OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities assesses inter-ethnic relations in Zakarpattia and Lviv, western Ukraine
THE HAGUE, 7 July 2015 – OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Astrid Thors assessed the situation of national minorities and internally displaced people (IDPs) in western Ukraine during a visit to Uzhhorod, Mukacheve, Berehove and Lviv from 29 June to 3 July. This was the first time that a High Commissioner visited the multi‑ethnic...
No Jury Trial for Savchenko, Police Break Up Yerevan Protest
Plus, Lithuania and the U.S. announce joint military training, and Kosovo’s Bosniaks call for more mother-tongue university education. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Everybody Loves Volodya
With Putin’s approval ratings sky-high, have even his critics changed their minds – or have they just found the door? …read more Source: Transitions Online...
OSCE Special Representative Ambassador Bogojević to follow up on 30 June visit
CHISINAU, 6 July 2015 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the Transdniestrian Settlement Process Ambassador Radojko Bogojević will visit Tiraspol and Chisinau on 7 and 8 July. On 7 July, Bogojević will travel to Tiraspol to meet with Transdniestrian Chief Negotiator Nina Shtanski and Transdniestrian leader Yevgeny...
OSCE PA issues Helsinki +40 Report to commemorate Helsinki Final Act anniversary
HELSINKI, 6 July 2015 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s International Secretariat has released the Final Report of its Helsinki +40 Project, presenting concrete proposals for reforming the OSCE to ensure its relevance and efficiency in the years ahead. The report was presented today to parliamentarians from three continents attending the...
Finnish President Niinisto, Foreign Minister Soini look to OSCE’s past, present, future at Parliamentary Assembly Annual Session
HELSINKI, 6 July 2015 – Finnish President Sauli Niinisto, Finnish Foreign Minister Timo Soini and OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) recalled the OSCE’s past, assessed the OSCE’s present, and looked to the OSCE’s future in keynote addresses at the opening plenary of the OSCE PA’s 2015 Annual...
Armenia to Buy Russian Missiles, Serbian Premier Pegs Srebrenica Visit to Results of UN Vote
Plus, Russia denounces Poland’s ‘war of monuments,’ and Ukraine’s first professionalized traffic cops graduate. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The government are trying to put the entire price of reforms on ordinary citizens
On Holos Stolytsi Radio, Economic Research Consultant of the Razumkov Centre Volodymyr Sidenko shared his thoughts on Petro Poroshenko’s statement that in the next few years, Ukraine will be entitled to the EU candidate status, and also spoke about the course of economic reforms. – What do you think about the president’s statement in...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 19:30 (Kyiv time), 2 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 situation at and around Donetsk airport was tense. The SMM did not observe any “DPR” presence in...
OSCE supports specialized course and manual for journalists in Ukraine on gender equality and non-discrimination
KYIV, 3 July 2015 – A two-day workshop which presented a new course and manual on gender equality and non-discrimination for representatives of Ukraine’s media educational institutions ended today in Kyiv. The workshop was organized with the support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU). The event brought together...
