by CBBSS | Sep 24, 2017 | Regional News
The Independent is providing live updates on the German elections results. Exit polls show Angela Merkel will easily return as chancellor, with her party receiving around one third of the vote. But the far-right Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD) is projected to finish... read more
by CBBSS | Sep 23, 2017 | Regional News
After missing its target to cut green gas emissions by 40% in 2020 compared to 1990, Germany announced that it will also miss the goal set by Brussels to source 18% of its energy from renewables. It’s easy to see why. Previous progress was only possible because... read more
by CBBSS | Sep 23, 2017 | Regional News
След като не постигна обещаното намаление на въглероден двуокис емиссиии от 40% спрямо 1990 г. в 2020, Германия обяви, че няма да успее да постигне и поставената от Брюксел задача да получи 18% от енергията си от възобновяеми източници. Лесно е да се види защо.... read more
by CBBSS | Sep 23, 2017 | Regional News
Four months after Erdogan’s bodyguards beat up protesters in Washington, violence broke out at a New York hotel where Erdogan was delivering a speech. In the middle of the speech, a man screamed, “You’re a terrorist. Get out of my country!” A fight then broke... read more
by CBBSS | Sep 22, 2017 | Regional News
България обмисля да се откаже от плановете за закупуване на изтребители от Швеция от “Сааб Грипен”, вместо американските F-16, нещо, за което спорят българският премиер Бойко Борисов и президентът Румен Радев. Междувременно София обмисля да поиска от... read more
by CBBSS | Sep 22, 2017 | Regional News
Bulgaria is considering scrapping plans to buy Saab Gripen fighters from Sweden and buying F-16s instead, something over which Bulgarian PM Boyko Borisov and President Rumen Radev are arguing. Meanwhile, Sofia is considering asking Russian aircraft company MiG to... read more
by CBBSS | Sep 21, 2017 | Regional News
A Russian military helicopter misfired during the Zapad 2017 exercise, reportedly injuring three bystanders. The Moscow Times cites a report in the Russian newspaper Kommersant stating a Ka-52 helicopter’s weapon control system malfunctioned, and its unguided rocket... read more
by CBBSS | Sep 21, 2017 | Regional News
В своето изказване пред Генералната асанблея на ООН президентът Порошенко отхвърли предложението на Путин в Източна Украйна да се разположат мироопазващи войски на ООН, заявявайки, че реалната цел на Русия е да легализира своите позиции и пълномощници и да замрази... read more
by CBBSS | Sep 21, 2017 | Regional News
Speaking at the UN General Assembly, Ukrainian President Poroshenko rejected Putin’s push to place UN peacekeeping troops in Eastern Ukraine, saying Russia’s real ambition is to legalize its proxies and freeze the conflict forever, Reuters reports.... read more
by CBBSS | Sep 20, 2017 | Regional News
Агенция Bne IntelliNews цитира публикация на “Интерфакс”, Русия, в която се казва, че финансовият министър Антон Силуанов в свое изявление казва, че новият тригодишен руски бюджет за 2018-2020 г. планира приходи от приватизация, които са по-малко от 10... read more
by CBBSS | Sep 20, 2017 | Regional News
Украинският президент Петро Порошенко заяви в социалните медии, че Закона за националната отбрана ( NDAA ) и сметките за военни бюджетни кредити /федералното законодателство на САЩ/, приет в Сената в понеделник, одобрява доставката на „смъртоносни оръжия“ за Киев,... read more
by CBBSS | Sep 20, 2017 | Regional News
Speaking at the UN General Assembly, Erdogan again called for the Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) to cancel its independence referendum that is due to take place on Sept. 25. Later in the day, Erdogan warned of sanctions against the KRG, which exports oil... read more
by CBBSS | Sep 20, 2017 | Regional News
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko stated on social media that the U.S. National Defense Authorization Act, which passed the Senate on Monday, approves the supply of lethal weapons to Kiev, as well as a total of $500 million in support for Ukraine’s defense... read more
by CBBSS | Sep 20, 2017 | Regional News
Bne IntelliNews cites the Russian publication Interfax in reporting that Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said Russia’s new three-year 2018-2020 federal budget has less than 10 billion rubles ($172 million) of privatization revenue. Though the Kremlin announced a... read more
by CBBSS | Sep 19, 2017 | Regional News
Украйна издаде първия държавен облигационен заем след руското нахлуване в Крим през 2014 г. и Киев събра $3 млрд., съобщи Financial Times. Международното облигационно споразумение е оценено със 7,375 процента лихва за период от 15 години. Очаква се това да облекчи... read more
by CBBSS | Sep 19, 2017 | Regional News
Руският главен прокурор Юрий Чайка, известен с лоялоста си към Кремъл, тази седмица ще посети София, където ще подпише споразумение със софийския си колега Сотир Цацаров за съвместно руско-българско обучение на прокурори, съобщи Balkan Insight. Посещението на Чайка... read more
by CBBSS | Sep 19, 2017 | Regional News
В понеделник Путин наблюдава с бинокъл, как руските и беларуските войски отблъснаха въображаем враг и предприеха танкова контра-офанзива, като част от големите военни игри на военното учение „Запад 2017“, съобщи Ройтерс. Военното учение се провежда в Западна Русия,... read more
by CBBSS | Sep 19, 2017 | Regional News
Ukraine issued its first sovereign bond since the Russian invasion of Crimea in 2014, and Kiev raised $3 billion, the Financial Times reports. The international bond deal was priced at 7.375 percent interest over 15 years. It is expected to ease Ukraine’s debt... read more
by CBBSS | Sep 19, 2017 | Regional News
Russian Prosecutor General Yury Chayka, a Kremlin loyalist, is visiting Sofia this week, where he will sign an agreement with his Bulgarian counterpart, Sotir Tsatsarov, on joint Russian-Bulgarian training of prosecutors, Balkan Insight reports. Chayka’s visit... read more
by CBBSS | Sep 19, 2017 | Regional News
Putin watched with binoculars on Monday as Russian and Belarusian troops repelled an imaginary enemy and launched a tank-led counter offensive as part of the massive Zapad 2017 war games, Reuters reports. The military exercise, which spans Sept. 14-20, is taking place... read more
