by CBBSS | Apr 30, 2021 | Regional News
Thousands of supporters of Serbian opposition parties protested in Belgrade Saturday, claiming last Sunday’s parliamentary election was rigged by PM Aleksandar Vucic’s Serbian Progressive Party, Balkan Insight reports. The far-right Dveri party fell...
by CBBSS | Apr 30, 2021 | International News and Analysis
In the aftermath of Serbia’s parliamentary elections, Russian propagandists are trying to create a self-fulling prophecy that Serbia’s far-right will derail Belgrade’s EU accession, journalist Gordana Knezvic writes in an RFE/RL column. But, Knezic...
by CBBSS | Apr 29, 2021 | Regional News
Tourism revenue in Turkey declined 16.5 percent in the first quarter of 2016 compared to the same period of 2015, Hurriyet Daily News reports. Rising security concerns and a large drop in Russian tourists are cited as the primary reasons for the fall in tourism...
by CBBSS | Apr 29, 2021 | Regional News
The French National Assembly voted 55-44 in favor of a resolution calling for Paris to reject the renewal of the EU’s Crimea-related sanctions on Russia and to begin talks about lifting all sanctions on Russia, The Moscow Times reports. Read original...
by CBBSS | Apr 29, 2021 | Regional News
The chief OSCE monitor told the UN on Thursday that there have been more ceasefire violations in Eastern Ukraine in April than in any month since August 2015, Voice of America reports. Heavy weapons have also returned to the front lines. Read original...