by CBBSS | Sep 21, 2018 | Regional News
Tourism ministers and experts from the 16 Central and Eastern European countries met with their Chinese counterparts this week in attempt to lure more tourists from China to the region, Balkan Insight reports. Both Serbia and Bosnia waived visa requirements for... read more
by CBBSS | Sep 21, 2018 | Regional News
The Telegraph cites a Bellingcat investigation in reporting the two Russians accused of poisoning Sergei Skripal and his son are linked to the failed coup attempt in Montenegro in that the cover passports they were issued came in the same batch as the passport of... read more
by CBBSS | Sep 20, 2018 | Regional News
Дни след като Ердоган успокои инвеститорите, като намали натиска си върху турската Централна банка да повиши лихвените проценти, инвеститорите отново са изплашени от призива на Ердоган да се разследват членове на главната опозиционна партия – Републиканската... read more
by CBBSS | Sep 20, 2018 | Regional News
Унгарският премиер Виктор Орбан се срещна с Путин в Москва, където обсъдиха енергийните сделки между Русия и Унгария. Орбан каза, че са постигнали споразумение за доставките на руски газ до Унгария и за 2019г., и за 2020 г., пише електронното издание bne IntelliNews.... read more
by CBBSS | Sep 20, 2018 | Regional News
Сръбският президент Александър Вучич заяви в интервю за Ройтерс, че търси гаранции, че Сърбия ще се присъедини към ЕС през 2025 г., като част от споразумение с Косово за нормализиране на връзките между Белград и Прищина. Вучич заяви, че на Белград и Прищина може да... read more
by CBBSS | Sep 20, 2018 | Regional News
Статия от Associated Press, която проследява форума от тази седмица в Букурещ – Инициативата „Три морета”, посочва, че Румъния и други страни от Източна Европа, като Унгария и Сърбия, използват умело ситуацията от конкуренцията между Запада, Русия и Китай за... read more
by CBBSS | Sep 19, 2018 | Regional News
An AP article covering the Three Seas Initiative Business Forum in Bucharest this week states Romania and other Eastern European states, like Hungary and Serbia, are using the leverage they have gained from the competition between the West, Russia and China for... read more
by CBBSS | Sep 19, 2018 | Regional News
Days after Erdogan calmed investors by standing down as the Turkish central bank hiked interest rates, he again spooked investors by calling for an investigation into members of the main opposition party who serve on the board of Turkey’s biggest lender, Isbank.... read more
by CBBSS | Sep 19, 2018 | Regional News
Hungarian PM Viktor Orban met with Putin in Moscow where they discussed energy deals between Russian and Hungary. Orban said they reached an agreement on Russian gas deliveries to Hungary for both 2019 and 2020, bne IntelliNews reports. Orban also asked Putin to... read more
by CBBSS | Sep 18, 2018 | Regional News
Russia’s Foreign Ministry says a Syrian S-200 missile system shot down a Russian Il-20 turbo-prop reconnaissance plane, killing the 15 people on board, The Moscow Times reports. However, Moscow is blaming Israel for the incident, saying the Syrian military was... read more
by CBBSS | Sep 18, 2018 | Regional News
A Russian military aircraft that had 14 people on board disappeared while flying over Syria or off Syria’s Mediterranean coast, The Guardian reports. The warplane may have sunk in the Mediterranean Sea. Washington is saying Syrian government forces may have... read more
by CBBSS | Sep 17, 2018 | Regional News
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said in an interview with Reuters he is seeking a guarantee that Serbia will join the EU in 2025 as part of a deal with Kosovo on normalizing ties between Belgrade and Pristina. Vucic also said it could take up to 10 years for... read more
by CBBSS | Sep 17, 2018 | Regional News
Two suspected cases of Russian intelligence targeting organizations based in Switzerland, including a laboratory used to test chemical weapons, have come to light in recent days, prompting the Swiss government to tell Moscow to put a halt to the espionage, Reuters... read more
by CBBSS | Sep 14, 2018 | Regional News
Германският външен министър Хайко Маас в реч пред Бундестага обърна внимание, че държавите от Западните Балкани ще се обърнат към Китай и други страни, ако не им бъде предложена европейска перспектива, пише електронната медия EU Observer. Статията отбеляза, че... read more
by CBBSS | Sep 14, 2018 | Regional News
Общо 11 фирми или сдружения, включително италианската Saipem и консорциум, който включва държавната компания SOCAR, Азербайджан, подадоха първоначални оферти по обявения през април търг за проектиране, доставка и изграждане на 182-километровия тръбопровод (ICGB),... read more
by CBBSS | Sep 14, 2018 | Regional News
Централната банка на Турция повиши лихвения си лихвен процент до 24%, което е увеличение от 625 базисни пункта спрямо предходната ставка от 17,75%, което накара лирата да скочи с повече от 5%, пише специализираното електронно издание CNBC. Лирата достигна до 6.003... read more
by CBBSS | Sep 13, 2018 | Regional News
The Central Bank of Turkey hiked its benchmark interest rate to 24 percent, an increase of 625 basis points from the previous rate of 17.75 percent, prompting the lira to jump more than 5 percent, CNBC reports. The lira touched as high as 6.003 to the dollar following... read more
by CBBSS | Sep 13, 2018 | Regional News
German FM Heiko Maas said in a speech to the Bundestag that Western Balkan states will turn to China and other countries if they are not offered a European perspective, EU Observer reports. The article notes Chinese investment in Bosnia alone topped $3 billion in 2016... read more
by CBBSS | Sep 13, 2018 | Regional News
Ердоган се назначи за председател на турския фонд за държавни богатства /инвестиционен фонд, притежаван и управляван от държавата с цел защита или стимулиране на националната икономика; финансирането идва от правителствени източници като излишък в платежния баланс,... read more
by CBBSS | Sep 13, 2018 | Regional News
A total of 11 firms or groups, including Italy’s Saipem and a consortium that includes Azeri state firm SOCAR, have submitted initial bids to build the planned gas pipeline between Bulgaria and Greece, Reuters reports. Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria (ICGB) is... read more
