Ukraine Passes Laws To Unlock $3.2 Billion In Foreign Aid
July 17, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
OSCE/ODIHR seminars for police and prosecutors in Ukraine focus on freedom of religion or belief and hate crimes
173416 Police and prosecutors from Ukraine discussed international standards on freedom of religion or belief and responses to hate crime at two seminars organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Vinnitsa on 13 and 14 July and in Odessa on 16 and 17 July 2015. Each seminar began with participants...
Why Moscow Opposed Grexit
Putin phoned IMF chief, asking the Europeans to support Athens in any way possible. It is likely that Obama asked to do the same thing: there is no indication that Greece was ever a point of contention between Russia and the United States-despite Greece’s position on the Ukrainian crisis, its anti-Western rhetoric, and Tsipras’...
Greek Interior Minister says snap elections after the summer are “very likely”
Greek Interior Minister says snap elections after the summer are “very likely”Greek Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis told radio station Sto Kokkino yesterday, “If it is not September, it will be October. Elections are very likely, but will be the result of the broader way things are seen to be going, not just from the government.” Greek Prime...
The incident in Mukachevo: a symptom of Ukraine’s systemic weakness
2015-07-15Tadeusz IwańskiPiotr ŻochowskiThe incident in Mukachevo has revealed the failings of the public safety system which are characteristic of the whole country. …read more Source: Centre for Eastern Studies...
Russia gives way to China in BRICS and SCO
This month saw a super summit of two organisations that are significant for both Russia and China. The 7th BRICS summit and 15th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, both held in Ufa, Russia, included the typical member-state declarations confirming cooperation on major issues such as counter-terrorism, ensuring stability and enhancing...
Moscow Rejects Dutch Findings and the Malaysian Proposal of an MH17 Crash Tribunal
On July 17, 2014, Malaysian passenger jet Flight MH17 was shot out of the sky over the territory of Ukrainian Donbas controlled by Moscow-backed separatists, killing all 298 people on board (most of them—Dutch citizens). The Ukrainian authorities have accused the separatist rebels of shooting down MH17 with a surface-to-air BUK M1 missile (known...
The Next UN Secretary General: An Experienced Woman to Foster Global Food Security
Filed in Blog Topics: United Nations While conflicts in countries like Syria and Ukraine dominate the daily news cycle, and longer-term concerns about climate change and energy security are frequently aired, the problem of hunger and the emergence of new threats to world food supplies receive far less attention than they merit. Without sustained...
Ukraine Bank Deputy Dmytro Solohub: Economic recovery ‘difficult, but still possible’
Dmytro Solohub admits that the Ukrainian economy is “very fragile” and faces “lots of security risks”— but says he’s doing everything he can to stabilize Ukraine’s currency, control galloping inflation, and return his country to prosperity as quickly as possible.Solohub, 37, took over in mid-March as Deputy...
Ukraine Rebel Leader Sued in U.S. Over MH17 Attack, Baku Trial Set for Activist Couple
Plus, Kyrgyzstan protests the State Department’s rights award to a jailed activist and Armenia mulls a sex-specific abortion ban. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
