Ukraine Probes Attack On Chief Prosecutor Amid Calls He Resign
November 3, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Russian Metrojet Crash Preceded by Odd Sounds, Heat Flash
U.S. intelligence source says the Sinai air disaster did not result from missile strike. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Reanimation Package of Reforms proposes to reform the judiciary system and the ranks of judges through amending the Constitution of Ukraine
The proposal put forward by the Reanimation Package of Reforms (hereinafter RPR) involves creating a new three-tier judicial system with an open and transparent competition for appointment of judges to each position. …read more Source: Centre for Political and Legal...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine alerts public of dangers of trafficking in human beings
Andrii Dziubenko From 1 November 2015 city lights and billboards at bus and railway stations in 24 major cities across Ukraine, including the capital Kyiv, are featuring posters warning the public about the traps used by human traffickers to lure their victims. The posters are part of a national anti-trafficking awareness-raising campaign...
Russian Airliner Broke Up in Midair, Investigators Say
Airline exec says ‘external influence’ likely caused the plane to crash in Sinai, killing all on board. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The Opposition Bloc will not have a definite lead in local councils in Eastern Ukraine
In the comment to the website Hlavred, Deputy Director of the Razumkov Centre, Director of Political and Legal Programmes Yuriy Yakymenko spoke about the initial results and main trends of the 2015 local election in Ukraine. A positive aspect is that the election was held within a more or less acceptable framework all over Ukraine, except the...
EU, US Lift Sanctions on Belarus
Lukashenka reportedly eager to reduce Russian influence. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
US Secretary of State Has Reporter Thrown Out of Love Session for Islam Karimov
That didn’t go well. At a conference with some of the most repressive (in some cases, the most repressive) of the former Soviet Republics, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry fielded a question about the brutal dictator with whom he’d been sharing a stage — but stopped as his security detail tossed her out. As security men starting...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 30 October 2015
This Report is for the media and the general public The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the implementation of the Minsk agreements”, including the Addendum. Its monitoring was restricted by the parties and security considerations*. The SMM recorded much fewer explosions in Donetsk region as compared with previous...
Ukraine Takes a Breath As Putin Briefly Looks to Syria
Perhaps the only thing one might favorably say of being invaded by Russia these days is that the great bear can no longer walk and chew gum at the same time so well as it once did. So it is that Kyiv is taking a much-needed breather. While some are suggesting that this is the perfect time to tackle endemic corruption, that’s more a matter...
