Cyprus and Mediterranean Sea News
Cyprus prepares for Mediterranean oil spill from Syrian power plant Officials in Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus say 20,000 tonnes of oil is approaching its coastline The oil spill off the coast of Baniyas, Syria on 24 August. Photograph: Planet Labs Inc./AP The oil spill off the coast of Baniyas, Syria on 24 August. Photograph: Planet Labs […]
Invasive fish push westward as the Mediterranean Sea slowly becomes tropical A lionfish, an invasive species increasingly found in the Mediterranean, is conspicuous among a fisher’s catch near Beirut, Lebanon. Photograph: Zuma Press Inc/Alamy A lionfish, an invasive species increasingly found in the Mediterranean, is conspicuous among a fisher’s catch near Beirut, Lebanon. Photograph: Zuma […]
Speaking at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid welcomes his Greek and Cypriot colleagues back to Israel and notes that a pragmatic alliance is emerging across the Middle East and the eastern Mediterranean region. Lapid starts out by referencing the team of 16 firefighters that Israel sent earlier this month to battle […]
The European Commission has approved a €1billion Cypriot scheme to support enterprises and self-employed individuals in the context of the coronavirus outbreak. The scheme was approved under the State aid Temporary Framework. Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager, in charge of competition policy, said: “This €1 billion scheme will enable Cyprus to support companies and self-employed persons affected by the […]
Global gas prices are expected to break records this winter as a hot northern hemisphere summer leaves inventories low in key markets, just as green energy drives ramp up in new regions. Benchmark Dutch natural gas prices in northwest Europe have surged 80 per cent in the past three months to all-time highs, while spot […]
Only about 3% of the water on earth is fresh water. Of this, only a small part can be used for drinking water or irrigation. Therefore, especially in arid or semi-arid regions, the search for usable freshwater resources is very intensive. In recent years, with the help of new, innovative methods, previously unknown deposits have […]
