On 17 November 2023, the students enrolled in the Master program on International Water Governance and Water Diplomacy at the National University of Public Service (Budapest) paid a visit to the Secretariat of the Danube Commission.
Read MoreOn 19 and 20 October 2023, EFIP members gathered in Belgrade for their annual Executive Committee meeting.
Read MoreOn 6 October 2023, the Directorate for Inland Waterways of the Republic of Serbia (Plovput) celebrated 60 years of successful
Read MoreOn 4 October 2023, a delegation of the Government of the Republic of Moldova, including Mr Dumitru Alaiba, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for economic development and digitalization and Mr. Iurie Scripnic, Deputy Minister for Agriculture paid a visit to the Secretariat of the Danube Commission.
Read MoreOn 28 September 2023, the 15th edition of the Port Constanța Day in Novi Sad took place at the Sheraton Hotel in Novi Sad, an event organized by Constanta Port Administration,
Read MoreThe Secretariat of the Danube Commission is deeply saddened to learn that Mr Ciprian Popa, a Romanian national and former Councillor for Legal Affairs in the Secretariat of the Danube Commission has passed away. In the light of these sad circumstances, the Secretariat would like to express its deepest condolences to his family and to his colleagues at the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During his tenure at the Secretariat, Mr Popa placed issues relating to the Danube navigation and functioning of the Commission at the heart of his concerns. The Secretariat will keep him in honourable memory.
Read MoreAccording to the official information of Ukraine, on the night of July 24, Russia attacked the port infrastructure in one of the Danube ports of Odesa region with “Shahed-136” type UAVs causing a fire, destroying a hangar with grain and tanks for storing other types of cargo.
Russia’s attack on the Danube ports poses a security threat to the freedom of navigation on the Danube, and in the current circumstances can be assessed as a consistent effort to disrupt global food security. These actions are unacceptable.