Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey plan to conclude a cooperation agreement for demining the Black Sea next week, Bulgarian Defense Minister Todor Tagarev announced Thursday evening, quoted by EFE. “The war in Ukraine, started by Russia, involves risks for our territory, for the security of maritime transport,” Tagarev explained the reasons that led to months of negotiations to reach this agreement. In order to “minimize these risks”, the naval forces of the three coastal countries will participate in clearing the mines, added the Bulgarian minister, quoted by the BNR public radio. Tagarev did not provide details about the terms of the agreement or the exact date of its signing. Instead, in Ankara, the Turkish Ministry of Defense also revealed on Thursday that, “on January 10-11”, an agreement will be signed with Romania and Bulgaria regarding the joint force between the three NATO member states, with access to the Black Sea, which has with the aim of removing sea mines that reach the territorial waters of the three countries.
Romanian director Cristian Mungiu will be part of the jury that will judge the films in the main competition of this year’s Venice Film Festival - Venezia 82. The jury, headed by American director Alexander Payne, includes French director and screenwriter Stéphane Brizé, Italian director and screenwriter Maura Delpero, Iranian director and writer Mohammad Rasoulof, Brazilian actress, writer, and […]
Romania continues to face significant prison overcrowding, according to the Council of Europe’s latest data, released on Friday, July 18. The 2024 Annual Penal Statistics on Prison Populations (SPACE I) show that Romania is among six countries in Europe with severe overcrowding, housing 116 inmates for every 100 available places. The report, which...
Chris Hemsworth returns to Disney+ in August with a new season of the National Geographic documentary series Limitless, this time focused not just on longevity, but on discovering how to live better. Titled Limitless: Live Better Now, the three-part season follows Hemsworth through physical, emotional, and mental challenges across six countries, with one standout episode […]
The Black Sea 200 Regatta 2025, Romania’s first non-stop offshore regatta with a 200 nautical mile route, takes place between July 21 and 27. Now in its first edition, the event brings together more than 10 boats from Romania and Bulgaria, according to the organizers. The endurance course will start and finish in the Romanian […]
The National Environmental Guard has fined an illegally operating zoo in Dâmbovița county, southern Romania, a total of RON 120,000 following a joint inspection that uncovered serious violations, including the lack of environmental authorization and inadequate conditions for wild animals kept in captivity. The zoo was reportedly charging RON 50 per person for entry and […]
The National Cybersecurity Directorate (DNSC) and engineering company Enevo Group have signed a strategic cooperation agreement to strengthen cybersecurity in Romania’s energy sector. The partnership aims to test and develop monitoring and alerting technologies for cyberattacks, and to improve national response coordination to incidents affecting critical infrastructure, the companies said. The agreement focuses on sharing […]
