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Proximity of Russian attacks on Ukraine’s Danube ports stirs fear in NATO member Romania

The discovery of drone debris on Romanian territory this week has left some local residents fearing that the war in neighboring Ukraine could spread into their country, as Russian forces bombard Ukrainian ports just across the Danube River from NATO-member Romania

The Independent UK

Russia launches fourth drone attack in five days on Ukrainian food exports

Bombings around Izmail, main port along Danube river, lasted three hours and injured two truck drivers, Odesa governor says

The Guardian - UK

NATO member Romania says it has found drone pieces from Russian attacks in Ukraine on its territory

Romania’s defense minister says that pieces, apparently of a drone from Russia’s recent attacks on Ukraine’s port on the Danube River, have been found on the territory of his country

The Independent UK

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Nato pledges ‘strong solidarity’ with Romania over likely Russian drone debris

Romanian president deplores potential ‘serious violation of sovereignty and territorial integrity of Romania, a Nato ally’

The Guardian - UK

Budapest world athletics championships: Five things we learned on Day 1

Modesty becomes a triple world record holder to the point of saintliness but the acoustics inject an air of the diabolical into the sparkling new stadium on the banks of the Danube where the cameras add a touch of evil.

Radio France Internationale

Budapest mall goes for gold with historic tales of athletic greats

“Witness the wonder” boasts the slogan for the nine-day extravaganza of striving and success at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest. That encouragement could easily be applied to the dazzling array of memorabilia and historical detail at the Museum of World Athletics, tucked away on the third floor of…

Radio France Internationale

Budapest welcomes world of athletics to savour revamp on banks of Danube

Just over six years ago, a popular movement stymied plans for Budapest to enter a bid to stage the 2024 Olympic Games. Out of that surge against Viktor Orban's government came the Momentum political party.

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Rail route of the month: the drama of an Alpine epic from Zurich to Graz

This exhilarating, nine-hour journey trundles through the Swiss and Austrian Alps and soars to more than 1,000 metres above sea level as it crosses the Rhine-Danube watershed

The Guardian - UK

Russian drone attack damages Ukraine Danube river port

Russian drones attacked a Ukrainian Danube river port and damaged grain silos and warehouses.

Al Jazeera

Turning food into a weapon: how Russia resorted to one of the oldest forms of warfare

With Russia blockading Ukraine’s eastern ports, an alternative route to the west is possible but faces serious problems

The Guardian - US

Ancient Roman boat from empire's frontier unearthed in Serbian coal mine

Coal miners found the remains of a Roman boat that likely supplied an ancient frontier city and military headquarters.

LiveScience

France condemns Russian attacks on Ukraine's grain infrastructure

Russian drones on Wednesday damaged infrastructure at a Ukrainian port on the Danube, targeting facilities vital for grain shipments from Ukraine following the collapse of a key export arrangement.

Radio France Internationale

Russia attacks grain port across River Danube from Romania amid Black Sea blockade

Erdogan says Putin agrees to visit Turkey as talks continue to restart grain deal

The Independent UK

‘Trying to make the world starve’: Russian drones destroy grain warehouses at Ukraine ports

Moscow accused of food terrorism after attacks at Danube River export hubs Reni and Izmail

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The Independent UK

8 best river cruises in Europe, from the Douro to the Danube

Get to know the continent’s waterways, as well as the towns and cities on their banks, with these relaxing cruise holidays

The Independent UK

Eight of Europe’s best road trips to try in your lifetime

Scenic routes for seeing the Continent by car

Reuters

Ukraine wants to make Danube canal deeper to expand grain export routes - Kyiv

Ukraine wants to begin work to make its Danube shipping canal deeper as early as this year to expand its alternative routes to export grain, Deputy Minister of Renovation and Infrastructure Yuriy Vaskov said on Tuesday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Don’t Shut Door on Foreigners, Migrants, Pope Francis Says in Hungary

Pope Francis on Sunday presided over a big outdoor Mass where he urged Hungarians not to close the door on migrants and those who are "foreign or unlike us," in contrast to the anti-immigrant policies of nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban. More than 50,000 people gathered in and around the…

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The Independent UK

Pope on the banks of the Danube in final Mass in Hungary

Tens of thousands of Hungarians have filled Budapest’s main square for Pope Francis’ final Mass in Hungary

Reuters

Ukraine says Danube ports 'critical' to agricultural exports

Danube River ports are critical to Ukrainian exports of agricultural products as a wartime deal guaranteeing safe grain shipments via the Black Sea hangs in the balance, a senior Ukrainian official said on Friday.

The Conversation

Hundreds of rivers and lakes cross international borders – countries need to commit to sharing the water

The Danube River starts in Germany and eventually flows into the Black Sea some 2,850 kilometres and ten countries later. If Germany were to dam or pollute the river, it could potentially affect nine other countries – and four of their capitals.

Daily Mirror

Inside a TUI Skyla river cruise holiday along the Danube - from the ports to the ship

A cruise up the River Danube from Budapest to Bavaria on adults-only TUI Skyla takes in spectacular scenery, monks' wine, mighty locks, a ‘UFO Bridge’ and a cathedral organ with 17,774 pipes.

The Guardian - UK

Rail route of the month: in the footsteps of railway pioneers through Austria

Our slow travel expert reflects on a milestone in early railway history as she takes the Railjet from Salzburg to Vienna

Reuters

Exclusive-Ukraine deepens Bystre Canal on Danube, aims to boost exports - deputy minister

Ukraine has not violated any agreements by deepening the Bystre Canal on the Danube to increase food exports from its river ports, and is ready to show Romania the work it has carried out, a senior Ukrainian official said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Christmas gifts come by boat to isolated Romanian Danube Delta villages

For the elderly living in remote villages in the Danube Delta, one of the world's largest wetlands, winter is a time of isolation. This year, they are also struggling to cope with a shortage of firewood and rising food prices.

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