A Turkish-flagged cargo ship sailing on Thursday in the Black Sea towards the Ukrainian port of Ismail escaped undamaged by an explosion that went off in its vicinity, while cruising off the Romanian coast, possibly caused by a mine, the Turkish maritime authority and the ship's captain told Reuters on Friday."An explosion occurred 15-20 meters behind the ship Kafkametler, en route to Izmail port from Batumi port while it was cruising off the coast of Romania/Sulina (port)," the authority said.The checks carried out found no damage, so that the vessel continued its journey.Other sources in the maritime transport sector told Reuters on Thursday that the ship hit a sea mine, sustaining minor damage, but that the crew was safe.According to the ship's operator, the Istanbul-based Kafkametler Maritime, the vessel is moving slower because of ship congestion in the Danube channel.The vessel's captain said separately in a statement that while the cause of the blast was not clear, it appeared to have been triggered by a bottom mine in the Black Sea.
This loan agreement is DRI’s first internationally led syndicated financing, first certified green loan, and first multi-currency loan. The Vacaresti solar park, located in Dambovita County, Romania, has an installed capacity of 126MWp, enough to power about 50,000 households and avoid 48,600 tonnes of carbon emissions per year. DRI, the EU renewables arm of DTEK, together […]
Mircea Spiridon, a 50-year-old Romanian man, died in the Spanish region of Tres Cantos while saving an 83-year-old man, the owner of the riding stables razed to the ground in the same fire. The Romanian arrived in Spain 20 years ago. Married and with two children, ages 14 and 18, he was a mechanic by […]
The Bucharest International Air Show (BIAS) is set to launch the first exclusive NFT collection together with the National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics, ICI Bucharest. NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) gained popularity in the last few years as a way of owning unique digital objects. The NFT collection, titled “Cloud Chasers,” will be presented and […]
Sema Real Estate, one of the leading players in Romania’s real estate sector, announces a partnership with the Romanian fintech company Finqware to implement FinqTreasury, a key platform for the optimization and digitalization of financial operations in the real estate industry. Efficient management of collections and payments, rapid visibility into financial flows, and the elimination […]
At the British School of Bucharest (BSB), community engagement isn't an afterthought — it’s the heartbeat of school life. Guided by the spirit of #WeAreBSB, the school embraces four core mottos that shape everything from classroom discussions to student-led initiatives: #CONCERN for others, by being kind to the community #CONCERN for our planet, by being […]
Two individuals who received sums of money claiming to facilitate the acquisition of Romanian citizenship were convicted in absentia on Monday, August 11, in Chișinău for influence peddling and are wanted by Moldovan authorities. The two told citizens of the Russian Federation that they had influence over officials at the Romanian Consulate in Odesa and […]
