International election observers to present findings at press conference in Kyiv on Monday
KYIV, 23 October 2015 – The international observers deployed by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the Council of Europe’s Congress of Local and Regional Authorities and the European Parliament will present their preliminary statement of findings and conclusions on the 25 October local elections in...
OSCE hands over a software programme for safe fire-fighting in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone
CHORNOBYL, Ukraine, 22 October 2015 – A software programme for estimating radiation doses in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone for Ukrainian firefighters engaged in suppressing local wildfires was today handed over to the State Enterprise “Chornobyl Spetskombinat” by the OSCE. The software programme accumulates vast volumes of data on...
Spot report by OSCE Observer Mission: A forty-first Russian convoy of 46 vehicles crossed into Ukraine and returned back through the Donetsk Border Crossing Point
Please note that this report is for media and the general public SUMMARY On 22 October 2015 at 06:58hrs (Moscow time), a Russian convoy arrived at the Donetsk Border Crossing Point (BCP). A total of 46 vehicles were checked by the Russian border guard and customs services. All the vehicles had crossed back into the Russian Federation by 14:47hrs...
High Turnout of Grumpy Voters Expected in Ukraine Elections
Residents of rebel-held areas and many internally displaced people can’t vote in the third round of nationwide elections since the Maidan uprising. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Norway May Turn Back Bicycle-Mounted Asylum Seekers
Is Oslo’s new policy a sign of warming relations with Moscow or ‘Russophobia’? …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ukraine’s Testing Local Elections
The October 25 local elections in Ukraine are a major test of the country’s political mood, and the results will affect ongoing reform processes for the foreseeable future. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Video: Human Rights Challenges in Europe: The Refugee Crisis and War in Ukraine
featuring read more …read more Source: Center for Strategic and International...
Investigation: The Hidden Assets of Moldova’s Gun Shop Bosses
How some top managers are ignoring the law and keeping their businesses and property out of public view. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
What is – and isn’t – at stake in the Polish parliamentary election
The widely expected victory of the opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party in Poland’s parliamentary election on Sunday matters not just for Poland, but for the entire European Union. Because it comes at a time when the continent is at several important crossroads, it might be the most consequential parliamentary election in the region in a...
A Kumbaya Moment for the Middle East? Hardly.
Israeli soldier patrols in Hebron Market on Sep 09 2009. About 500 stores were closed by military order in the center of Hebron since the outbreak of the Second Intifada in 2000. (Image: ChameleonsEye / Shutterstock) In his new film Taxi, Iranian director Jafar Panahi is having a conversation with his young niece. They’re sitting in the cab...
