Black Sea
World’s Oldest Intact Shipwreck Discovered in Black Sea
The vessel is just one of dozens of ancient vessels discovered during a three year maritime archaeology project.
Russian fighter jet came within 10 feet of American plane over the Black Sea
A Russian Sukhoi SU-27 fighter jet intercepted an American P-8 Poseidon surveillance plane in a 19-minute encounter.
Photos of Men Punching Bags and Shooting Things at a Romanian Carnival
Photographer Gabriel Botezatu visited Vacation Village and took photos of the men getting henna tattoos and punching bags.
The VICE Morning Bulletin
This morning, US Olympic swimmer Simone Manuel made history in Rio, the Trump campaign will meet with the RNC to try and plot a turnaround, Russia launches war games in the Black Sea, and more.
The Greeks Who Picnic on the Graves of Their Loved Ones
On the first Sunday after Easter, the living gather at the cemetery in the village of Rizana for a traditional lunch with the dead.
Anti-Russian Saboteurs Plunge Crimea Into Darkness by Blowing Up Electrical Towers
Ukrainian nationalists are suspected of detonating explosives on two major electricity pylons, cutting off power to nearly 2 million people.
Vladmir Putin Went Deep-Sea Diving in a Miniature Submarine Off the Crimean Coast
Monday's submarine stunt in Crimea has been widely interpreted as a bid by Putin to flex his political as well as actual muscles in the wake of Russia's annexation of the southern peninsula last year.
You’re More Likely to Catch a Fridge Than a Fish in the Black Sea
I talked to a couple of experts about how the Romanian coastline got so polluted.
How the Invasion of Ukraine Is Shaking Up the Global Crime Scene
"What's happening in Ukraine now matters to criminals from Bogotá to Beijing."
Vama Veche Is a Paradise
Situated in the southeast of Romania—right on the Black Sea coast, near the border with Bulgaria—Vama Veche has been regarded as a bohemian, non-mainstream tourist destination since communist times.
Is Vladimir Putin Seriously Going to Invade Crimea?
As gunmen raised the Russian flag over Crimean government buildings, Russia prepared to launch a massive military exercise near the border.