Lone Russian Activists Battle To Prove Kremlin Troops In Ukraine
June 25, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
OSCE Special Representative stresses importance of victim identification in combating human trafficking
LISBON, 25 June 2015 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Ambassador Madina Jarbussynova, today underscored the need to improve victim identification at an international seminar on key challenges in the fight against modern-day slavery. “There is a large gap between the estimated number of...
Combating human trafficking along migration routes in focus at OSCE high-level conference on 6-7 July in Vienna
VIENNA, 25 June 2015 – Combating human trafficking along migration routes will be the focus of the 15th Alliance against Trafficking in Persons conference, hosted by the OSCE, together with Serbia’s OSCE Chairmanship, on 6 and 7 July in Vienna. The conference will draw attention to the impact of state migration policies on trafficking in...
OSCE Mission to Montenegro participated in Security Forum in Budva
166651 Iva Scepanovic Serbia’s 2015 OSCE Chairmanship, the OSCE’s Conflict Prevention Centre and the OSCE Missions to Bosnia and Herzegovina and to Montenegro participated in the fifth 2BS Security Forum on “The Future Perspectives …read more Source:...
Bosnia Gets a Historic Wartime Rape Ruling, Romania’s Embattled Leader Takes Sick
Plus, Kyrgyzstan’s ‘gay propaganda’ bill clears another hurdle and Central Europeans mull the workings of Russia’s energy giants. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 19:30 (Kyiv time), 23 June 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 the Donetsk airport remained tense. The situation remained relatively calm...
56th IPRM meeting takes place in Ergneti
ERGNETI, 24 June 2015 – On 24th June 2015, the 56th 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...
Moscow Livid Over U.S. Arms Shipments to Its Border, Trans-Asian Pipeline Inches Ahead
Plus, Russian authorities slap down a consumer group for questioning the takeover of Crimea, and Kyrgyz nationalists go head to head with the Kremlin over a World War I ‘genocide.’ …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The agony of Greece and the crisis of the ‘European project’
With only days until Greece must make a critical loan repayment to the International Monetary Fund, Athens’ financial options are dwindling rapidly.On Monday, Eurozone leaders held yet another emergency summit to avoid Greek defaults to the IMF and the European Central Bank.The rhetoric was guardedly optimistic, but concrete progress was...
Problems may arise during local elections in Ukraine
Deputy Director General, Director of Political and Legal Programmes at the Razumkov Centre Yuriy Yakymenko told the Glavnoe website about the possible obstacles during the local elections in Ukraine. The parliament has started the process of adopting a new Law On Local Election. If this process is delayed, local elections can become a problem for...
