OSCE Strengthens Capacity of Ukrainian NGOs in Trial Monitoring
KYIV, 15 July 2015 – OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) jointly with the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) completed a two-day training for Ukrainian non-governmental organizations on best practices in trial monitoring. The training is aimed at Ukrainian NGOs activists who already have background and experience...
OSCE/ODIHR workshop focuses on international and Ukrainian political party regulation reform
172636 Measures to make political parties in Ukraine and in the wider OSCE region more transparent and accountable were the focus of an expert workshop jointly organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the partners. They included the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), the Ukrainian...
The main criterion for performance of the military–industrial complex should not be profit but meeting the needs of the front
The Ukrainian defence sector have achieved some success but its performance is traditionally overstated. This opinion was expressed by Co-director of Foreign Relations and International Security Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Oleksiy Melnyk, informs the news agency Radio Liberty. “Production growth by 36 times is dramatic but what is behind...
American, EU Brass Urge Macedonian Compromise, Russian Troops Accused of Desertion
Plus, a gun battle underlines Kyiv’s weakness in the face of organized crime, and Georgia accuses Russia of seizing territory atop a trans-Caucasus oil pipeline. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Does the ADA give the US moral legitimacy as a global disability rights leader?: The view from Russia and Ukraine
Human Rights play an important role in US-Russia relations.Directions: Directions to the Wilson Center …read more Source: Woodrow Wilson International Center for...
Cassandra Vindicated: Baltic Perceptions of NATO’s ‘New Deterrence’ of Russia
Interviews with Baltic State policy-makers suggest recent NATO efforts at reassurance are not sufficiently far-reaching …read more Source: Royal United Services Institute...
Prospects for a More Western-Integrated Ukraine
Europe must be clear about what it can offer Ukraine as the latter loosens its economic ties with Russia and undergoes a process of reform …read more Source: Royal United Services Institute...
Serbia’s Premier Denounces Srebrenica Attack, Romania’s Ponta Faces Graft Charges
Plus, the deeds of a fabled Red Army unit may have been more fiction than fact, and Moldovans march for a union with Romania. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
One Year on from the Annexation of Crimea
One year on from the Annexation of Crimea, Russians’ attitude toward the West has deteriorated. The Russian government uses the situation to fuel patriotism and isolate critics. Besides, the Ukraine conflict shows that Russia follows its own cost-benefit ratio, neglecting its economic interests. …read more Source: Konrad Adenauer...
Spot Report by the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, 12 July 2015: Monitoring events in the wake of deadly shooting in Mukacheve
On 12 July, the SMM dispatched a patrol of the Ivano-Frankivsk-based team to monitor events in the wake of an armed incident that reportedly occurred the previous day in Mukacheve (Zakarpattia region, 605km south-west of Kyiv). According to media reports, at least two people were killed – reportedly members of the Right Sector (Pravyi Sektor) –...
