Romania's navy carried out a controlled explosion on Tuesday of a mine that had drifted to its Black Sea shore, the defence ministry said quoted by Reuters. Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey have a joint taskforce to defuse stray mines, which began floating in the Black Sea after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. The ministry said the navy was alerted by local officials early on Tuesday about an unidentified object that had washed up on shore near Grindul Chituc in southeastern Romania. The area is part of the Danube Delta, which Romania shares with Ukraine. „By examining photographs taken on site, the object is most likely an anti-landing seamine of the YaRM type," the ministry said in a statement. The mine was detonated at around 0950 GMT, the ministry added. The Black Sea is crucial for shipments of grain, oil and oil products and is shared by Bulgaria, Romania, Georgia and Turkey, as well as Ukraine and Russia. *** In the past two years since the invasion of Ukraine, specialist EOD divers from six countries have defused 105 drift mines gone on the loose in the Black Sea following Russia's attacks on Ukraine, the National Defence Ministry informs.Ukrainian EOD technicians neutralised the bulk of the 105 explosive devices, specifically 85, the Romanian Navy detonated six, Bulgarian specialist divers - five, Turkish EOD divers identified and defused another five, Russian experts - three, and Georgian EOD divers - one.Of the six mines that floated into the Romanian sector of the Black Sea and were defused by Romanian Navy specialists, the most recent came from Russia's attacks at the mouths of the Danube or the Dnieper and was destroyed on August 13, in the area of the Chituc Shoal, Constanta County (easternmost Romania).After February 24, 2022, Black Sea and Danube ports have regularly come under Russian attacks, in what the international press considers to be the largest armed conflict on the continent after WWII.According to Black Sea and Danube Delta fishermen, the Russian-Ukrainian war has seriously affected the fish capturing activity in the last two years. Also, many cruise ships that used to dock in Romanian river and sea ports have canceled their arrivals due to the conflict triggered by Russia.
TikTok has launched an Election Center dedicated to Romania's upcoming elections as part of its broader effort to protect "the integrity of the platform" and promote access to reliable information. The initiative is supported by a new media literacy campaign and ongoing collaboration with more than 20 fact-checking partners, the company said in a statement. […]
Romanian acting president Ilie Bolojan met on Friday, April 25, with a delegation from the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, or ODIHR, of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), according to a statement from the presidential administration. The acting president told the delegation that Romania "is faithful to democratic principles […]
Shareholders of Romanian oil company OMV Petrom recently approved the distribution of record dividends amounting to RON 2.8 billion (EUR 562.6 million) for the 2024 financial year, as well as the 2025 budget, which provides for investments of RON 8.1 billion (EUR 1.6 billion). The decision was taken during the Ordinary and Extraordinary General Meetings […]
The 2025 edition of the European Film Festival (FFE), which takes place this year in Bucharest and nine other cities, will screen more than 40 feature films, 28 of which are national premieres. The festival will also present two selections of short films, also screened as national premieres. Among them are 11 documentaries, 13 films […]
Update: The Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in an official press release that the Romanian citizen was initially detained in the Abkhazia region four months ago and was later transferred to Sochi, Russia. "Steps have already been taken to provide consular protection and assistance with the central and local authorities, in accordance with international regulations," […]
Russia’s Federal Security Service, FSB, said on Friday, April 25, that it arrested a 23-year-old Romanian citizen on suspicion of spying for Ukraine by sharing the locations of Russian air defense systems. The unnamed man is accused of collecting and transmitting information about air defense sites in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi to […]
