by CBBSS | Jun 30, 2021 | Regional News
Ahead of the scheduled July 16 Trump-Putin summit in Helsinki, the U.S. president told reporters, “We’re going to have to see,” when asked if Washington would recognize Moscow’s annexation of Crimea, Bloomberg reports. Crimea will be one of many items on the...
by CBBSS | Jun 30, 2021 | Regional News
Alongside Macedonian PM Zoran Zaev in Brussels, NATO head Jens Stoltenberg said Macedonia will be invited to join the alliance at its summit in July and should complete the ratification process one to two years later, EU Observer reports. However, Macedonia’s...
by CBBSS | Jun 27, 2021 | Regional News
Despite Skopje finally striking a name deal with Athens and the EU supposedly making a renewed commitment to the Western Balkans, EU governments decided to delay the start of membership talks with Macedonia and Albania until next year, pending more reforms from the...
by CBBSS | Jun 27, 2021 | Regional News
Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov is refusing to sign the name deal between Athens and Skopje that will rename Macedonia “North Macedonia.” Ivanov’s refusal to sign the agreement is forcing the Macedonian parliament to vote for it again, which at...
by CBBSS | Jun 25, 2021 | Josh Friedman, Regional News
Erdogan won the Turkish presidential election outright in the first round of voting with about 52.6 % of the vote. Meanwhile, Erdogan’s ruling AKP received 42.5 % of the vote in the simultaneous parliamentary election, but retained control of the Turkish...