by CBBSS | Jun 30, 2021 | Regional News
Greece’s leftist government is threatening to go to the European Court of Justice to stop the EU from kicking Athens out of the eurozone, The Telegraph reports. European leaders are warning that a vote against austerity measures during the Greek referendum on...
by CBBSS | Jun 30, 2021 | Regional News
The Armenian government decided Saturday to use state funds to temporarily cover the planned electricity rate hike, but thousands of Armenians have continued protesting, Reuters reports. Protesters are demanding that the government reverse the 16 percent rate hike....
by CBBSS | Jun 30, 2021 | Regional News
Newsweek cites the Ukrainian military in reporting that Russian-backed rebels are firing on Ukrainian positions 80 times a day. Tensions have risen in Eastern Ukraine since May when the Russian-backed separatists launched an assault on the town of Marinka, which was...
by CBBSS | Jun 30, 2021 | Regional News
The central banks of Serbia and Macedonia have imposed restrictions on conducting business with Greek banks, RFE/RL reports. Serbia is limiting the transactions that banks which are subsidiaries of Greek lenders can conduct with their owners. Macedonia has ordered all...
by CBBSS | Jun 30, 2021 | International News and Analysis
A BBC piece suggests the threat posed by the Islamic State to Russia’s North Caucasus is growing. IS has proclaimed the establishment of a wilayaat, or province, in the North Caucasus, and an anonymous audio message recently pledged allegiance to IS on behalf of...