OSCE PA President expresses condolences on the death of Petur Blondal
COPENHAGEN, 29 June 2015 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) issued the following statement today on the passing of Petur Blondal of Iceland, the Assembly’s Special Representative on the OSCE Budget: “The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly mourns the loss of our longtime colleague and friend, Petur Blondal. Serving...
OSCE Special Representative Ambassador Bogojević to visit Moldova
CHISINAU, 29 June 2015 – The Special Representative of the Serbian OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the Transdniestrian Settlement Process Ambassador Radojko Bogojević will visit Chisinau on Tuesday, 30 June 2015. Ambassador Bogojević is visiting Chisinau to meet with Victor Osipov, Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration and Moldovan Chief...
OSCE PA President deplores terrorist attacks in France, Tunisia and Kuwait
COPENHAGEN, 26 June 2015 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) today issued the following statement on the terrorist attacks in France, Tunisia and Kuwait: “I am shocked and appalled by today’s terrorist attacks in France, Tunisia and Kuwait. On behalf of the more than 300 lawmakers of the OSCE Parliamentary...
Armenian Protests Continue, Macedonia Adds to Greek Bank Woes
Plus, a bid to create a war crimes court in Kosovo falters, and a pro-EU mayor wins re-election in Moldova’s capital. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russia’s Bridge to Crimea: Quick Profits for Putin’s Crony, Zero Accountability
The huge project disregards major environmental and safety issues. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The National Security State’s Crisis Racket
Imagine that Russia announced that it was reconstituting the Warsaw Pact and that Cuba, Venezuela, Chile, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Grenada, and Bolivia had signed on as members. Imagine also that Russia fomented a regime-change operation in Mexico that succeeded in ousting the democratically elected president of the country and installing a...
IS Plants a Flag in North Caucasus, No Serbian Trial for Ex-Bosniak Commander
Plus, Kosovo hits allegedly Iran-linked groups, and Hungary’s tobacco-trade reform raises competition concerns. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Participation in the debate of the Bertelsmann Stiftung studies
On 18 June 2015, the Director of Economic Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Vasyl Yurchyshyn participated in the presentation and public debate of two studies commissioned and produced by the Bertelsmann Stiftung. The first study deals with the perspective of economic growth in Ukraine and was prepared by the wiiw Vienna Institute for...
Participation in the committee hearings on “Prospects for increasing extraction of domestic oil and gas for improving energy security of Ukraine”
On 9 June 2015, the Leading Expert of Energy Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Viktor Lohatskyi took part in a hearing at the Parliamentary Committee on the Fuel and Energy Complex, Nuclear Policy and Nuclear Safety, dedicated to the prospects and ways of increasing production of domestic oil and gas to enhance the energy security of Ukraine. The...
Participation in the meeting of the Сabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
On 9 June 2015, the Director of Energy Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Volodymyr Omelchenko attended a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine chaired by Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine V. Voshchevskyi, dedicated to the draft Law of Ukraine “On the National Committee Performing State Regulation in the Area of Energy and Utilities”...
