Police Clash with Migrants at Croatia, Hungary Borders with Serbia
Use of tear gas, water cannon at Serbian border ‘unacceptable,’ says Ban-Ki Moon. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Albanian Marijuana Goes Up in Smoke
Tirana claims to have destroyed 99 percent of the country’s cannabis plants this year. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Bulgaria Scraps Statute of Limitations for Communist-Era Crimes
Cases which could now be investigated include 1978 ‘umbrella killing’ in London. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Croatia Closes Border After Two-Day Migrant Influx
Orban plans to build another fence, this time along Hungary-Croatia border. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Investigative Journalists Present Exhaustive Report on ‘Kremlin’s Dirty War in Ukraine’
The Russian government under President Vladimir Putin is “directly coordinating and leading the fight to destabilize and disunite Ukraine”—despite Putin’s increasingly desperate efforts to hide the truth—concludes a damning report issued September 17. “An Invasion by Any Other Name: The Kremlin’s Dirty War in Ukraine” is a joint...
OSCE trains young Ukrainians in facilitating dialogue
183216 Michael Bociurkiw Iryna Gudyma …read more Source:...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 17 September 2015
This report is for the media and general public The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the implementation of the Minsk agreements”. Its monitoring was restricted by the parties and security considerations*. The situation in Donetsk region and in Luhansk region remained relatively calm. The SMM observed a convoy of...
Washington Wants ‘Regime Change’ in Ecuador
“The United States does not lack institutions that continue to conspire, and that’s why I am using this gathering to announce that we have decided to expel USAID from Bolivia” -Bolivian President Evo Morales Washington wants Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa removed from power. Washington says it is concerned about the freedom of the...
The Russians are Coming!
The Russians are coming! The Russians are coming!” So echoed the cry this week from the Pentagon, the US media and Republican candidates for president. How silly. It seems the Russians have sent six tanks to Syria, some medium artillery and a bunch of military technicians to two bases on Syria’s coast near Latakia. According to Republican...
OSCE Chairperson in Office Dacic, ODIHR Director Link to host press conference following opening of human rights conference in Warsaw on Monday
WARSAW, 18 September 2015 – Ivica Dačić, OSCE Chairperson in Office and Foreign Minister of Serbia, and Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), will host a press conference at 13:15 on Monday, following the opening of a two-week conference to review the implementation of commitments...
