OSCE Chairperson Steinmeier welcomes agreement on ceasefire implementation in eastern Ukraine
BERLIN, 29 April 2016 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier welcomed the agreement reached today by the Trilateral Working Group (TCG) on full respect of the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, starting with the orthodox Easter and May holidays. Steinmeier said: “I call on all sides to strictly adhere to what...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 28 April 2016
This report is for media and the general public. The SMM continued to record a high number of ceasefire violations in Donetsk and Luhansk regions. It continued to follow up on civilian fatalities sustained by shelling in Olenivka and reports on people wounded in the incident. The Mission found no information to confirm media reports about...
Ukraine’s Indispensable Economic Reforms
Achieving progress on reforming Ukraine’s economy would send the strongest possible message to critics who doubt the country’s ability to operate as a modern state. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Chemical Attacks Target Russian Dissident Navalny and Memorial Rights Group
Nationalist organization admits its activists were at Memorial incident, denies links to Navalny attack. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russian Rector Warns of U.S. Threat
New instructions tell academics to encourage their students to avoid contacts with foreigners. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The Razumkov Centre Newsletter №5 (34)
The new issue of the Razumkov Centre Newsletter contains articles and interviews of the Centre’s experts on the most important issues of Ukraine’s life in the areas of national security and defence, economy, energy, internal, external and social policy. In the issue: “What can we expect from the new Hroysman Government?”; “The...
Caribbean Offshore Laundered Stolen Russian Tax Money, Report Claims
The company also bought Rosneft shares from Putin intimate Sergei Roldugin, Panama Papers documents show. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Breaking through distrust in relations between Romania and Ukraine
The main cause for this change is the two sides’ concurrent perception of risks in the Black Sea region since Russia’s annexation of Crimea. …read more Source: Centre for Eastern Studies...
Ukraine cannot abandon nuclear power because it is a cornerstone of its energy sector
Thirty years have passed since the Chernobyl power plant disaster, one of the world’s worst nuclear accidents. The anniversary of the catastrophe is another reminder that nuclear energy could become a major threat to the world if it is not handled with care and caution. Yet, many experts argue that currently, nuclear power is much safer...
OSCE supports seminar for law enforcement on investigating human trafficking in Kazakhstan
237476 Colin McCullough, OSCE Programme Office in Astana The first in a series of five OSCE-supported two-day training seminars for more than 30 law-enforcement officers from 14 regions of Kazakhstan on investigative techniques and …read more Source:...
