by CBBSS | Feb 28, 2021 | Regional News
Romania’s new ethnic German president, Klaus Iohannis, made his first official visit to Germany and met with Merkel to discuss the possibility of Romania joining the EU’s visa-free Schengen Zone. Merkel said it would take a step-by-step process for the EU...
by CBBSS | Feb 28, 2021 | Regional News
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitvo said Friday that Sofia will support new EU sanctions on Russia if it is determined that Russian-backed separatists violated the latest ceasefire in Ukraine. Bulgaria has thus far gone along with western sanctions on Russia, even...
by CBBSS | Feb 28, 2021 | Regional News
U.S. State Department officials met with leaders of Turkey’s ruling AKP on Friday in preparation for the release of the State Department’s annual report on international human rights. State Department official Thomas Melia said human rights are...
by CBBSS | Feb 28, 2021 | Regional News
Georgian Foreign Minister Tamar Beruchashvili met with EU and NATO officials in Brussels this week and said that Russia is moving ahead with the “creeping annexation” of Georgia’s two breakaway regions, Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Beruchashvili said...
by CBBSS | Feb 28, 2021 | Regional News
Russia is breaking World Trade Organization rules by imposing excessive tariffs on paper products, refrigerators and palm oil, according to a complaint submitted to the WTO by the EU. The WTO has the power to demand legal changes and order compensation payments if it...