>According to Russian news portal Ria Novosti, Russian submarine Alrosa suffered a major engine problem. She was was on a training exercise in the Black Sea on Saturday when the incident happened. Unable to move on her own she was being towed back to Novorossiisk. It is not clear whether accident happened while she was... Continue Reading →
>According to Bulgarian news portal novinite, Bulgaria officially declared that it will not buy Gowind 200 corvettes from DCNS.The Bulgarian Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, said the commitment made by the three-party coalition government for the purchase of the French corvettes is not feasible at the moment because the country's previous rulers not only did not... Continue Reading →
>The naval tensions in the Black Sea will not smooth down soon. On Tuesday 15th September 2009, Russia announced that it will act against the Georgian coast guard, if they try to prevent merchant ships to sail to Abkhazia. On the same day Russia signed military cooperation deals with Abkhazia, S.Ossetia.Russian coast guard chief Lt.... Continue Reading →
>Turkish foreign minister Davutoğlu told in a press conference that Georgia was going to free Turkish captain for a 27.000 TL (aprox. 18.000 USD) bail. The crew was set free again for against a bail of 30.000 TL (aprox. 20.000 USD) last week. He is also traveling to Tbilissi next week.The capture of Panama flagged... Continue Reading →
>Last weekend on 9th August 2009, Bulgaria celebrated its Navy's 130 birthday.According to the news reports, the ceremonies started with the ritual for the raising of the flag of the Bulgarian naval forces, followed by the handing of the diplomas of the graduates of the Bulgarian Naval Academy.Bulgarians have plenty to celebrate. They have transformed... Continue Reading →
>Last week I was on a vacation and away from Internet. So, I am going to wrap up the last ten days important news and happenings:1) Saudi Arabian warships visited IstanbulSaudi Arabian warships, Lafayette class, Al Riyadh, Type 2000S Class, Hofouf and Durance class auxiliary Yunbou made a rare visit to İstanbul. The ships left... Continue Reading →
>Apparently some Turkish warships are conducting a public relations / soft power cruise along the Black Sea coast.On 10th June Wednesday, frigates F-240 TCG Yavuz (Meko 200 TN class); F-245 TCG Oruçreis (Meko 200 TN IIA class); F-246 TCG Salihreis (Meko 200 TN IIBclass), F-496 TCG Gökova (Perry class); submarine S-352 TCG Dolunay, fast attack... Continue Reading →
>Some of the ships that anticipated in the Black Sea Partnership Exercise 2009 are visiting İstanbul. They have arrived on 2 May and will leave on 4 May.Among the participants the following ships are in İstanbul:F-244 TCG Barbaros, MEKO 200 TN2A class frigate, from Turkish Navy,F-495 TCG Gediz, Perry class frigate, from Turkish Navy,260 Admiral... Continue Reading →
>The exercise has started on 29 April in Karadeniz Ereğlisi and will end on May 4 in İstanbul.Turkey, Russia, Romania and Georgia are participating in this military exercise, the goal of which is to boost cooperation and mutual training among the Black Sea littoral states and support partnership for peace activities.As the exercise will end... Continue Reading →
>With the arrival of spring and good weather the problems in the region seem to thaw and come to life again.NATO announced that it was going to conduct exercises Cooperative Longbow 09 – Cooperative Lancer 09 during the period 6 May to 1 June 2009 in Georgia.Cooperative Longbow 09 will be a command post exercise... Continue Reading →
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