OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine Chief Monitor urges sides to heed ceasefire appeal at school year’s start
KYIV, 1 September 2015 – The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine welcomes the new impetus for peace provided by the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) that the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Martin Sajdik, announced last week in Minsk, said the SMM’s Chief Monitor, Ambassador Ertugrul...
Nationalists Assault Ukraine’s Parliament, Hungary Arrests Migrant Traffickers
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President Karen Donfried speaks with DW on ‘What’s Next for Europe?’
German Marshall Fund of the United States President Karen Donfried looks at transatlantic ties in the wake of the Greece and migration crisis and on-going unrest in Ukraine. Featured image: Source publication: Deutsche WelleLink: Read the full articleResearch and analysis for: Germany’s European, Foreign, and Security PolicyEuropean...
Ukraine Crisis: Deadly Anti-Autonomy Protest Outside Parliament
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Whither Azerbaijan’s Islamists?
Secular campaigners and Islamists alike have felt the sting of Baku’s repression of critics. Does the release of a hardline Shia cleric signal a change? From EurasiaNet.org. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 27 August 2015
This report is for the media and the 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 SMM observed damage caused by shelling and conducted crater analyses in Donetsk and Luhansk regions....
Ukraine’s wartime nationalism
The revolution and the war in Donbas that followed it have brought about deep changes in the way Ukrainian citizens think about the national community. …read more Source: Centre for Eastern Studies...
Reconciling Positions Of The Ukrainian Crisis
In the Newsfeaturing Henry A. Kissingervia Russia Beyond The HeadlinesIn a recent interview, former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger suggested the possibility of reconciling the different positions of those involved in the crisis in Ukraine, raising hopes that a resolution could be brokered peacefully. …read more Source: Hoover...
Russia’s Arctic illusions
U.S. chairmanship in the Arctic Council will receive a needed boost from the upcoming conference in Anchorage, which President Barack Obama is due to address on August 31. His message is predictable: He’ll talk about climate change. Russia has received an invitation to the conference, but decided to send a fairly low-level delegation....
OSCE Secretary General stresses importance of co-operation with Kyrgyzstan during Bishkek visit
BISHKEK, 27 August 2015 – Strengthening the current OSCE engagement with Kyrgyzstan and discussing future co-operation was the focus of a two-day visit to Bishkek by OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier which concluded today. Zannier met President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambaev, Prime Minister Temir Sariev, Foreign Minister Erlan Abdyldaev as...
