OSCE PA President expresses concern about uptick in violence in eastern Ukraine
COPENHAGEN, 5 November 2015 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) today expressed concern about the recent uptick in violence in eastern Ukraine and called on all parties to the conflict to do their utmost to promote conditions conducive to a political settlement. “I am concerned by the increase in violence over the...
Council of Europe Slams Ukraine Probe of Odessa Deaths
Kyiv’s official investigation into street clashes and deadly fire that left 48 dead last spring falls short of European norms, CoE says. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Moldova: Virtual Sex, Real Crime?
If the Moldovan women erotic webchat operators are providing virtual ‘sexual services,’ then under the law, their bosses could be considered ‘pimps.’ …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Curb Use of Incendiary Weapons
Seize Diplomatic Opening to Strengthen International Law Expand A video posted to YouTube by activists from Quseir, Syria shows ZAB 2.5 incendiary submunitions burning in the playground of the Ghaleb Radi school following an airstrike on December 3, 2012. …read more Source: Human Rights...
Bomb May Have Caused Russian Plane Crash
U.S. and UK officials say security was lax at Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh airport. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
War Through Photography – Ukraine
Photographers Caimi and Paccinni traveled into Ukraine to capture the war in images. There, they found a conflict occurring in multiple stages and made these stages into a series: War Dreams, War Games, War Scars. The aesthetics and emotions intertwined with every image give a different perspective on the war. Their imagery provides a visual...
Saving in exchange for tax reform
In his column for Novoe Vremia website Director of Economic Programmes at the Razumkov Centre Vasyl Yurchyshyn reflects on the prospects and risks of reforming the tax system of Ukraine given the urgent need to reduce state expenditure. The Minister of Finance in her recent statement on conducting tax reform in Ukraine noted that to implement it,...
Russian Youth Group: ‘Pioneer’ of Things to Come?
Putin creates schoolchildren’s organization on anniversary of Komsomol’s founding. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The West lacks determination to demonstrate its military superiority over Russia
In his column for Novoe Vremia website Co-director of Foreign Relationa and Internationational Security Programmes at the Razumkov Centre Oleksiy Melnyk describes how Russian president Vladimir Putin successfully exploits aggressive actions and rhetoric in his forign policy to blackmail Ukraine and the West. In his recent interview, Vladimir...
Analytical report “Debt: time to take and time to give. Global trends and challenges for Ukraine”
Among the main challenges of today, problematic issues connected with the state of public finance, its deficit, and accumulated debt can be identified. During the last decades of the last century – the period when many new economies were formed in the world – financial, currency, and debt crises were not rare in developing countries. At the...
