by CBBSS | Oct 22, 2018 | Regional News
The International Monetary Fund announced it reached a preliminary agreement on on a new $3.9 billion aid package for Ukraine, the Financial Times reports. Ukraine’s current $17.5 billion IMF aid package expires next March and has been frozen since 2017. To get... read more
by CBBSS | Oct 22, 2018 | Regional News
John Bolton, the national security advisor to U.S. President Trump, is set to begin talks in Moscow following Trump’s announcement he would pull Washington out of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty, RFE/RL reports. The INF treaty, signed by... read more
by CBBSS | Oct 20, 2018 | Regional News
Following two weeks of denials, Riyadh has now admitted that missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. However, Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor is claiming Khashoggi was killed in a “fight” that broke out... read more
by CBBSS | Oct 20, 2018 | Regional News
In a late Friday night vote, exactly 80 MPs in Macedonia’s 120-seat parliament voted to start the procedure of amending the constitution so that the country can change its name to North Macedonia to settle its dispute with Greece, Balkan Insight reports. Eight... read more
by CBBSS | Oct 19, 2018 | Regional News
Balkan Insight разказва за посещение на Ердоган в Молдова, където се срещна с проруския молдовски президент Игор Додон. Двудневното посещение на турският президент Реджеп Тайип Ердоган предизвика протести, водени от активисти на гражданското общество и... read more
by CBBSS | Oct 18, 2018 | Regional News
Balkan Insight covers a visit by Erdogan to Moldova, where he met with pro-Russian Moldovan President Igor Dodon. Erdogan’s visit drew protests and allegations that Chisinau arrested and expelled to Turkey seven professors accused of having ties to Fethullah... read more
by CBBSS | Oct 18, 2018 | Regional News
Електронното издание на The Moscow Times пише, че до четвъртък следобед 21 души са загинали, а още десет души са били ранени при нападението в сряда на колежа за професионално обучение в Кримския град Керч. Националната гвардия на Русия твърди, че взривното... read more
by CBBSS | Oct 18, 2018 | Regional News
The Moscow Times reports that, as of Thursday afternoon, 21 people have died and dozens more were injured in the attack on a vocational training college in the Crimean city of Kerch on Wednesday. Russia’s National Guard says an explosive device was detonated... read more
by CBBSS | Oct 18, 2018 | Regional News
Ердоган обяви своето решение Партията на справедливостта и развитието / AKP да внесе в парламента законопроект за прехвърляне в турската хазна на акциите на най-големия турски кредитор, Исбанк, който се контролира от основната опозиционна Републиканската народна... read more
by CBBSS | Oct 17, 2018 | Regional News
Erdogan announced his ruling AKP will introduce a bill in parliament to transfer to the Turkish treasury the shares in Turkey’s largest listed lender, Isbank, that are controlled by the main opposition CHP, bne IntelliNews reports. The CHP holds a 28 percent stake in... read more
by CBBSS | Oct 17, 2018 | Regional News
Руската православна църква съобщи, че прекратява отношенията си с Вселенска патриаршия в Инстанбул, в знак на протест срещу неотдавнашното решение за предоставяне независимост на двете украински църкви, обявени от РПЦ за неканонични църкви, пише Radio Free... read more
by CBBSS | Oct 17, 2018 | Regional News
Макар че президентът на Фрация е изправен пред значителна вътрешна опозиция по въпроса, президентът на Косово Хашим Тачи заяви, че френският президент Емануел Макрон подкрепя предложеното споразумение със Сърбия за промяна на границата, съобщи Balkan Insight. Тачи... read more
by CBBSS | Oct 17, 2018 | Regional News
The Moscow Times cites Russian news agencies in reporting a gas explosion at a technical college in the Crimean port city of Kerch killed at least 10 people and injured dozens on Wednesday. Kerch is the place where the new bridge opened by Putin links Crime to Russia.... read more
by CBBSS | Oct 16, 2018 | Regional News
The Putin-backed Night Wolves bikers, who have ties not only to the Kremlin but to the Russian Orthodox Church, escorted the head of the Serbian Orthodox Church through Montenegro on Monday, Balkan Insight reports. Montenegrin police detained four members of the Night... read more
by CBBSS | Oct 16, 2018 | Regional News
The Russian Orthodox Church announced it is ending its relationship with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in protest of the recent decision to grant independence to the Ukrainian church, RFE/RL reports. The Russian church announced the move following a a... read more
by CBBSS | Oct 16, 2018 | Josh Friedman, Regional News
Джош Фридман прави репортаж от Скопие, Македония, където националистите протестират извън парламента, а вътре законодателите обсъждат предложението за приемане на промени в Конституцията, за да се смени името на страната на Северна Македония, да се отговори на... read more
by CBBSS | Oct 15, 2018 | Josh Friedman, Regional News
Josh Friedman reports from Skopje, Macedonia, where nationalists are protesting outside the parliament, and inside, lawmakers are debating the proposal to adopt a constitutional amendment to change the name of the country to North Macedonia to satisfy Greece and gain... read more
by CBBSS | Oct 14, 2018 | Josh Friedman, Regional News
Even though he is faced with significant domestic opposition on the matter, Kosovo President Hashim Thaci said French President Emmanuel Macron supports the proposed land swap with Serbia, Balkan Insight reports. Thaci went so far when speaking with the public... read more
by CBBSS | Oct 14, 2018 | Regional News
След две години задържане по обвинения в шпионаж и тероризъм, американският пастор Андрю Брънсън излетя от Турция късно в петък, пише “Вашингтон пост”. Брънсън , който ръководи малко евангелистко паство/конгрегация в Измир, е въвлечен в турското... read more
by CBBSS | Oct 13, 2018 | Regional News
Following two years of detention on espionage and terrorism-related charges, American pastor Andrew Brunson flew out of Turkey late Friday, the Washington Post reports. Brunson, who led a small evangelical congregation in Izmir, was swept up in Turkey’s... read more
