Missing from the ‘State of the Union’
I had expected that there would be little in last week’s State of the Union address about foreign policy as it is not an Administration strength, but, to my surprise, President Barack Obama gave it about eight minutes, a little over 1000 words. Governor Nikki Haley was, however, more detached from the issue in her rebuttal speech, stating...
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[Translate to English:] Russlands Wende nach China
[Translate to English:] Seitdem sich die Beziehungen zum Westen im Zuge der Krise um die Ukraine massiv verschlechtert haben, orientiert sich Russland verstärkt Richtung China. Diese Annäherung ist vor allem in den strategischen Bereichen Militär- und Energiekooperation zu beobachten. Auch wenn die unmittelbaren Auswirkungen auf Deutschland und...
Brussels Urges Faster Pace of Ukrainian Reforms
Group of EU countries says democratic, prosperous Ukraine is best defense against ‘Russian aggression.’ …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russian Duma Committee Rejects Anti-Gay Law
Lawmakers will today consider the draft law calling for fines for public expressions of ‘non-traditional sexual orientation.’ …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 17 January 2016
This report is for media and the general public. Whilst areas at and around Donetsk airport remained largely calm, the SMM continued to note ceasefire violations elsewhere, in particular in areas north-east of Mariupol, and around Horlivka. An SMM patrol came under small-arms fire in Marinka. The Mission experienced multiple freedom-of-movement...
U.S. Probing Kremlin’s ‘Infiltration’ of European Political Parties
Washington said to believe Moscow has been funding anti-establishment parties in a bid to destabilize NATO. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
OSCE Monitors Come Under Fire in East Ukraine
The incident comes nine days after monitors were held at gunpoint by rebel forces, and follows a fresh attempt at a lasting ceasefire. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russian Officials Deny Burning ‘Undesirable’ Books
Mining college says it removed Soros Foundation books from its library but none were burned. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
ISDS Arbitration Upholds Australia’s Plain Packaging Laws
Tobacco giant Philip Morris has lost a major international legal battle to reverse Australia’s plain packaging laws by using the Australia–Hong Kong Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (IPPA) of 1993. On 17 December 2015, a three-member arbitral tribunal at the Permanent Court of Arbitration ruled that Philip Morris had no...
OSCE Principal Deputy Chief Monitor in Ukraine to visit Stanytsia Luhanska tomorrow
KYIV, 15 January 2016 – Alexander Hug, the Principal Deputy Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) will tomorrow visit Stanytsia Luhanska with OSCE monitors to assess the general security situation and open a new SMM Forward Patrol Base in the village. Journalists are invited to attend Hug’s briefings at the...
