nostrum

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The IOM's Mr Schroeder said SAR efforts are no longer as "proactive, comprehensive or adequately resourced" as they were during the big Mare Nostrum rescue operation led by Italy in 2013 to 2014.

From BBC • Aug. 12, 2023

Pilots for Spanish airline Iberia Regional Air Nostrum have "overwhelmingly" voted to go on an indefinite strike amid a wage dispute with the company, Spain's largest airline pilots' union said on Wednesday.

From Reuters • Feb. 2, 2023

So far three regional airlines have signed letters of intent to buy its planes: Icelandair; Anchorage-based Ravn; and Valencia, Spain-based Air Nostrum.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 3, 2021

The Italian government, under the center-left Democratic Party, responded with an expensive search-and-rescue program called Mare Nostrum, credited with saving more than 150,000 lives during its brief duration.

From New York Times • Aug. 16, 2019

Now they were in the middle of the open sea, completely on their own, sailing to the Mare Nostrum, where all the scary monsters and nasty giants had come from.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan