The war in Ukraine has raised geopolitical stakes in the Black Sea region. But details remain vague.The European Commission ...

The European Union hopes to set up a "Black sea maritime security hub" to counter Russia’s action in the region and to ...

The security hub in the Black Sea envisioned by the European Commission could help oversee an eventual peace deal between ...

In recent months, Russia held up inspections of vessels seeking to exit the Black Sea, slowing the flow of goods. Still, under the deal, more than 1,000 vessels carried about 36 million tons of ...

Beyond the Ukrainian drone attacks that come about once per month, the Black Sea is relatively quiet. Ukraine continues to export from its three ports under the grain deal. Ukrainian grain silos ...

The Bosporus and Dardanelles straits are the only water ways offering up access to the Black Sea. Under the 1936 Montreux Convention, Ankara can limit vessels passing through the straits during ...

As part of the deal, grain ships were able to navigate through a safe corridor in the Black Sea under the direction of Ukrainian pilots, and then pass through the Bosphorus Strait – an important ...

Materials buried under sediment will be eaten by bacteria, which feed off sugars like the cellulose and hemicellulose in wood. So the quiet, deep waters of the Black Sea anoxic zone present an ...

UNITED NATIONS, June 6 (Reuters) - A possible extension next month of a deal allowing the safe wartime export of grains and fertilizers from three Ukrainian Black Sea ports could hinge on the ...

WASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) - The United Nations said no ships were inspected on Sunday or Monday under a deal allowing the safe Black Sea export of Ukraine grain, which Moscow has threatened to ...

Since the collapse of the Black Sea grain deal two weeks ago ... in Ukraine — and Russia has made clear they, too, are under threat. “The Danube is our gateway at sea to Europe and the ...