Tel Aviv on April 26, 2023, as Israel marks Independence Day.

Source: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/06/israel-advances-eastmed-undersea-electricity-cable-connecting-europe

“Among other things, they want to work together on a good development in the Eastern Mediterranean, on the decisions currently pending in NATO, and on Turkey’s relationship with the European Union,” the statement says.

Source: https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-may-29-2023/

And all that while exercising real foreign policy independence, from West Asia to the Eastern Mediterranean.

Source: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/06/no_author/the-sultan-2-0-will-heavily-tilt-east/

And once it reconnected with the Mediterranean between 6.7 and 6.9 million years ago, it was no longer an independent lake.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12904761/Guinness-Book-World-Records-worlds-largest-lake.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

A new restaurant has opened in Byker that's bringing a taste of the Mediterranean to Shields Road.

Source: https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/gallery/mediterranean-byker-sabor-restaurant-new-26966499

Another campaign promise that has not quite materialised at an international level is the naval blockade in the Mediterranean Sea, one that Meloni promised to enforce in order to prevent migrants from reaching European coasts.

Source: https://www.euronews.com/2023/04/21/is-melonis-government-europhobic-and-neo-fascist-her-first-six-months-in-power-examined

Antakya is in Hatay, a province tucked between the Mediterranean Sea and Turkey’s border with Syria.

Source: https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/home-civilisations-fabled-antioch-left-ruins.1013430

As is obvious if one walks around with their eyes open it is crystal clear that families in the Mediterranean basin are inordinately close.

Source: https://www.voicesnewspaper.com/2023/09/23/stirrings-in-the-didim-undergrowth/

As well as its cherished beaches, climate change threatens the Mediterranean sea and the food produced by its fisheries.

Source: https://phys.org/news/2023-07-heat-struck-mediterranean-climate-hot.html

Athens will however be placing limits on the extent of assistance provided to Kyiv, particularly because Greece has its own in the Eastern Mediterranean, despite a recent thawing in relations with neighboring Turkey.

Source: https://greekreporter.com/2023/04/06/greece-military-support-ukraine/