by CBBSS | Apr 21, 2018 | Regional News
A poll conducted by the state-run VTsIOM pollster has found Russians’ trust in Putin has fallen below 50 percent since his election victory last month, The Moscow Times reports. Putin’s trust level fell from a high of 58.9 percent on January 21 to 48.4... read more
by CBBSS | Apr 21, 2018 | Regional News
Again aligning itself with western foreign policy, Montenegro has imposed new sanctions on Ukrainian and Russian politicians and businessmen allegedly involved in the embezzlement of state funds from Ukraine, Balkan Insight reports. Montenegro’s updated... read more
by CBBSS | Apr 19, 2018 | Regional News
Erdogan announced snap elections, moving up both the presidential and parliamentary votes from November 2019 to June 24, 2018, The Guardian reports. The winner of the presidential election will take over the new executive presidency that Erdogan pushed through in a... read more
by CBBSS | Apr 17, 2018 | Regional News
Despite U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley saying Washington would impose fresh sanctions targeting Russia’s defence sector, particularly companies linked to chemical weapons production, the Trump Administration postponed the new round of sanctions to the “near... read more
by CBBSS | Apr 17, 2018 | Regional News
Електранната медия EU Observer получи копие от годишния доклад на ЕС за напредъка по разширяването, който се очаква да бъде публикуван във вторник. В доклада Европейската комисия препоръчва на Брюксел да започне преговори за членство с Албания и Македония. Това е... read more
by CBBSS | Apr 17, 2018 | Regional News
Руският журналист Максим Бородин, който писа за смъртта на руските наемници в Сирия, почина след падането от балкона на апартамента си на петия етаж, съобщи Associated Press. Оригиналната... read more
by CBBSS | Apr 17, 2018 | Regional News
Финландия издаде разрешение, планираният от “Газпром” Северен поток 2 да премине през финландските териториални води, което бе второто и окончателно разрешение за проекта за тръбопровод, необходимо от Финландия, пише електронната медия bne Intelli News.... read more
by CBBSS | Apr 17, 2018 | Regional News
Дългогодишният лидер на Черна гора Мило Джуканович обяви победа още след първия тур на президентските избори в Черна гора, претендирайки за около 54% от гласовете и лесна победа срещу главния си, анти- НАТО настроен опонент Младен Боянич, който получи около 33%,... read more
by CBBSS | Apr 16, 2018 | Regional News
EU Observer obtained a copy of the EU’s annual enlargement progress report that is due to be released Tuesday. In the report, the European Commission recommends that Brussels begin membership talks with Albania and Macedonia. This is the first year Brussels is... read more
by CBBSS | Apr 16, 2018 | Josh Friedman, Regional News
Longtime Montenegrin leader Milo Djukanovic declared victory following the first round of Montenegro’s presidential election, claiming about 54 percent of the vote and easily defeating his main challenger, anti-NATO candidate Mladen Bojanic, who received about... read more
by CBBSS | Apr 15, 2018 | Regional News
Russian journalist Maxim Borodin, who covered the deaths of Russian mercenaries in Syria, died after falling from his fifth-floor apartment balcony, AP reports. Read original... read more
by CBBSS | Apr 15, 2018 | Regional News
Longtime Montenegrin leader Milo Djukanovic is running in Sunday’s presidential election in Montenegro, which if he wins, will grant him an eighth term as either prime minister or president of the small Balkan state. Djukanovic has already served six terms as... read more
by CBBSS | Apr 15, 2018 | Regional News
Finland issued a permit for Gazprom’s planned Nord Stream 2 to go through Finnish territorial waters, which was the second and final permit the pipeline project needed from Finland, bne Intelli News reports. Berlin has already granted Nord Stream 2 all the... read more
by CBBSS | Apr 15, 2018 | Regional News
Международната организация за забрана на химическите оръжия (OPCW) потвърди констатациите на Великобритания за химичното вещество, използвано за отравяне на бившия руски шпионин Сергей Скрипал и дъщеря му. В доклада на OPCW не се споменава новичок по име, но според... read more
by CBBSS | Apr 15, 2018 | Regional News
В късно, нощно гласуване 62-ма македонски депутати гласуваха против предложението за вот на недоверие, внесено от главната опозиционна партия ВМРО, а само 40 депутати гласуваха за него, пише Balkan Insight. Гласуването беше по първия вот на недоверие срещу... read more
by CBBSS | Apr 12, 2018 | Regional News
International chemical weapons watchdog the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) confirmed the UK’s findings about the chemical used to poison former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter. The OPCW report does not mention novichok by... read more
by CBBSS | Apr 12, 2018 | Regional News
In a late night vote, 62 Macedonian MPs voted against a no-confidence motion filed by the main opposition VMRO party, while just 40 lawmakers voted for it, Balkan Insight reports. The vote was the first no-confidence motion against PM Zoran Zaev’s Social... read more
by CBBSS | Apr 9, 2018 | Regional News
The ruble suffered its biggest one-day fall since 2016 and plunged to its lowest level since November 2017, trading at 60.24 to the dollar on Monday, as investors reacted to the U.S.’s latest sanctions against Russia, The Moscow Times reports. Stocks of major... read more
by CBBSS | Apr 9, 2018 | Regional News
Following the latest alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria, this time in eastern Ghouta, U.S. President Trump warned there will be a “big price to pay,” and he blamed Putin and Iran for backing Syria’s Assad, the Independent reports. Reports... read more
by CBBSS | Apr 8, 2018 | Regional News
Сергей Скрипал вече не е в критично състояние и той ” бързо се подобрява”, съобщи Би Би Си. Скрипал и дъщеря му Юлия са в болница, след отравянето си с нервно-паралитично вещество преди повече от месец в Солсбъри. Състоянието на Юлия Скиплал вече е... read more
