An inland sea located between Southeast Europe and Western Asia, bordering Russia, Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, and Georgia, the Black Sea is about 4.2 million square kilometers in area. Its average depth is 1,300 meters, reaching 2,245 meters...

The Black Sea is an inland sea between southeastern Europe and the Anatolian peninsula and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean and Aegean Seas and various straits. The Bosporus strait connects it to the Sea of Marmara,...

Neal Ascherson. Jonathan Cape. 306pp. 17.99[pounds]. 0-224-04102-9. The author, a sometimes notorious journalist, has made an outstanding and successful effort to acquaint us with the facts and the images of a forgotten water, forgotten although Britain fought a famous victory on its...

Eleven heads of state from countries surrounding the Black Sea met in Istanbul to attempt to reach an agreement on economic cooperation. Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkey, Greece, Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, and the Ukraine committed themselves to further dialogue on regional issues. ...

Massive waves split a Russian oil tanker in two during a fierce storm Sunday, spilling at least 560,000 gallons of fuel into a strait leading to the Black Sea. It was the worst environmental disaster in the region in years, and some officials said could...