by CBBSS | Jun 21, 2018 | Regional News
Macedonian MPs voted 69-0 to ratify the deal with Greece that will rename Macedonia “North Macedonia,” Balkan Insight reports. Opposition members of the 120-seat parliament boycotted the vote. Meanwhile, Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov reaffirmed he... read more
by CBBSS | Jun 18, 2018 | Regional News
With the World Cup getting underway, the Russian government announced it would raise the state pension age for men from 60 to 65 by 2028 and the retirement age for women from 55 to 63 by 2034, prompting allegations Moscow was trying to bury the story and shield Putin... read more
by CBBSS | Jun 18, 2018 | Regional News
With both countries PMs present, Macedonia and Greece’s foreign ministers signed the much-anticipated name deal Sunday that calls for renaming the northern neighbor “Republic of North Macedonia,” Balkan Insight reports. The signing ceremony took... read more
by CBBSS | Jun 14, 2018 | Regional News
Following the announcement of the Macedonia name deal, Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov is vowing to veto the agreement and Greek PM Alexis Tsipras is facing a possible no-confidence vote. Additionally, there have been street protests in Skopje, and a rally against... read more
by CBBSS | Jun 13, 2018 | Regional News
Докато ЕС, САЩ и ООН аплодират решението за името на Македония, опозицията както в Македония, така и в Гърция се противопоставя на споразумението, което премиерите Зоран Заев и Алексис Ципрас постигнаха, но сега трябва да представят в парламентите си, предаде Radio... read more
by CBBSS | Jun 13, 2018 | Regional News
След повече от 25 години застой, Скопие и Атина постигнаха споразумение в спора за името на Македония, като се рдоговориха името да е “Република Северна Македония”, съобщи електронната медия “Balkan Insight”. Сделката, която все още не е... read more
by CBBSS | Jun 13, 2018 | Regional News
While the EU, U.S. and UN are applauding the Macedonian name deal, the opposition in both Macedonia and Greece are opposing the agreement that PMs Zoran Zaev and Alexis Tsipras must now take to their parliaments, RFE/RL reports. In Macedonia, President Gjorge Ivanov... read more
by CBBSS | Jun 12, 2018 | Regional News
After more than 25 years of deadlock, Skopje and Athens have struck a deal on the Macedonian name dispute, agreeing on the composite name Republic of North Macedonia, Balkan Insight reports. The deal, which has yet to be ratified, would allow Skopje to enter NATO and... read more
by CBBSS | Jun 11, 2018 | Regional News
The United Kingdom announced it would deploy about 40 military personnel to help ensure free and fair elections in Bosnia in October. Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik responded by accusing the UK of meddling in Republika Srpska’s internal affairs and said the... read more
by CBBSS | Jun 9, 2018 | Regional News
After years of debate, Bulgaria’s parliament approved a plan to spend about $2 billion to purchase 150 combat vehicles and 16 new or used fighter jets to replace Sofia’s aging Soviet-designed MiG-29s, RFE/RL reports. Sofia has said it will call for bids... read more
by CBBSS | Jun 9, 2018 | Regional News
Following the Swedish government’s decision to grant a permit allowing Russia’s Nord Stream 2 to pass through its territorial waters, Denmark is the last country remaining that has yet to complete the national permit procedure for the Russian gas pipeline... read more
by CBBSS | Jun 9, 2018 | Regional News
Sweden’s government granted Russia permits to lay Nord Stream 2 pipelines through its Baltic Sea waters, saying it could not turn down the 9.5 billion euro project, which is fully owned by Gazprom, EU Observer reports. Both Finland and Germany have already given... read more
by CBBSS | Jun 7, 2018 | Regional News
Despite warnings from economists that the nuclear plant is expensive and unnecessary, Bulgaria’s parliament voted to restart the Belene power plant project, bne IntelliNews reports. 172 of Bulgaria’s 240 MPs voted in favor of restarting the previously... read more
by CBBSS | May 31, 2018 | Regional News
Macedonian PM Zoran Zaev said Skopje is very close to striking a final deal with Athens over the name dispute, and he pledged that Macedonia will hold a referendum on the issue in September or October, Balkan Insight reports. Zaev also said the name dispute solution... read more
by CBBSS | May 30, 2018 | Regional News
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) shocked the world Wednesday, trotting out dissident Russian journalist and Kremlin critic Arkady Babchenko to a press conference a day after Ukrainian authorities announced he had been killed by a gunman outside of his Kiev apartment.... read more
by CBBSS | May 29, 2018 | Regional News
A week following Bulgarian President Rumen Radev’s meeting with Putin, Bulgarian PM Boyko Borissov will visit Russia Wednesday to likewise meet with Putin, Balkan Insight reports. With Sofia announcing plans to unfreeze the Belene Nuclear Power Plant project and... read more
by CBBSS | May 28, 2018 | Regional News
Mustafa Dzhemilev, the long-time leader of the Crimean Tatars and Ukraine’s envoy for Crimean Tatar affairs, said Moscow has relocated an estimated 850,000 to 1 million Russians to Crimea since annexing the peninsula, RFE/RL reports. Dzhemilev said Russia is... read more
by CBBSS | May 27, 2018 | Regional News
Erdogan pleaded with Turkish citizens to trade in euros and dollars for liras to prop up the plunging Turkish currency, Hurriyet Daily News reports. The lira fell to 4.92 to the dollar on Wednesday before an emergency rate hike by Turkey’s central bank helped... read more
by CBBSS | May 27, 2018 | Regional News
Ankara and Moscow have settled a dispute over gas supplies, and in turn, Russia’s Gazprom says work can now begin on the land-based part of the Turkish Stream pipeline project, Voice of America reports. Gazprom says it has ended its arbitration dispute with... read more
by CBBSS | May 27, 2018 | Regional News
An apparent Islamic State raid in the eastern Syrian province of Deir al-Zour left four Russian military personnel dead and others injuries, according to Russia’s defense ministry. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said nine Russians were... read more
