Theme Week Romanian Riviera – Saturn
24 January 2025 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General Reading Time: 4 minutes 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: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General Reading Time: 5 minutes 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: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General Reading Time: 4 minutes 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: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General Reading Time: 8 minutes 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: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General, Bon voyage, Theme Weeks Reading Time: 5 minutes 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: Levant / Levante | Rubric: General, Bon appétit, Union for the Mediterranean Reading Time: 10 minutes 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: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General Reading Time: 6 minutes
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The European Union: European Sky Shield Initiative
12 September 2023 | Author/Destination: Knut Wingsch | Rubric: General, Editorial, EU blog post series, European Union Reading Time: 6 minutes
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…