Parts of southern Italy and other countries in the region are experiencing one of their worst droughts in decades. The authorities say they are working to at least save tourism. Related Posts 5 U.S. Special Operations Forces Killed in Helicopter Crash in Mediterranean Five U.S. Army Special Operations forces have died in a helicopter crash…
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News Locals in one Mediterranean hot spot load up water guns to protest mass tourism: ‘Go home’
Residents of Barcelona took out their frustrations against the increased mass tourism by visiting popular spots around the city this weekend and spraying people with water guns, demanding they go home. “Enough, let’s put limits on tourism,” was another rallying cry for the thousands of people – around 2,800, according to Catalan News – who…
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News Israel says 3,300-year-old sunken ship found in Mediterranean at a depth where time has ‘frozen’
A 3,300-year-old ancient sunken ship dating back to the Bronze Age has been discovered in the Mediterranean Sea at a depth where time has “frozen,” the Israel Antiquities Authority announced Thursday. The agency, which describes the find as the “first and oldest wrecked ship discovered to date in the deep sea in the eastern Mediterranean,”…
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News Sailing the Mediterranean on a 136-Passenger Windjammer
From the bridge of the three-masted windjammer, the Sea Cloud Spirit, the captain called out the words we’d all been waiting for. “Let’s set the sails!” he cried, after turning off the engines, while maneuvering to maintain an optimum angle for his 18 deckhands to climb into the shrouds and unfurl the ship’s 44,132 square…
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News Greek laywers for 9 men accused of causing deadly Mediterranean shipwreck say they were not crew members
The Adriana was an overcrowded fishing trawler that sank in the Mediterranean while carrying from around 500 to more than 700 migrants to Italy. Only 104 survived, and 80 bodies were recovered. Nine Egyptian men who were identified as crew members by other survivors are due to go on trial for the shipwreck. The legal…
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News Captain Sandy Yawn of ‘Below Deck Mediterranean’ Marries Leah Shafer
Sandra Dolores Yawn has been locked up, left for dead on a Florida highway and chased through the Red Sea by pirates. In the summer of 2018, Leah Rae Shafer reached out on Facebook to send Ms. Yawn her blessings. Not because she thought Ms. Yawn, who goes by Captain Sandy, needed her well wishes,…
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News Health Benefits of Whole Grains: What to Know About the Mediterranean Diet Staple
This is Day 1 of Well’s Mediterranean Diet Week. For me, a meal isn’t complete without a hunk of whole-wheat bread to dip into my soup, or a pile of brown rice to soak up my curry. Whole grains provide sustenance and comfort. And lucky for us, they’re a main feature of the Mediterranean diet,…
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News 5 U.S. Special Operations Forces Killed in Helicopter Crash in Mediterranean
Five U.S. Army Special Operations forces have died in a helicopter crash in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, American officials said on Sunday. The troops were crew members of an MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter that was on a refueling training mission late Friday when the aircraft crashed off the coast of Cyprus, three U.S. officials said,…
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