by CBBSS | May 21, 2018 | International News and Analysis, Josh Friedman
After getting prohibited from holding campaign events in multiple European cities, Erdogan held an election rally in Sarajevo on Sunday. Thousands of Turks came from all over Europe to attend the event in the Bosnian capital. Josh Friedman reports from...
by CBBSS | May 18, 2018 | International News and Analysis, Josh Friedman
Josh Friedman reports from the European Union Western Balkans Summit in Sofia, where there was a lot of talk about “connectivity” in the region and some much-discussed handshakes between Greek and Macedonian PMs Alexis Tsipras and Zoran Zaev and between...
by CBBSS | Apr 16, 2018 | Josh Friedman, Regional News
Longtime Montenegrin leader Milo Djukanovic declared victory following the first round of Montenegro’s presidential election, claiming about 54 percent of the vote and easily defeating his main challenger, anti-NATO candidate Mladen Bojanic, who received about...
by CBBSS | Oct 15, 2017 | International News and Analysis, Josh Friedman
Kyrgyzstan, a country stuck in Moscow’s orbit, is voting Sunday in a relatively free presidential election that could lead to a peaceful transfer of power, a first in Central Asia. However, the election has sparked a rift between Kyrgyzstan and its large...
by CBBSS | Sep 17, 2017 | Josh Friedman, Regional News
In a brief interview following a rally in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine, former Georgian president and ex-governor of Ukraine’s Odessa region, Mikheil Saakashvili, said oligarchic, corrupt classes are ruling Ukraine, and that is dragging down the country...
