by CBBSS | Jul 26, 2021 | Regional News
Turkey is now trying to get Kosovo to punish a journalist for a satirical comment, Reuters reports. During the Turkish coup attempt, Berat Buzhala, a leading Kosovo journalist known for his satirical comments, posted a comment on Facebook saying Kosovars in Turkey... read more
by CBBSS | Jul 26, 2021 | Regional News
Kosovo’s Special Prosecution arrested an Iranian citizen and indicted him with four charges, including money laundering and financing terrorism, Balkan Insight reports. The Iranian national is accused of hiding suspect funds belonging to an Islamic NGO operating... read more
by CBBSS | Jul 26, 2021 | Regional News
About 150 migrants, mostly from Afghanistan and Pakistan, began hunger striking Monday in a field on the Serbian side of the Serbia-Hungary border, Reuters reports. About 3,000 migrants are currently stranded in Serbia. Read original... read more
by CBBSS | Jul 26, 2021 | Regional News
Erdogan is again demanding the EU disburse the 3 billion euros in funds for refugees that Brussels promised to Ankara, EU Observer reports. Likewise, Erdogan is again threatening to unleash the 3 million Syrian refugees Turkey is hosting. Brussels and Ankara agreed on... read more
by CBBSS | Jul 26, 2021 | Regional News
A newfound love affair between Ankara and Moscow is blossoming following the Turkish coup attempt. Turkey’s FM Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu thanked Putin for his support of the Turkish government, saying Russia, unlike other countries, has given Turkey unconditional... read more
by CBBSS | Jul 26, 2021 | Regional News
The Ansbach bomber had his asylum request denied in Germany and was due to be deported to Bulgaria, Balkan Insight reports. The EU’s Dublin rules state the first country an asylum seeker enters is responsible for the person’s asylum process. Many migrants... read more
by CBBSS | Jul 25, 2021 | Regional News
The EU has relinquished the European Council presidency for the second half of 2017, possibly leaving Bulgaria in control of the EU presidency in early 2018, Balkan Insight reports. Bulgaria has never before held the EU presidency, and Sofia will be stepping into the... read more
by CBBSS | Jul 25, 2021 | Regional News
In the latest post-coup attempt crackdown, Turkish authorities issued detention warrants for 42 journalists, Reuters reports. Nazli Ilicak, a well known commentator and former MP, was among the journalists targeted. Read original... read more
by CBBSS | Jul 25, 2021 | Regional News
Bulgarian Defense Minister Nikolay Nenchev said there has been a rise in Russian violations of Bulgarian airspace both by military and commercial aircrafts, Reuters reports. Russian military jets entered Bulgarian airspace four times in the past month, and Russian... read more
by CBBSS | Jul 24, 2021 | Regional News
The International Olympic Committee has cleared the way for scores of Russian athletes to be banned from the upcoming Rio games, but the IOC opted not to ban the entire Russian delegation, as some expected it would, the Wall Street Journal reports. Russian athletes... read more
by CBBSS | Jul 24, 2021 | Regional News
Kiev announced Sunday that six Ukrainian soldiers were killed in fighting in Eastern Ukraine over the last 24 hours, RFE/RL reports. Another 13 soldiers were wounded. More than 9,400 people have now been killed in Eastern Ukraine since fighting began in 2014. ... read more
by CBBSS | Jul 23, 2021 | Regional News
A Croatian court annulled the 1946 treason conviction of Catholic Cardinal Alojzije Stepinac who initially supported the pro-Nazi Ustasha regime during World War II, the BBC reports. Stepinac died int 1960. The Croatian court ruled he did not receive a fair trial. The... read more
by CBBSS | Jul 23, 2021 | Regional News
Erdogan has issued his first decree since imposing a state of emergency in Turkey following the coup attempt, Reuters reports. The decree orders the closure of 1,043 private schools, 1,229 charities and foundations, 19 trade unions, 15 universities and 35 medical... read more
by CBBSS | Jul 23, 2021 | Regional News
Ukraine’s security services (SBU) have announced four of their six theories surrounding the murder of Belarusian investigative journalist Pavel Sheremet, who was killed in a car bombing in Kiev on Wednesday. The SBU theories include Sheremet’s work as a... read more
by CBBSS | Jul 23, 2021 | Regional News
Putin has given “off the record” instructions to state-owned companies, including Rosneft, Russia’s largest oil producer, that they cannot take part in the upcoming “privatization” of the Bashneft oil company, The Moscow Times reports.... read more
by CBBSS | Jul 23, 2021 | Regional News
Albania’s parliament passed a judicial reform package that was considered a key condition for Tirana to open EU accession talks, bne IntelliNews reports. Albania, which has been an EU candidate country since 2014, could start membership talks with Brussels... read more
by CBBSS | Jul 22, 2021 | Regional News
As NATO is beefing up its defense against Russia in the Baltics, U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump is saying he would only defend the Baltic states against a Russian attack “if they fulfil our obligations to us.” Trump made the comment in an... read more
by CBBSS | Jul 22, 2021 | Regional News
In the latest bill in a series of legislation targeting radical Islam in Bulgaria, the nationalist coalition the Patriotic Front is proposing banning foreign citizens from preaching in the country and banning preaching in any language other than Bulgarian. Krasimir... read more
by CBBSS | Jul 22, 2021 | Regional News
Turkey is temporarily suspending the European Convention on Human Rights following the coup attempt, The Independent reports. Read original... read more
by CBBSS | Jul 21, 2021 | Regional News
In lockstep with its ally Turkey, Azerbaijan is cracking down on institutions linked to U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, the man Ankara accuses of the plotting the Turkish coup attempt. Since the coup attempt, Baku has blocked a private broadcaster over plans to air... read more