Asking for Shock Therapy
The Ukrainian government is caught between a warm embrace of neoliberal dogma and geopolitical suicide. From openDemocracy. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
All sides in eastern Ukraine must ensure safety and freedom of movement of SMM monitors, says OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Dačić
BELGRADE, 28 July 2015 – All sides in eastern Ukraine have a responsibility to ensure the safety of OSCE monitors and guarantee their unfettered access across the region, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić said today following two recent incidents in which teams from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 19:30 (Kyiv time), 27 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 third parties and security considerations*. The SMM continued to observe ceasefire violations at and around the Donetsk airport. The SMM was caught...
OSCE-supported forum on reconstruction through dialogue to take place in Krasnoarmiysk, eastern Ukraine on Thursday
KYIV, 28 July 2015 – Western Donbas Forum “Reconstruction through Dialogue”, organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator on request from Donetsk Oblast Civil and Military Administration, is to take place in Krasnoarmiysk in the East of Ukraine on Thursday, 30 July 2015. The purpose of the event is to facilitate discussions between central...
Azov Battalion Leader’s Death Raises Questions, New Moldovan Premier Named
Plus, violence racks Macedonia’s biggest Albanian party and Poland tilts farther into the no-euro camp. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Fear of the Unknown
Central Europeans have much more experience being emigrants than welcoming immigrants. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The Razumkov Centre Newsletter №20
This issue contains articles and interviews of the Razumkov Centre’s experts, dealing with most topical issues in Ukraine’s current affairs. In particular – domestic politics, security sector, the situation in the Ukrainian economy and energy sector. Read the Razumkov Centre Newsletter №20 …read more Source: Razumkov...
The Razumkov Centre Newsletter №21
This issue contains articles and interviews of the Razumkov Centre’s experts, dealing with most topical issues in Ukraine’s current affairs. In particular – domestic politics, security sector, the situation in the Ukrainian economy and energy sector. Read the Razumkov Centre Newsletter №21 …read more Source: Razumkov...
The Razumkov Centre attended a roundtable to discuss the projects of the Military doctrine of Ukraine and the development Conception for security and defence sector of Ukraine
The round table was held on 9 July 2015 at the Simulation Centre of the National Defence University of Ukraine. Director of Military Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Mykola Sunhurovskyi evaluated the documents presented for discussion in his speech. Key conclusions of the evaluation — The documents do not meet the stated objectives, and...
The Self Reliance faction will not yet dare to leave the parliamentary coalition
Deputy Director General – Director of Political and Legal Programmes at the Razumkov Centre Yuriy Yakymenko told Glavnoe web-site about tensions between members of a parliamentary coalition in the Verkhovna Rada. One of the factions – Self Reliance – has recently started talking about leaving the coalition. The size of this faction is rather...
