by CBBSS | Mar 15, 2021 | Regional News
EU states Cyprus and Spain are objecting to Brussels’ planned migrant swap deal with Turkey, EU Observer reports. Cyprus objects due its ongoing conflict with Ankara, and Spain is opposing the deal on humanitarian grounds. Ankara may have to reach a separate... read more
by CBBSS | Mar 15, 2021 | Regional News
Reuters reports fighting between Turkish security forces and Kurdish militants has spread into new areas of southeastern Turkey following Sunday’s suicide bombing that killed 37 people in Ankara. No one has claimed responsibility for the bombing. Turkish... read more
by CBBSS | Mar 15, 2021 | Regional News
Putin made a surprise withdrawal announcement on Monday, and Russian forces started leaving Syria on Tuesday, the BBC reports. Russia is still continuing air strikes in Syria, though, and Moscow is keeping at least several hundred military personnel and air defense... read more
by CBBSS | Mar 14, 2021 | Regional News
Hundreds of migrants marched out of a camp on the Greek-Macedonian border and took a new route into Macedonia, where they were detained by Macedonian soldiers, Reuters reports. Skopje says it will send the migrants back to Greece. At least 12,000 people are currently... read more
by CBBSS | Mar 14, 2021 | Regional News
Balkan Insight reports a growing number of primary and secondary schools in Sarajevo are offering Turkish and Arabic classes, which shows the increasing clout of Turkey and the Arab world among Bosnia’s Muslims. Read original... read more
by CBBSS | Mar 14, 2021 | Regional News
CBS News reports the Turkish government is blaming Kurdish rebels for Sunday’s car bombing in Ankara that killed 37 people. In response, the Turkish military is bombing PKK positions in northern Iraq, and Turkish police are rounding up suspected PKK members... read more
by CBBSS | Mar 14, 2021 | Regional News
Two days before Sunday’s deadly car bombing in central Ankara, the U.S. Embassy in Turkey issued a warning to American citizens to stay away from central Ankara due to the threat of a terrorist attack. The U.S. Embassy says it received the intelligence from the... read more
by CBBSS | Mar 14, 2021 | Regional News
Turkey’s health minister announced Monday that at least 37 people were killed and 125 were hospitalized by the car bombing in Ankara on Sunday, Hurriyet Daily News reports. Read original... read more
by CBBSS | Mar 13, 2021 | Regional News
Another bomb went off in central Ankara. A car bomb killed at least 27 people and injured 75 Sunday evening, Hurriyet Daily News reports. The deadly incident was the third major bombing in the Turkish capital since October 10. Read original... read more
by CBBSS | Mar 13, 2021 | Regional News
Iran has said it will not join the Russian-Saudi agreement to freeze oil production in attempt to boost oil prices, RFE/RL reports. Tehran said it will only consider an output freeze after Iran increases its production to 4 million barrels a day. Iran’s oil... read more
by CBBSS | Mar 13, 2021 | Regional News
Masked assailants threw a petrol bomb at Kosov’s presidency early Saturday morning, Reuters reports. Kosovo opposition activists and MPs have been staging violent demonstrations for months, mostly in protest of an EU-brokered deal between Kosovo and Serbia.... read more
by CBBSS | Mar 12, 2021 | Regional News
Politico reports Bulgarian PM Boyko Borisov has sent a letter to EU Council President Donald Tusk expressing concern the EU’s migrant deal with Turkey will cause new migrant routes to open, including ones through Bulgaria. Borisov said the EU’s deal with... read more
by CBBSS | Mar 12, 2021 | Regional News
The Kyiv Post reports there is a fight under way to replace Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenuy, even though he recently survived a no-confidence vote. Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko and Verkhovna Rada Speaker Volodymyr Groysman have been named as two leading... read more
by CBBSS | Mar 11, 2021 | Regional News
An autopsy has found Putin’s former press minister, Mikhail Lesin, died of blunt force injuries to his head, The Guardian reports. Lesin was found dead at a Washington hotel in November. After his death, Russia’s RT television channel claimed he died of a heart attack... read more
by CBBSS | Mar 11, 2021 | Regional News
Following a meeting with Putin, Serbia’s pro-Russian president, Tomislav Nikolic, said Putin will continue supporting Serbia’s claim to Kosovo, RFE/RL reports. Belgrade relies on support from Moscow to prevent Kosovo from joining the UN. However, Belgrade also needs... read more
by CBBSS | Mar 10, 2021 | Regional News
Bulgaria’s Defense Ministry released a statement saying Bulgaria is ready to build a fence along its border with Greece to keep out migrants, Bulgarian news agency Novinite reports. Sofia has not yet committed to erecting the fence. Read original... read more
by CBBSS | Mar 10, 2021 | Regional News
Two western journalists and two Russian human rights activists were brutally attacked were brutally attacked as they were trying to enter Chechnya from neighboring Russian region Ingushetia, RFE/RL reports. A group of about 20 men believed to have come from Chechnya... read more
by CBBSS | Mar 10, 2021 | Regional News
Following the EU’s migrant deal with Turkey, Slovenia effectively closed its borders to migrants. Croatia, Serbia and Macedonia the followed suit, Balkan Insight reports. Migrants are still pouring into Greece, though, and there are reports of an increasing... read more
by CBBSS | Mar 9, 2021 | Regional News
Newsweek reports 58 members of the European Parliament have signed a letter requesting the EU to impose sanctions on Putin and 28 Russian security and judiciary officials in response to the “fabricated” charges against Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko. A... read more
by CBBSS | Mar 9, 2021 | Regional News
The Moscow Times reports Russia is delaying and possibly reconsidering its agreement to ship S-300 missiles to Iran. Moscow’s deal with Tehran called for Russia to begin shipping the anti-aircraft missiles as early as February and for Iran to pay about $1... read more
