NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has called Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to discuss the peace process between Ukraine and Russia, emphasising Türkiye's role in Black Sea security.

As European leaders and the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky gather in Washington to persuade President Donald Trump not to abandon Ukraine and to secure Western security guarantees for Kyiv, one thing is certain: Vladimir Putin will not abandon his quest to dominate the Black Sea.

Romania eyes bigger Black Sea task force with the Bulgaria and Turkey to expand mine clearing operations into patrols protecting energy facilities.

By Luiza Ilie BUCHAREST (Reuters) -NATO allies Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey should expand a joint task force that clears mines floating in the Black Sea to include patrols to protect energy facilities and trade routes from potential Russian attack,

Aframax loadings of Kazakhstan's CPC crude have been scrapped from the Black Sea as maintenance reduces export volumes. Traders told S&P Global's Platts that the September programme at the CPC terminal near the Russian port of Novorossiysk will comprise 46 suezmax cargoes.

Wheat from Romania and Bulgaria is shipped to destinations across the globe alongside Black Sea wheat supplies from Ukraine and Russia. Read more here.

Romania has proposed an expansion of its existing Black Sea mission with Bulgaria and Turkey, moving beyond mine clearance to include patrol operations aimed at safeguarding energy infrastructure and maritime trade routes from potential Russian threats,

The Biden administration is considering sending warships to the Black Sea in the next few weeks to counter an increased Russian military presence on Ukraine’s eastern border, according to a r…

For its Victory Day parade in May, Moscow welcomed world leaders with wines from southern Russia and Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula it illegally annexed in 2014. There’s no record of what China’s President Xi Jinping or his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva made of the wines,