Theme Week Romanian Riviera – Mangalia

25 January 2025 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

Olimp © Barbugeorgemarian/cc-by-sa-4.0

Olimp © Barbugeorgemarian/cc-by-sa-4.0

Mangalia (Turkish: Mankalya), ancient Callatis (other historical names: Pangalia, Panglicara, Tomisovara), is a city and a port on the coast of the Black Sea in the south-east of Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, Romania.   read more…

Theme Week Romanian Riviera – Saturn

24 January 2025 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  4 minutes

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© Visem/cc-by-sa-4.0

Saturn is a seaside resort on the Romanian Black Sea coast. It is located one kilometer north of Mangalia and about 40 kilometers south of Constanța, near the Bulgarian border.   read more…

Theme Week Romanian Riviera – Eforie

23 January 2025 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

© flickr.com - Anturaju Daniel/cc-by-2.0

© flickr.com – Anturaju Daniel/cc-by-2.0

Eforie (historical names (for Eforie Sud): Băile Movilă, Carmen-Sylva, Vasile Roaită) is a town and a holiday resort on the Black Sea shore, in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, Romania. It is located about 14 km (8.7 mi) south of Constanța. Techirghiol Lake lies nearby.   read more…

Theme Week Romanian Riviera – Neptun

22 January 2025 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  4 minutes

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© flickr.com – lucianf/cc-by-2.0

Neptun is a summer resort on the Romanian seacoast, on the Black Sea, six kilometres (3 1⁄2 miles) north of Mangalia. It is part of a string of such resorts, Olimp, Jupiter, Cap Aurora, and Venus.   read more…

Theme Week Romanian Riviera – Vama Veche

21 January 2025 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  8 minutes

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Corsarul © kikiricky/cc-by-sa-3.0

Vama Veche (historical names: Ilanlâk, Ilanlâc, Turkish: Ilanlık) is a village in Constanţa County, Romania, on the Black Sea coast, near the border with Bulgaria, at 28.57 E longitude, 43.75 N latitude. It is part of the commune of Limanu and in 2002, it had a population of 178. Vama Veche administratively belongs to the commune Limanu. The town is located in Dobrogea, on the shore of the Black Sea, less than one kilometer from the border with Bulgaria.   read more…

Theme Week Romanian Riviera

20 January 2025 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Bon voyage, Theme Weeks Reading Time:  5 minutes

Mamaia Beach © Razvan Socol/cc-by-sa-4.0

Mamaia Beach © Razvan Socol/cc-by-sa-4.0

The Romanian Black Sea resorts, or the Romanian Riviera, stretch along the Black Sea coast from the Danube Delta at the northern end down to the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast in the south, along 275 kilometers of coastline.   read more…

Meze

19 January 2025 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Bon appétit, Union for the Mediterranean Reading Time:  10 minutes

Israeli meze © flickr.com - Ted Eytan/cc-by-sa-2.0

Israeli meze © flickr.com – Ted Eytan/cc-by-sa-2.0

Meze (also spelled mezze or mezé) is a selection of small dishes served as appetizers in eastern Mediterranean cuisines: Syria, Iraq, Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iran, Armenia. It is similar to Spanish tapas and Italian antipasti. A meze may be served as a part of a multi-course meal or form a meal in itself. Meze are often served with spirits such as arak, rakia, raki, oghi, ouzo, or grappa at meyhane and ouzeri or at regular restaurants.   read more…

Cetate Synagogue in Timișoara

20 November 2023 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  6 minutes

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© flickr.com – Fred Romero/cc-by-2.0

Cetate Synagogue (Romanian: Sinagoga din Cetate or Sinagoga Cultului Mozaic Neolog) is a Jewish place of worship in Timișoara, Western Romania, located on Mărășești Street in the Cetate district. It was built between 1863 and 1865 in an eclectic style with Moorish elements. It is inscribed in the list of historical monuments in Timiș County. The synagogue reopened for the public in 2022.   read more…

The European Union: European Sky Shield Initiative

12 September 2023 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Editorial, EU blog post series, European Union Reading Time:  6 minutes

Flag_of_Europe European Sky Shield Initiative (ESSI) is a project to build a ground-based integrated European air defense system which includes anti-ballistic missile capability. As of July 2023, nineteen European states participate in the initiative. ESSI is part of the Common Security and Defense Policy and as such is designed to complement and relieve the burden on NATO.   read more…

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