by CBBSS | Jan 31, 2021 | International News and Analysis
An RFE/RL feature explains, with concerns growing that western support is waning, Ukrainian troops have gone on a “creeping offensive,” capturing territory in Eastern Ukraine that had been part of the gray zone. That has triggered a violent response from...
by CBBSS | Jan 30, 2021 | International News and Analysis
In an interview with Hurriyet Daily News, Turkish academic Ali Carkoglu states recent studies show voter understanding of Erdogan’s planned presidential system is very low, but support for the change in system of governance is rising. Carkoglu argues AKP voters,...
by CBBSS | Jan 30, 2021 | Regional News
Four soldiers and one separatist fighter died Sunday in the bloodiest clash in weeks in Eastern Ukraine, AFP reports. The Ukrainian army is fighting Russian-backed separatists for control of the key industrial town of Avdiivka. The town is currently under Kiev’s...
by CBBSS | Jan 30, 2021 | Regional News
Tens of thousands of Romanians took to the streets in Bucharest and other cities Sunday to protest the government’s plan to issue emergency decrees pardoning convicts and decriminalizing certain types of corruption, Reuters reports. Read original...
by CBBSS | Jan 30, 2021 | Regional News
Former Macedonian PM Nikola Gruevski missed his deadline to form a government, failing to sway an ethnic Albanian party to form a coalition with his VMRO, Balkan Insight reports. Gruevski must return his mandate to Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov on Monday. It is...
