by CBBSS | Apr 30, 2021 | Regional News
A Turkish court has acquitted 26 defendants who were prosecuted for their involvement in the 2013 Gezi Park protests in Istanbul, Zaman reports. The acquittal is considered a victory for freedom and the rule of law in Turkey, though hundreds of people are still being...
by CBBSS | Apr 30, 2021 | International News and Analysis
A Forbes piece delves into the energy war going on between the U.S. and Russia. Washington is trying to get Athens to abandon its deal with Moscow that would make Greece a transit country on Russia’s planned gas pipeline to Europe via Turkey. The U.S. is making...
by CBBSS | Apr 30, 2021 | International News and Analysis
In response to Putin acknowledging the Armenian genocide and going to Armenia to commemorate it, Erdogan and Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu have lashed out at Russia in unprecedented fashion, accusing Moscow of committing crimes against humanity in Eastern...
by CBBSS | Apr 30, 2021 | Regional News
Just afer EU leaders left Ukraine this week, Russian-backed separatists stepped up their assault in the East. EU Observer reports that residents of Gorlovka in the Donetsk region were under heavy artillery fire with shells landing as often as every 15 minutes. Regular...
by CBBSS | Apr 30, 2021 | Regional News
RFE/RL covers the world press freedom report released by U.S.-based Freedom House that ranks Macedonia last among European countries. Macedonia is ranked 125th out of 199 countries. Former Soviet states Moldova, Ukraine and Belarus are in a separate Eurasian category....