site.bta"No Changes Observed" Close to Bulgarian Coast since Sunday's Kerch Strait Oil Spill

No changes have been observed in the Black Sea close to the Bulgarian coast since Sunday, when two Russian oil tankers were caught in a storm in the Kerch Strait and an oil spill ensued, the Bulgarian Ministry of Environment and Water reported on Tuesday. The environmental damage from the spill is expected to be significant in the area of the incident, but the Bulgarian coast is unlikely to be affected, the ministry said in a press release.