by CBBSS | Oct 16, 2018 | Josh Friedman, Regional News
Джош Фридман прави репортаж от Скопие, Македония, където националистите протестират извън парламента, а вътре законодателите обсъждат предложението за приемане на промени в Конституцията, за да се смени името на страната на Северна Македония, да се отговори на...
by CBBSS | Oct 15, 2018 | Josh Friedman, Regional News
Josh Friedman reports from Skopje, Macedonia, where nationalists are protesting outside the parliament, and inside, lawmakers are debating the proposal to adopt a constitutional amendment to change the name of the country to North Macedonia to satisfy Greece and gain...
by CBBSS | Oct 14, 2018 | Josh Friedman, Regional News
Even though he is faced with significant domestic opposition on the matter, Kosovo President Hashim Thaci said French President Emmanuel Macron supports the proposed land swap with Serbia, Balkan Insight reports. Thaci went so far when speaking with the public...
by CBBSS | Sep 30, 2018 | Josh Friedman, Regional News
Macedonians are voting Sunday in a high stakes referendum on changing the name of the Balkan state from Macedonia to North Macedonia in order to satisfy Greece and pave the way for acceptance into NATO and potential EU membership. Based on polling, the...
by CBBSS | Jun 25, 2018 | 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...
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...
