Turkey's Defense Minister Yasar Guler, center, Romania's Defense Minister Angel Tilvar, left, and Bulgaria's Deputy Defense Minister Atanas Zapryanov pose for the media after signing the "Mine counter ...

Floating mines in the Black Sea as a result of the war in Ukraine have become a major security risk – resulting in Thursday’s agreement in Istanbul to set up a join task force of the three navies.

Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria form a task group to clear mines floating mines in the Black Sea Four military vessels will carry out patrols to hunt mines as part of the initiative Initiative will only ...

ISTANBULISTANBUL — Turkey, Bulgaria and Romania on Thursday signed an agreement to jointly tackle drifting sea mines that have threatened Black Sea shipping since the start of the Ukraine war. Turkish ...