Gatley: Light at end of tunnel » Oct 20, 2009
This meeting exposed the severity of the black sea bass issue (among others) and put it in a way Washington will hopefully understand, in dollars and sense. Editor's note: Capt. Chris Gatley can be found with his fishing clients chasing striped bass in front of the Statue of Liberty, or heading offshore to the Atlantic Ocean canyons off the NJ/NY coast for tuna. (ESPN -- Outdoors)
Ukraine-Russia tensions are simmering in Crimea Oct 18, 2009
But when court bailiffs tried to serve papers at a lighthouse here in August, they found themselves surrounded by armed troops from Russia s Black Sea Fleet who delivered them to police as if they were trespassing teenagers. The humiliating episode underscored Russia s continuing influence in the storied peninsula on the Black Sea nearly two decades after the fall of the Soviet Union and the potential for trouble here ahead of Ukraine s first presidential vote since the 2005 Orange Revolution... (Boston Globe)
Putin on the Ritz: Russian PM floats song contest Oct 17, 2009
He personally campaigned successfully to bring the 2014 Olympics to the Black Sea resort of Sochi, and he met Thursday with Sepp Blatter, the head of soccer's governing body, to push Russia's bid for the 2018 or 2022 World Cup. Putin first suggested creating a Eurasian version of the contest this week in China, dubbing it "Intervision," to take place among members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization - a regional economic and political pact designed in part to counter NATO.. (CBS News -- World)
Weaving through time Oct 17, 2009
She shows me black sea grass and describes the way maidenhair fern grows in the shape of a hand, half black and half red. Helms and Moxley share a love of Oregon s coastal, wild iris: purple-blue wisps on tall, pliable stems. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
The World According to Misha Oct 16, 2009
For Senator John McCain, it meant jet-skiing with Saakashvili on the Black Sea ... It started with a ride along the Black Sea coast on his presidential helicopter, and by the time it was finished almost a week later, it had led from the Abkhazian border in the northwest to the central wine country of Kakheti and eventually to the President's offices inside the new glass-and-steel chancellery building in Tbilisi ... The Road to WarOur first flight took us to a deserted stretch of Black Sea coast... (Time.com)
NYT: Eastern Europe fears Russian dominance Oct 14, 2009
The new pipeline and , to run under the Black Sea, will insulate Western Europe from such actions and limit the political and financial costs to Russia. The ability to shut off one pipeline or the other depending on whim makes shutoffs to Eastern Europe more likely, said , the national security adviser in the Carter administration. (MSNBC -- International)
Pedophile doctor was heading for NSW Oct 14, 2009
Joseph Lee Smith, 36, who was born in Canberra, applied for the NSW job as a senior doctor in pediatrics in October last year, but was arrested in November in the Black Sea city of Varna, where police found him in a rented apartment with two boys, believed to be from a nearby Roma neighbourhood. Police seized a camera, a video camera, CDs, sex toys and sexual stimulants. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Funky oligarch Oct 14, 2009
Earlier this year, Mr Lebedev wanted to run for mayor of Sochi, the Black Sea resort that will host the 2014 Winter Olympics. But it seems he was thwarted again. (BBC News -- Business)
Duty call tripsRussia steel game Oct 14, 2009
Alfa Bank steel analyst Barry Ehrlich reported to clients this week the immediate risk "that current steel prices outside of China, in the range of $560/t (hot-rolled coil, free-on-board at a Black Sea port) and $640/t (Western Europe domestic), will not rise further and perhaps come under pressure despite our estimate of 9% higher global steel volumes in 2010. If prices begin to decline in Europe, this would likely cause a shock to equity prices, which are factoring in sharply higher price... (Asia Times Online)
Crystal Cruises 2010 Worldwide Cruise Atlas & Cruise Guide Highlight 20th Anniversary Value Oct 13, 2009
In 2010, the freshly redesigned, 922-guest, 50,000-ton Crystal Symphony, and the 1,070-guest, 68,870-ton Crystal Serenity cruise through the Middle East, Africa, Caribbean, South America, Mediterranean, Canary Islands, Black Sea, Panama Canal, Mexican Riviera, Asia, Australia/New Zealand, South Pacific, British Isles, Baltic Sea, Arctic Circle and New England/Canada. New destinations range from maiden calls in Iran, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia on the World Cruise to new North American cruises to... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Tale of hijacking in European waters grows more mysterious Oct 12, 2009
Why would Russia send warships from its Black Sea Fleet to chase them a full three weeks after the hijacking occurred ... Why would Russia send warships from its Black Sea Fleet to chase them a full three weeks after the hijacking occurred. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Alternative feedstuffs will compete with corn as U.S. livestock feed (10) Oct 12, 2009
Ron McDaniel, of Abbott Futures in Minneapolis, said that East Coast U.S. livestock producers could feed Black Sea wheat for less than the cost of U.S. No. 2 yellow corn as of Oct. 31 ... Black Sea feed wheat traded on Oct. 30 into Asian destinations at 1 ... This big buildup in feed wheat with 20 million more tons (734 million bushels) of feed wheat out of the Black Sea than a year ago now it really competes with corn, said McDaniel. (Minnesota Farm Guide, MN)
Russia officially unveils WCup bids, 14 host cities Oct 10, 2009
It will stage the 2014 Winter Olympics in the Black Sea resort of Sochi. "Tell me, who conducts such events better than Russia?" Mutko said. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Soccer)
Russia launches bid for 2018 World Cup Oct 10, 2009
Russia has never hosted a major football tournament, although Moscow was the host city for the 1980 Olympic Games and the Black Sea resort of Sochi will stage the 2014 Winter Olympics. "This project is important not only for football, but for the whole country," Russian Sport Minister Vitaly Mutko, who also chairs the Russian Football Union, was quoted as saying by RIA Novosti news agency. (Xinhuanet, China)
Woods, Wie lobby for golf in 2016 Olympics Oct 8, 2009
Officials for the 2014 Sochi Olympics say construction is "well on schedule" and the Black Sea resort city will be ready to host skiing competitions by the end of next year ... A light-rail line will connect the snow-sports venues with the ice sports arenas being built on the Black Sea coast. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Outdoors profile Oct 8, 2009
Black sea bass (Centropristis striata). If you're planning to fish for black sea bass, be aware 00004000 that the season north of Cape Hatteras is closed ... Black sea bass (Centropristis striata). (News & Observer -- Sports)
Commencement of Bati Ayazli-1 Exploration well in the Black Sea, Offshore Turkey Oct 7, 2009
The deeper stratigraphic target has not been tested before in this area and the results will aid our understanding of the deeper potential in this area. The shallower target, if successful, will provide incremental gas production and will be tied back to the existing Ayazli field facility. (Canada Newswire)
Gatley: 'Perfect Storm' closes sea bass Oct 6, 2009
Perfect storm' closes black sea bass fishery - ESPN ... A perfect storm of conditions have set up the closing of the black sea bass fishery ... Last week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration unexpectedly announced the temporary closure of the recreational black sea bass fishery in federal waters north of Cape Hatteras, N.C., for 180 days in response to recent landing data that showed recreational fishermen may catch more than double their annual quota by the end of the year. (ESPN -- Outdoors)
Swimmingly cool Oct 5, 2009
It takes about four weeks to train a black sea bass ... Just as 19th Century scientist Ivan Pavlov conditioned dogs to associate the sound of a bell with the prospect of food, Mr Lindell's black sea bass associate a 280Hz tone emitted from an underwater speaker with food, and respond by gathering in a partitioned "feeding zone" ... To test this, last year Mr Lindell moved his experiments out to the ocean - along with about 4,200 tagged black sea bass. (BBC News -- Science)
Living to Be 100 Years Old Oct 3, 2009
Born in the Ukraine of German parents, he believed that living along the Black Sea Coast was healthy and contributed to longevity ... He often talked about people along the Black Sea living to be 110 or 115 or longer. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
Jumpin' Jack Verdi,it's a gas, gas, gas Oct 3, 2009
The great borderless gas bazaar Russia's answer to Nabucco is the 1,200-kilometer-long, $15 billion South Stream pipeline, also scheduled to be finished in 2015; it is slated to carry Siberian natural gas under the Black Sea from Russia to Bulgaria ... The Pentagon does the Black Sea So what does Washington want out of this mess. (Asia Times Online)
U.S. Warns Europe of Russian Energy Threat Oct 2, 2009
"We support Nabucco. We support the Southern Corridor. It's an important part of the puzzle, but it's only one piece," Mr Morningstar told EUobserver on Wednesday (30 September) in an interview on the margins of a Black Sea energy forum organised in Bucharest by the Atlantic Council, a Washington-based think tank ... Potential energy resources in the Black Sea ... With a potential for energy resources to be exploited in the Black Sea, the U.S. considers it to be very important for all the... (BusinessWeek)
French selling navy ship to Russia? Oct 2, 2009
Vysotsky also said last month that a ship like Mistral would have allowed the Russian navy to mount a much more efficient action in the Black Sea during the Georgia-Russia war. He said the French ship would take just 40 minutes to do the job which the Russian Black Sea Fleet vessels did in 26 hours, apparently referring to amphibious landing operations. (MSNBC -- International)
Iran and the `Pipelineistan' Opera Oct 2, 2009
Russia's answer to Nabucco is the 1,200-kilometer-long, $15 billion South Stream pipeline, also scheduled to be finished in 2015; it is slated to carry Siberian natural gas under the Black Sea from Russia to Bulgaria ... The Pentagon does the Black Sea ... Enter the Black Sea, that crucial geo-strategic stage where Europe meets the Middle East, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. (CBS News)
The fish in action Oct 2, 2009
Just as 19th Century scientist Ivan Pavlov conditioned dogs to associate the sound of a bell with the prospect of food, these black sea bass associate a 280Hz tone emitted from an underwater speaker with food, and respond by gathering in a partitioned "feeding zone". Scientific aquaculture programme director Scott Lindell, who is running these experiments, believes that "acoustic ranching" could benefit fish farming. (BBC News -- Science)
Obama uses personal touch for Chicago Olympics bid Oct 2, 2009
Two years later, Vladimir Putin, then president of Russia, helped secure the 2014 Winter Games for Sochi on Russia's Black Sea coast. Obama would be the first U.S. president to make an in-person appeal to the IOC on behalf of an American bid. (ABC 7 News, DC)
Obama, in Denmark, lobbies for Chicago bid Oct 2, 2009
Two years later, Vladimir Putin, then president of Russia, helped secure the 2014 Winter Games for Sochi on Russia's Black Sea coast. Obama is poised to be the first U.S. president to make an in-person appeal to the IOC on behalf of an American bid. (ABC News)
Moscow juggling South Stream pipe dreams Oct 2, 2009
Due to stagnant gas production and aging fields in operation, however, Russia has been unable to identify any internal gas reserves to supply the proposed South Stream system, intended to carry natural gas by way of the Black Sea from Russia to Bulgaria. Unlike the Nord Stream pipeline project from Russia to Germany running along the Baltic seabed, which has at least some. (Asia Times Online)
Report: Sochi 2014 budget triples to $33 billion Oct 1, 2009
The route will snake up the rugged Caucasus mountains to connect the snow sports venues with the ice sports arenas being built on the Black Sea coast. Russia was awash in oil revenues when it won the bid in 2007, but the national economy has suffered with the plunge in oil prices over the past year and other effects of the global economic downturn. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
GOP blasts boondoggle Sep 30, 2009
" Almost all the arenas and other venues have to be built from scratch and the plan also requires complex infrastructure projects including construction of a light-rail line. The route will snake up the rugged Caucasus mountains to connect the snow sports venues with the ice sports arenas being built on the Black Sea coast. Russia was awash in oil revenues when it won the bid in 2007, but the national economy has suffered with the plunge in oil prices over the past year and other effects of the... (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- More)
CAZENEUVE:Obama's appearance could lock it up for Chicago Sep 30, 2009
Switch those votes back and the 2012 Games could be going to France instead of the U.K. When Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin still held the Presidential title, his plea to IOC members at the 2007 session in Guatemala helped underdog Sochi overcome long odds to win the right to host the 2014 Games along Russia's Black Sea coast. Since Obama is scheduled to arrive on Friday, the morning of the vote, it was likely that he would participate in the final presentation as Putin did rather than... (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- More)
U.S.: Iranian Missile Tests "Provocative" Sep 30, 2009
It can barely cross the Black Sea. Any defensive missile based in Poland would have to be launched BEFORE the Iran missile in order to intercept it. (CBS News)
Fish Go Mad For Ginger Gene Sep 30, 2009
12, 2006) David Berlinsky, an associate professor of zoology at the University of New Hampshire, is studying what triggers sex reversal in black sea bass -- and how to prevent it. The sought-after fish is a. (Science Daily)
Profile: Abkhazia Sep 30, 2009
Situated in the north-western corner of Georgia with the Black Sea to the south-west and the Caucasus mountains and Russia to the north-east, Abkhazia was once known as a prime holiday destination for the Soviet elite. Abkhazia's battle for independence from Georgia since the collapse of the USSR has reduced the economy to ruins. (BBC News -- Europe)
Russia swells Abkhaz coffers Sep 30, 2009
The gravel they are extracting from the Kodori river bed is destined for the Russian city of Sochi, further north along the Black Sea coast, for use in one of its most important building projects in the next decade, the 2014 Winter Olympics ... In the capital, Sukhumi, new restaurants, hotels and entertainment attractions line the Black Sea promenade ... Walking along Sukhumi's sub-tropical Black Sea promenade you get the sense that tourists could one day flock here - just as they did during the... (BBC News -- Europe)
Rebel Abkhazia will return - Georgia's leader Sep 26, 2009
But he painted a bleak portrait of Abkhazia, which is on the eastern coast of the Black Sea, for the 192-nation Assembly. "Abkhazia today has been emptied of more than three-fourths of its population," he said. (AlertNet)
New missile defences in Europe: Shooting down a plan Sep 26, 2009
A favoured site would be the Black Sea, but the 1936 Montreux Convention limits foreign warships presence there. The Pentagon says it wants to deploy at least some SM-3 interceptors on land bases from about 2015, which would be cheaper. (The Economist)
Crazy Like A Fox Sep 26, 2009
Not just because, with Russian oligarch Mikhail Prokhorov's impending purchase of the Nets, a league that had to secure a line of credit for its franchises in the wake of last fall's financial crisis can now count as one of its owners a man more liquid than the Black Sea. When all the world was zigging, this 6-foot-7, 44-year-old passionate pick-up ballplayer zagged, cashing out his stake in Norilsk Nickel just before the meltdown. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- NBA)
Russia plays pipeline politics Sep 25, 2009
South Stream would be a new pipeline crossing the Black Sea and the Balkans to reach Europe via Italy or Hungary. North Stream is chaired by former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder. (Asia Times Online)
Black Sea Wars Sep 24, 2009
Russia, however, has a Black Sea Fleet and a treaty of friendship with Abkhazia, and has notified Tbilisi that the Russian coast guard will assure, peacefully, the sea commerce of Abkhazia ... We have here the makings of a naval clash that Georgia, given Russian air, naval and land forces in the eastern Black Sea, will lose ... "Mikheil, if you interfere with the sea commerce of Abkhazia, and provoke Russia into a Black Sea war, you fight it yourself. The Sixth Fleet is not going to steam into... (Human Events Online)
China pushing for bigger IMF role at G-20 Sep 23, 2009
Putin, who spoke at an international investment forum in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, chided the United States for "an uncontrolled issue of dollars" and said the American currency's dominance had been "one of the triggers" of the global crisis. Putin renewed Russia's call on the U.S. administration and global community to give the green light to alternative reserve currencies. (Fresno Bee -- Business)
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Black Sea Wars - HUMAN EVENTS. Black Sea Wars by 09/22/2009 ... Russia, however, has a Black Sea Fleet and a treaty of friendship with Abkhazia, and has notified Tbilisi that the Russian coast guard will assure, peacefully, the sea commerce of Abkhazia. (Human Events Online)
Israel says still has military option on Iran... Sep 22, 2009
Reuters AlertNet - Israel says still has military option on Iran. Tue, 02:28 22 Sep 2009 GMT. (The Drudge Report)
Snow leopards have a new patron: Putin Sep 22, 2009
Critics of the games have said the construction of Olympic venues would damage the fragile ecosystems of Russia's mountainous Black Sea coastline. Click for related content. (MSNBC -- Environment)
Putin hangs out with the big cats: Snow leopards Sep 22, 2009
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, and Jean-Claude Killy, the chairman of IOC coordination commission for the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games, left, look at a West Asian leopard as they visit the National Park in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, southern Russia, on Saturday ... Critics of the games have said the construction of Olympic venues would damage the fragile ecosystems of Russia's mountainous Black Sea coastline. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Scientists confirms no summer nearly 2,000 years ago Sep 22, 2009
Tourists enjoy the warm weather on a beach in the Black Sea coast city of Varna, about 450 km (280 miles) northeast of the Bulgarian capital Sofia, June 25, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo). (Xinhuanet, China)
Medvedev: Israel Not Planning Iran Strike Sep 21, 2009
Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev, left, and his Israeli counterpart Shimon Peres walk together at Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi Aug. 18. In an interview broadcast Sunday, Medvedev said he received assurances from Israel that it has no plans to attack Iran. (CBS News)
Learning true facts about planet makes my head spin Sep 21, 2009
Later, I looked up Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts and found this online: "To the ancients, 'seven' often meant 'many,' and before the fifteenth century, the many seas of the world were: Red Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Persian Gulf, Black Sea, Adriatic Sea, Caspian Sea (and) Indian Ocean." ... That settled it for me; Woods Hole is well respected, and among its staff is Dr. Robert Ballard, who certainly knows his way around oceans (he found the Titanic in 1985) and the seas (on... (The Augusta Chronicle)
* Bussiness Quick Take Sep 20, 2009
If this doesnt happen, then we wasted our time, Gref was quoted by news agency RIA Novosti as saying at an economic forum in the Black Sea resort of Sochi. State-owned Sberbank has teamed with Canadian auto parts maker Magna to purchase a joint majority 55 percent stake in Opel, while General Motors will keep 35 percent. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Russia's Putin urges U.S. to scrap trade barriers Sep 19, 2009
"I very much hope that this right and brave decision will be followed up by the full cancellation of all restrictions on cooperation with Russia and high technology transfer to Russia as well as a boost to expand the WTO to embrace Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan," Putin said at an investment forum in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi. Putin stressed that the Cold War-era trade restrictions hurt American business as much as Russia. (Florida Today)
Missile defense: Realism, not science fiction Sep 19, 2009
It can be countered by tested, reliable radar and missile interceptors, which can be deployed initially on ships in the Black Sea. This system - recommended unanimously by the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Defense Secretary Robert Gates - is what Obama is proposing. (Boston Globe)
Obama drops a missile bombshell Sep 19, 2009
The Russian military headquarters in Abkhazia will be in the Black Sea port of Gudauta, which ensures that even if the pro-US regime in Kiev forces the closure of Sevastopol, Moscow will thwart US attempts to turn the Black Sea into a "NATO lake". Put in perspective, therefore, Moscow will carefully weigh Obama's "overture". (Asia Times Online)
Four-way streetin Kazakhstan Sep 18, 2009
The project is designed to reduce Kazakhstan's dependence on the Moscow-controlled Tengiz to Black Sea pipeline of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium. Anything could have been discussed bilaterally or trilaterally outside the formal meetings as well. (Asia Times Online)
Reports: Putin says Sochi games on target Sep 18, 2009
The Russian prime minister told RIA-Novosti that "fulfillment of this construction project is going according to plan." The comments came as Putin traveled to the Black Sea resort Thursday for the opening of a railway yard to help in construction process. He's made similar comments this year in an effort to calm worries that the games are falling behind schedule and over budget. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Hingham High teachers share their experiences of living abroad Sep 18, 2009
During her time in Romania, she traveled far and wide, exploring 800-year-old German towns, dipping her toes in the Black Sea, hitchhiking through Transylvania with a nun, and even fighting off attacks by wild dogs. Moore also spent a summer as a volunteer in Bosnia, teaching English in a Muslim town and helping restore medieval manuscripts at a Franciscan monastery in a Christian town experiences that offered Moore the opportunity to better understand Bosnian culture and to witness firsthand... (Hingham Journal, MA)
A dangerous new Afghan road opens Sep 18, 2009
The proposed central supply route circumvents both Pakistan and the Russian Federation and would consist of a time-consuming shipment of supplies from Georgia's Black Sea coast to Azerbaijan, across the Caspian Sea to the port of Turkmenbashi and south through the Karakum desert to Afghanistan's far northwest. This plan seemed feasible for all of its inherent geopolitical complications and variables (both Georgia and Azerbaijan do not control all of the their territory), but now the Taliban are... (Asia Times Online)
Russian pact stokes Caucasus tensions Sep 17, 2009
In a separate move also likely to ratchet up tensions in the Black Sea region, Russia announced that it would seize any Georgian ship it finds off Abkhazia's coast ... The Russian military headquarters in Abkhazia is to be in the Black Sea port town of Gudauta, while its headquarters in South Ossetia is to be in the region's capital, Tskhinvali. (Asia Times Online)
Turkey: Focal Point for Two Gas Pipelines Sep 16, 2009
South Stream would cross Turkish waters in the Black Sea before coming ashore in Bulgaria; Nabucco is set to traverse the Caucasus and Turkey over land. Still, such views draw criticism not only from many EU officials, who regard the pipelines as competitors and often accuse Russia of attempts to destabilize European energy security, but also from Turkey's opposition parties. (BusinessWeek)
Gazprom concern at Ukraine bill Sep 13, 2009
Mr Miller also took a tough line when it came to negotiations with Turkey over routing a planned South Stream gas pipeline under the Black Sea to Turkey, bypassing Ukraine. A suggestion from a Turkish visitor in the group that this could help turn Turkey into a major regional gas transit hub was brusquely rebuffed. (BBC News -- Europe)
Country profile: Kazakhstan Sep 13, 2009
An oil pipeline linking the Tengiz oil field in western Kazakhstan to the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiysk opened in 2001. There are plans to escalate oil exports by linking Kazakh resources to the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline which began operating in summer 2005. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
From Moscow to Beijing: A journey from past to future Sep 13, 2009
"We cannot develop 00004000 like this any longer. It's a dead end," Medvedev told political leaders at the Black Sea resort of Sochi on Aug. 10, according to Russian news wires. "And the crisis has placed us in a situation where we will have to make a decision on changing the structure of the economy. Otherwise, our economy has no future.". (Fresno Bee -- Local)
* World News Quick Take Sep 12, 2009
The criminal court in the Black Sea town of Trabzon will wait for a medical report assessing whether the 28-year-old victim has regained full use of his organ or if he is permanently disabled, an official involved in the trial said. The 39-year-old defendant faces between one and three years in prison if her former lover recovers, HaberTurk newspaper said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
The Great Beyond Sep 11, 2009
Assuming all goes well the Romanians will launch a suborbital probe from the Black Sea next month. Joking aside, there is something about the wacky sincerity of ARCA's plans that makes me really hope this works. (Nature News Service)
Ovechkin seeks players' meeting on '14 Games Sep 11, 2009
"Everybody wants to go over there. The Russians want to go for sure over there," Ovechkin said of the games in the Black Sea resort. "(Ilya) Kovalchuk, (Evgeni) Malkin, I know that.". (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- NHL)
Fraport Traffic Figures - September 2009: Passenger Figures Nearly at Last Year's Level Sep 10, 2009
On Bulgaria's Black Sea coast, Burgas Airport (BOJ) served 491,254 passengers (down 9. 3 percent) and Varna Airport (VAR) received 290,591 passengers (down 17. (PR Newswire)
