Research Articles Issue 1 · 2011 · pp. 23–32 · Issue page

THE BLACK SEA SYNERGY INITIATIVE – A DEVELOPING BACKGROUND FOR REGIONAL COOPERATION

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1 PhD at Babes Bolyai University in Cluj Napoca, at the Faculty of History and Philosophy, at the department of International Affairs and European Studies.
Accepted 24 March 2026
Available Online 15 March 2011
We could say that for Romania, everything started on the 1st January 2007, when two riparian states of the Black Sea, Bulgaria and Romania, joined the European Union. More than ever, the prosperity, stability and the security of our neighbours around the Black Sea, represent an interest for the European Union. The Black Sea region is an expanding market with high growth potential, and an important hub for energy and transport flows. Even so, it is still a region with unsolved frozen conflicts, with many environmental problems and insufficient border controls, thus the illegal migration and organized crime are encouraged.
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