Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 4 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 facilitated a local ceasefire that enabled workers to repair water pipelines in Donetsk region. A...
Debating the dubious Iran deal
With so many flaws, the Vienna agreement on Iran’s nuclear-weapons program is generating considerable debate. But beyond the deal’s many deficiencies, broader implications — almost entirely negative for the United States and its closest allies — are still not well understood.kisa kuyruk / Shutterstock.comAmericans must consider these...
Media briefing by OSCE Chief Observer at the Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk on Thursday
ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russian Federation, 5 August 2015 – A media briefing by Paul Picard, Chief Observer of the OSCE Observer Mission at the Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk, will be held tomorrow, Thursday, at 12:00 noon local time (08:00 GMT, 10:00 CEST) in Rostov-on-Don. Paul Picard will present a round-up of the Mission’s...
Who’s Afraid of NATO Enlargement?
Russia’s invasion of eastern Ukraine is forcing NATO to rethink the strategic benefits of further alliance enlargement. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Ukraine’s Deadly Medicines Bottleneck
With the government turning its back on regions it has lost control of, dwindling medicine stockpiles in Ukraine threaten the lives of thousands. …read more Source: Open Society...
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 4 August 2015
SUMMARY Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The overall cross-border traffic slightly decreased at both BCPs. DETAIL OM’s staff composition The OM is currently operating with 18 staff members, consisting of 17 permanent international observers...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 19:30 (Kyiv time), 3 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 parties and security considerations*. In Spartak, the SMM facilitated a local ceasefire for repair works to the water pipeline. In Kharkiv, armed...
OSCE representative warns about impact on free media of criminal investigation of Netzpolitik.org journalists in Germany
VIENNA, 4 August 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today said the launch of a treason investigation in Germany against the owner and a reporter for a website could harm reporting in the public interest. “The threat of being charged with treason has a clear general chilling effect on journalists engaged in...
Kosovo Lawmakers Approve War Crimes Court, Ukrainian Exiles Seek Ouster of Kyiv Government
Plus, Russian shoppers get a welcome break from high food prices, and archeologists map the site of the demolished Great Synagogue of Vilnius. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 19:30 (Kyiv time), 2 August 2015
This report is provided for 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 in Horlivka, Kurdiumivka and in Kodema and conducted...
