Moldova Turns to Hire Education
Can new, improved vocational training rectify a dearth of skilled workers and a distorted labor market? …read more Source: Transitions Online...
A total decline of Donbas economy will threaten Ukraine’s security
Economic Research Consultant at the Razumkov Centre Volodymyr Sidenko told the BBC news agency about the economic collapse in Donbas and how it threatens Ukraine’s security. There has been a major degradation process, due to which the economy of the region was thrown several decades back. Many of the enterprises that have stopped will not...
Separatists have to understand that a new attack in Donbas will cost them a lot
In his column for the “Novoe Vremia” Oleksiy Melnyk, Co-director of Foreign Relations and International Security Programmes of the Razumkov Centre, assesses the prospects and threats of de-escalation of the conflict in Donbas. The prospects of escalation or de-escalation of the conflict in Donbas should be assessed given the terrorists building...
Ukraine’s defence industry got a chance to enter Western markets
In the comment to the magazine Focus, Co-director of Foreign Relations and International Security Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Oleksiy Melnyk explained why the termination of military and technical cooperation with Russia can do good to Ukraine’s defence industry. Putin’s statement only proves his unwillingness to name the real...
What interests Russia in the Arctic
In his column for the “Novoe Vremia” Oleksiy Melnyk, Co-director of Foreign Relations and International Security Programmes of the Razumkov Centre, writes about a possible conflict of national interests over the Arctic. …read more Source: Razumkov...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 19:30 (Kyiv time), 31 May 2015
This report is provided 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 SMM continued to observe a significant number of ceasefire violations in and around Donetsk...
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 10:00hrs (Moscow time), 02 June 2015
SUMMARY Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both BCPs. The overall cross-border traffic increased at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). DETAIL OM’s staff composition The OM is currently operating with 21 staff members, consisting of 19 permanent international observers (incl. the...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 19:30 (Kyiv time), 1 June 2015
This report is provided 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 SMM observed continuing ceasefire violations in and around Donetsk airport; Luhansk region...
National human rights institutions should support each other across borders, particularly in crisis situations, say participants at OSCE Seminar
WARSAW, 1 June 2015 – More than 100 representatives of governments, international organizations and civil society met to discuss the role of national human rights institutions in promoting and protecting individual human rights at the three-day OSCE Human Dimension Seminar, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights...
Saakashvili Named Governor of Odessa, Tajik Top Cop Defects to IS
Plus, Russian TV revises history of 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion, and scientists are helpless against mass die-off of Central Asia’s endangered antelopes. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
