Aarhus Centres excel in community-based disaster risk reduction, concluded at OSCE-organized discussion in Vienna
VIENNA, 8 April 2016 – More than 60 representatives of Aarhus Centres, local authorities, state agencies for emergency situations, NGOs and international and regional organizations concluded in Vienna today a two-year project on community-based disaster risk reduction. Disaster risk reduction is a systematic approach including measures for...
What Trump Got Right about U.S. Allies
Doug Bandow Many of Donald Trump’s most disagreeable policy positions are also those that garner the most media attention. Occasionally, though, his opinions also reflect basic common sense. Consider his recent argument that Washington’s prosperous allies in Asia and Europe don’t pay enough in return for U.S. defense guarantees....
The Dutch referendum on EU-Ukraine treaty doesn’t signal a step towards Nexit
The European Union’s treaty with Ukraine was rebuffed by Dutch voters on April 6 with over 60% rejecting it in a low turnout referendum. The government must now reconsider the treaty. Initiators of the referendum hope that it will be a step towards a “Nexit” – the exit of the Netherlands from the EU. But even if more Dutch referendums are...
Putin Says Washington Behind ‘Panama Papers’ Leaks
Ukrainian journalists claim Poroshenko’s involvement in offshores far greater than leaked documents reveal. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The Netherlands Referendum on the EU–Ukraine Association Agreement: What Is the Effect of the “No” Vote?
In a referendum in the Kingdom of the Netherlands on 6 April, 61% of voters were against ratification of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement. Their decision may delay Ukraine’s integration with the EU and will strengthen those political forces in Ukraine that oppose the country’s modernisation and cooperation with international...
The Dutch Referendum on the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement: Legal options for navigating a tricky and awkward situation
The Dutch Referendum on the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement: Legal options for navigating a tricky and awkward situationGuillaume Van der Loo08 April 2016 …read more Source: Centre for European Policy...
Without attracting investment, the policy of saving cannot overcome the financial crisis
In his comment to the news agency BBC, Economic Research Consultant of the Razumkov Centre Volodymyr Sidenko spoke about the lessons that Ukraine should have learnt from experience of the financial crisis in Greece. Living in debt for years is a totally unacceptable policy which eventually leads a country into huge problems. We can see it not...
OSCE/ODIHR shares trial monitoring expertise with NGO representatives from Eastern Europe and South Caucasus at training event in Ukraine
231916 The fundamentals of trial monitoring were the focus of a training event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), in co-operation with the Educational Human Rights House, from 6 to 8 April 2016 in Chernihiv, Ukraine. Bringing together 29 lawyers representing NGOs from Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia,...
Dutch People Say ‘No’ To Ukraine Treaty – Big Blow To The NWO?
Yesterday’s “no” vote in a Dutch referendum on Ukrainian accession to the European Union has Brussels in a panic. None of the other EU member states allowed a popular vote on bringing in basket case Ukraine — their parliaments rubber-stamped the agreement. But because unanimity is required for any new members, the Dutch...
A Pivotal Time for Ukraine: The U.S. Should Redouble Its Support
The United States must help Ukraine to resist Russian aggression. …read more Source: The Heritage...
