Ukraine local elections generally respected democratic process, but additional efforts needed to enhance public confidence, international observers say
KYIV, 26 October 2015 – Ukraine’s local elections were competitive and well organized overall, and the campaign generally showed respect for the democratic process, international observers concluded in a statement issued today. Nevertheless, the complexity of the legal framework, the dominance of powerful economic groups, threats and...
Russian society needs more victorious wars
Co-director of Foreign Relations and International Security at the Razumkov Centre Oleksiy Melnyk spoke with Ukraine Today about the role of NATO in Ukraine’s war with combined Russian-separatist forces, the situation in the east of Ukraine and Russia’s actions in Syria. — We have seen a recent lull in fighting in east Ukraine, can we...
Kyiv Grounds Ukraine-Russia Flights
Move will backfire on Ukraine, Russian premier Medvedev warns. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ukrainian Sculptor Morphs Lenin Into Darth Vader
Star Wars characters make unsuccessful runs in local and regional elections. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 23 October 2015
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 situation in Donetsk and Luhansk regions was relatively calm although a number of explosions were recorded. The situation remained...
Democracy and Disorientation: Ukraine Votes in Local Elections
Ukrainians will go to the polls on October 25 to choose their mayors and local council deputies. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Netanyahu, the Grand Mufti and the Holocaust: why it is important to get the historical facts right
The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Amin al-Husseini, met with Adolf Hitler in 1941. Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1987-004-09A, Amin al Husseini und Adolf Hitler” by Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-1987-004-09A / Heinrich Hoffmann, CC BY-SAIn a speech to the World Zionist Congress in Jerusalem on October 20, the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused...
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...
