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Romanian Policemen Join Patrols in Bulgaria's Ski Resort Bansko [Dec 13, 2011] Joint Bulgarian-Romanian police units are starting patrols in the largest Bulgarian Black Sea resort Bansko as of December 13, the Interior Ministry announced. The joint patrols are stipulated under an agreement between the police authorities of Bulgaria and Romania. Senior Romanian police officials were in Bansko Monday for the formal ceremony for the start of the joint police patrols in the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Plane traveling from Hamburg to Dubai makes emergency landing in Romania [Oct 28, 2011] CONSTANTA, Romania ? Romanian officials say that an aircraft heading from Hamburg to Dubai was forced to make an emergency landing at an airport near the Black Sea port of Constanta because of a cracked windscreen. Ionel Manafu, the director of Mihail Kogalniceanu airport, says nobody on board suffered any injuries during the emergency landing on Friday. Read full article >> [via YahooNews] More >>

George Enescu Festival, Bucharest 1 [Sep 16, 2011] Bucharest, capital of Romania, is about as far east in Europe as you can go before you plop into the Black Sea. It?s also, as I?m discovering, a veritable Mecca for great music-making. [via YahooNews] More >>

Fire put out on Panama-registered ship in Romania [Jul 25, 2011] The Associated Press The Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania Romanian authorities say they have extinguished a raging fire on a ship docked near the Black Sea city of Constanta. The fire started early Monday on the Panama-registered vessel FGM Europe that has been undergoing repairs in Midia-Navodari, a small port just north of Constanta. Firefighters battled with the fire for six hours before ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Hometownstations.com-WLIO- Lima, OH News Weather SportsPanama-registered ship on fire in Romanian port [Jul 25, 2011] BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Romanian authorities are fighting a raging fire on a ship docked near the Black Sea city of Constanta. The fire started early Monday on the Panama-registered vessel that has been undergoing repairs in Midia-Navodari, a small port just north of Constanta. [via YahooNews] More >>

Panama-registered ship on fire in Romanian port [Jul 25, 2011] The Associated Press The Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania Romanian authorities are fighting a raging fire on a ship docked near the Black Sea city of Constanta. The fire started early Monday on the Panama-registered vessel that has been undergoing repairs in Midia-Navodari, a small port just north of Constanta. Port spokesman Catalin Arteni has told Agerpres news agency that there are no ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian authorities fight fire on Panama-registered ship docked near port city of Constanta [Jul 25, 2011] BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) ? Romanian authorities are fighting a raging fire on a ship docked near the Black Sea city of Constanta. [via YahooNews] More >>

Black Sea Rotational Force 11 brings the Raven to Romania [Jun 06, 2011] Recently, U.S. Marines and soldiers with Black Sea Rotational Force 11 travelled to Buzau, Romania to provide the Romanian army a familiarization course to display the capabilities of the Raven-B, unmanned aerial vehicle. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania: Politicians, officials arrested for smuggling [May 25, 2011] BUCHAREST -- 30 people including high-ranking politicians and customs officials have been charged with smuggling goods through the Romanian Black Sea port of Constanta. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian anti-graft raid targets top ministry official [May 24, 2011] An anti-graft raid in Romania on Monday targetted a top internal affairs ministry official and a customs checkpoint in Constanta, Romania's main Black Sea harbour, prosecutors and media said. [via YahooNews] More >>

US flexes muscle in the Black Sea [May 17, 2011] The Black Sea is about to lose its historical exclusivity as a Russian-Turkish preserve. A visit by the USA-TRANSCOM commander General Duncan McNabb to Bucharest has sealed the fate of the Black Sea as the latest entry into the chronicles of the "new great game". [via YahooNews] More >>

U.S., Romanian Marines Complete COIN Training [May 12, 2011] Down plain, bumpy dirt roads, deep in the farmlands of Babadag, lies the largest and most modern training and firing range in Romania, Babadag Training Area. This is where Romanian Marines and U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force 11 came to share military experience and train in counterinsurgency operations. [via YahooNews] More >>

Defense officials discuss Black Sea security [Apr 04, 2011] The Associated Press The Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania Military and intelligence officials from the U.S. and a dozen other countries are discussing how to improve security in the Black Sea region. George Maior, the head of the Romanian Intelligence Service, says Monday that countries need to keep an eye on Black Sea security in the light of recent upheavals across the Arab world. The Black ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Defense, intelligence officials from 13 countries discuss security in Black Sea region [Apr 04, 2011] BUCHAREST, Romania ? Military and intelligence officials from the U.S. and a dozen other countries are discussing how to improve security in the Black Sea region. [via YahooNews] More >>

32 Bulgarian Businesses Target Romanian Tourists at TTR Expo [Mar 31, 2011] A total of 32 Bulgarian firms and one municipality are presented in the Bulgarian section of the tourist expo TTR in Romania's Bucharest, which was opened Thursday. Most of the Bulgarian companies presented at TTR in Bucharest are tour operators; the Municipality of the Black Sea resort Nessebar is also taking part in the expo. The Bulgarian section at TTR has an area of 200 square meters.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Lukoil to develop 2 offshore blocks in Romania [Feb 24, 2011] RBC, 24.02.2011, Moscow 11:40:49. A consortium comprised of Lukoil's international arm Lukoil Overseas and Virgin Islands-registered Vanco International has signed concession agreements with Romania's National Agency for Mineral Resources to explore and develop the Est Rapsodia and Trident blocks in the Romanian part of the Black Sea, Lukoil's press office announced today. [via YahooNews] More >>

About 400 Romanian army and police retirees protest pension cuts [Jan 17, 2011] BUCHAREST, Romania - About 400 army and police retirees are protesting in Romania against cuts in pensions as part of austerity measures. Protesters in the Black Sea port of Constanta are calling Monday for the resignation of the country's president Traian Basescu. [via YahooNews] More >>

400 Romanian army retirees protest pension cuts [Jan 17, 2011] (AP:BUCHAREST, Romania) About 400 army and police retirees are protesting in Romania against cuts in pensions as part of austerity measures. Protesters in the Black Sea port of Constanta are calling Monday for the resignation of the country's president Traian Basescu. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian President: The Republic of Moldova will unite with Romania in approximately 25 years [Dec 02, 2010] Chisinau (Moldova.ORG) -- On the 30th of November, the President of Romania, Traian Basescu made a group of declarations, concerning the Republic of Moldova and the situation in the region. Concerning the situation in the region of the Black sea, Mr. Basescu declared that he doubts the good intentions of the Russian Federation. Mr. Basescu declared that the presence of the Russian armed forces ... [via YahooNews] More >>

1,000 dock yards workers march in protest in Romania requesting higher wages [Oct 22, 2010] BUCHAREST, Romania - About 1,000 Romanian dock yard workers marched in the Black Sea town of Mangalia on Friday to demand higher wages, and hundreds of public sector employees protested in other areas against austerity measures. [via YahooNews] More >>