Some 1,600 migrants from north Africa, including 100 women and 40 children, have landed on the southern Italian island of Lampedusa, a local news agency said Sunday. An estimated 11,000 migrants crossed over from north Africa this year.
We meet Gildas Morvan, a skipper who is celebrating a special victory on the prestigious Generali solo race. Then we discover the Audi MedCup, the world's leading regatta circuit where the world's best skippers compete on high-tech 52 and 42-foot boats.
US President Barack Obama says the Tunisians that have jolted the Arab world are on the right side of history. But all those stranded in Lampedusa know is that home is on the wrong side of the Mediterranean.
ENVIRONMENT takes to the high seas on board the TARA, a boat that is sailing across the world’s oceans and seas to examine the effect climate change is having on them and their biodiversity.
Searchers have found part of a wing from two Rafale fighters that crashed in the Mediterranean after a mid-air collision, the French navy said on Saturday. There was still no word of a missing pilot.
Searchers have found pieces of the two French Rafale fighter jets that crashed into the Mediterranean during a test flight on Thursday. Naval officials believe the crash was probably caused by a mid-air collision.
France's environment minister, Jean-Louis Borloo, has announced plans to declare an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in the Mediterranean Sea in a bid to protect dwindling fish stocks.
This week ENVIRONMENT casts its eyes across the worlds troubled waters as France draws to a close a nationwide debate about the sea and what should be done to protect them.
Morocco has given its official go-ahead to a major industrial park in the region. The extension to Tanger-Med, near Tangiers, would make it the biggest port on the Mediterranean Sea. Raphael Kahane met the President of Tanger Med Agency.
FRANCE 24 is on board with French navy troops who are taking party in Frontex, the EU agency for border control. Frontex aims to control illegal immigration in the Mediterranean, but also to save migrants in distress.
