Fighting Erupts In Ukraine As Russian Backed Rebels Renew Attacks
While there has been somewhat of a lull in hostilities, massive fighting by Russian occupation forces has renewed, this time in the town of Avdiivka, which has been subject to massive shelling. All of this has its roots dating back to 2014, with the annexation of Crimea, seen by the international community as an illegal act violating...
The Holodomor: A Genocide Targeting Ukraine’s Own People
The 20th century is one where history books recorded some of the greatest atrocities and evils committed by mankind. The Holocaust; The Armenian Massacre; Japanese human experimentation in Manchuria. But there is another story of untold suffering and genocide that seems to not get the same amount of mention or scrutiny. This is that of The...
St. Petersburg Split Over Cathedral Handover
Opponents say decision highlights growing influence of Orthodox Church in Russian life. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ukraine President Vows To Resume Coal Supply From East
February 16, 2017 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Kyiv, Rebels Agree on Weapons Pullback
Nationalist-led blockade on goods coming from rebel zone threatens to cripple heavy industry. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Counter-Radicalisation at the Coalface: Lessons for Europe and Beyond
Europe is on a high state of alert after several terror attacks – and more are thought to be in the pipeline. So which strategy should governments adopt to address radicalisation and prevent future attacks? Download the article (PDF)As the number of planned and realised terrorist attacks against Europe continues to grow, there are increasing...
Ukraine: ICRC delegates monitor conditions of detention
Video | Every two to three months, we visit people detained in relation to the conflict in eastern Ukraine, in prisons run by Ukrainian authorities. In this short video, our delegate Chyngyz Rayimbekov, discusses why we visit detainees and what we do during …read more Source: International Committee of the Red...
Protecting Eastern European Journalists, Before It’s Too Late
More than half a year after the death of journalist Pavel Sheremet, his colleagues are frustrated about the apparent lack of progress in finding his killers. From Hromadske. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The Human Factor is Boosting Ukraine’s Promising IT Export Sector
Ukraine’s export IT segment showed an increase of 15 per cent in 2016, and continued to occupy the third place, by volume of total country exports, after agriculture and metallurgy. While we are speaking about the rates of growth, there are very solid grounds to expect that this positive tendency will be maintained and will grow to an...
European Volatility Makes Economic Development Slower for Ukraine
In the current geostrategic environment, it is impossible to divorce political development from economic development. The prospects for the global economy and, by implication, for individual economies are intricately driven by significantly changing and unpredictable geopolitical trends. The main effect of these developments is a rise in...
