Schäuble’s proposals to restructure Commission receive mixed response in Germany
Schäuble’s proposals to restructure Commission receive mixed response in GermanyFrankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reports that German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble’s proposals to restructure the European Commission by hiving off its supervisory and enforcement roles to a new, politically independent authority, have met with a mixed...
Pullout of Ukrainian volunteer fighters from Shyrokyne might threaten Mariupol
Co-director of Foreign Relations and International Security Programmes at the Razumkov Centre Oleksiy Melnyk said Mariupol residents had plenty of reason to be concerned about the pullout of the volunteer fighters from the obliterated village of Shyrokyne, located just 20 kilometers east of the strategic port city of Mariupol in Donetsk Oblast,...
Spot Report by OSCE Observer Mission: A thirty-third Russian convoy of 52 vehicles crossed into Ukraine and returned back through Donetsk Border Crossing Point
SUMMARY On 30 July 2015 at 07:05hrs (Moscow time), a Russian convoy arrived at the Donetsk Border Crossing Point (BCP). A total of 52 vehicles were checked by the Russian border guard and customs services. All the vehicles had crossed back into the Russian Federation by 15:58hrs on 30 July. *** DETAIL Leaving the Russian Federation On 30 July...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 19:30 (Kyiv time), 29 July 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 noted an increase in ceasefire violations at and around the Donetsk airport. The situation at and...
57th meeting of Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism takes place in Ergneti
On 30th July 2015, the 57th meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) took place in Ergneti, co-facilitated by Kęstutis Jankauskas, the Head of the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM), and Ambassador Angelo Gnaedinger, the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the South Caucasus. The...
Russia Blocks MH17 Tribunal, Activists Call for Turkmenistani Journalist’s Release
Plus, an official in Russia’s North Caucasus faces murder charges and a jailed Azerbaijani reporter gets a prestigious prize in Washington. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Putinology
Two schools have vied at center stage in recent years seeking to explain the foreign policy behavior of Putin’s Russia. One essentially places the blame almost entirely at the West’s door: The annexation of Crimea and the war on Ukraine were responses to the West’s insufficient sensitivity to Russian “national interests.”...
OSCE supports dialogue efforts to enhance peaceful development of western Donbas, Ukraine
KRASNOARMIYSK, eastern Ukraine, 30 July 2015 – Over 170 representatives of central and local authorities, members of parliament, civic activists and experts gathered today in Krasnoarmiysk, eastern Ukraine, to discuss most burning issues of development for the western part of Donbas region, affected by recent hostilities. The discussions were...
OSCE helps Ukraine to clear Donetsk and Luhansk regions of unexploded ordnance
KYIV, 30 July 2015 – An OSCE-supported project aimed at strengthening the State Emergency Service of Ukraine’s (SESU) capacity to clear explosive munitions in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions has launched today in Kyiv. The high priority project provides training, equipment and assistance to SESU staff, who are facing a major clean-up...
Ukraine’s Avenging Angels
One group has been the main engine behind the country’s anti-corruption efforts. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
