Europe Finds Time to Hector Azerbaijan for Having Tax Laws
Greece is in a constant near-state of collapse. Ukraine burns. Russia’s internal tyranny grows. Southern Europe’s economic stability is questionable at best. The future of the euro as a joint project is dim at best. ISIS rampages across North Africa and Asia Minor, sending waves of refugees into Europe’s strained safety net. Oil...
Is There Still a Ukraine?
Ukraine’s independence day is upon us. It was fun while it lasted. They say that history doesn’t repeat, but it rhymes. Whatever the truth of this axiom, Vladimir Putin is proving that in his own backyard, he understands history better than anyone in Brussels or Washington. While this isn’t exactly the greatest accomplishment in...
U.S. Told Ukraine To Stand Down On Crimea
In the Newsquoting Michael McFaulvia Japan TimesAs Russian President Vladimir Putin’s forces took over Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in early 2014, the interim Ukrainian government was debating whether or not to fight back against the “little green men” Russia had deployed. …read more Source: Hoover...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 19:30 (Kyiv time), 23 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 a decrease in ceasefire violations at and around Donetsk airport. The SMM observed...
Co-operative water governance in focus of OSCE seminar at World Water Week in Stockholm
STOCKHOLM, 23 August 2015 – The importance of co-operative water governance for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation and its contribution for maintaining security and stability, were the focus of a seminar held today in Stockholm in the framework of the World Water Week. The seminar was organized by the OSCE, Serbia’s 2015...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 19:30 (Kyiv time), 21 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 a decrease in ceasefire violations at and around Donetsk airport and a calm situation in...
Efforts to counter hate crime by international organizations the focus of OSCE/ODIHR training event in Warsaw
178266 Increasing co-operation between international organizations and sharing good practices to counter hate crime were the focus of a two-day training event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw on 20 and 21 August 2015. During the event, 28 participants from international organizations and...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine trains teachers on educating about human rights principles
178276 Andrii Dziubenko More than 60 school teachers were trained on teaching about human rights to children and youth during events organized in Odesa and Kharkiv by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine from …read more Source:...
The Right Sector Phenomenon: Between Patriotism and Banditry
Nationalist militias are the government side’s best fighters in the Donbas war. On the home front, they could also become its greatest liability. From Slon. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ukraine Reform Monitor: August 2015
This memo offers a baseline assessment of the reform process as it stands a year and a half after the Euromaidan protests and the fall of Viktor Yanukovych’s government. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
