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...
OSCE parliamentarians to observe upcoming elections in Kyrgyzstan
COPENHAGEN, 18 September 2015 – OSCE parliamentarians will observe the upcoming parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan and provide leadership for the OSCE’s short-term observer mission. OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Ivica Dacic has designated Christine Muttonen (MP, Austria) as Special Co-ordinator to lead the OSCE’s short-term observers...
Civilians in eastern Ukraine at risk this winter due to widespread damage to water infrastructure, OSCE report concludes
KYIV, 18 September, 2015 – The conduct of hostilities and violations of the Minsk ceasefire agreements has resulted in repeated damage to the water pipe system in eastern Ukraine, putting tens of thousands of civilians living on both sides of the contact line without access to piped water. The current shortages in water in the conflict‐affected...
Spot Report by OSCE Observer Mission: A thirty-seventh Russian convoy of 44 vehicles crossed into Ukraine and returned through the Donetsk Border Crossing Point
Please note that this report is for media and the general public SUMMARY On 17 September 2015 at 06:56hrs (Moscow time), a Russian convoy arrived at the Donetsk Border Crossing Point (BCP). A total of 44 vehicles were checked by the Russian border guard and customs services. All the vehicles had crossed back into the Russian Federation by...
Ukraine’s other war
Ukraine is fighting two wars simultaneously. The most obvious is the hybrid conflict in the east, fuelled and sustained by Russia. But while the ‘hot phase’ in this arena is over, at least for now, Ukraine is also engaged in a war against itself. It is locked in a struggle against its own dysfunctionality and endemic levels of corruption...
Saakashvili in Odessa
Odessa has served as a spring board for foreign politicians before. The governor of the region between 1803 and 1814, Armand-Emmanuel du Plessis, Duke of Richelieu, went on to serve as prime minister of France twice. But (temporarily) hosting for a former president is something new. The appointment of Mikheil Saakashvili – a restless yet...
‘Putin Call’ to Elton John on Gay Rights a Hoax
“Pranks are funny” said the singer, a gay rights advocate. “Homophobia, however, is never funny.” …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Spot Report by OSCE Observer Mission: A thirty-eighth Russian convoy of 44 vehicles crossed into Ukraine and returned through Donetsk Border Crossing Point
Please note that this report is for media and the general public SUMMARY On 17 September 2015 at 06:56hrs (Moscow time), a Russian convoy arrived at the Donetsk Border Crossing Point (BCP). A total of 44 vehicles were checked by the Russian border guard and customs services. All the vehicles had crossed back into the Russian Federation by...
Correction: OSCE to receive the Kaiser-Otto-Prize 2015 in Magdeburg, Germany
BELGRADE, 17 September 2015 – The OSCE will receive on Saturday, 19 September 2015, the Kaiser-Otto-Prize 2015 Award at Magdeburg Cathedral, Germany, for its work in political crisis management and conflict prevention, as well as its mediating role in the conflict in eastern Ukraine. The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign...
