OSCE Panel of Eminent Persons complete research visit to Kyiv
Munich, 30 April 2015 – Several members of the OSCE Panel of Eminent Persons (PEP) visited Kiev on April 29 and 30 at the invitation of the Government of Ukraine. The panel members met with the leaders of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission and other OSCE officials, Ukrainian government officials, and members of the diplomatic community,...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30 (Kyiv time), 29 April 2015
This report is for the media and 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*. Fighting continued around Donetsk airport and Shyrokyne[1]. The SMM observed military movement on both sides...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Dačić completes two-day visit to OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, supports the country’s commitments to positive reform-oriented agenda
SARAJEVO, 30 April 2015 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić completed on Wednesday a two-day visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). During his visit, Dačić met BiH Presidency members Mladen Ivanić, Bakir Izetbegović and Dragan Čović, Foreign Affairs Minister Igor Crnadak, Chairperson of BiH Council of...
Journalists Increasingly Muzzled, Ukraine’s Economy Increasingly Battered
Plus, a Czech court considers gay adoption and the Balkans’ population continues to dwindle. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The Razumkov Centre Newsletter №16
This issue contains articles and interviews of the Razumkov Centre’s experts, dealing with most topical issues in Ukraine’s current affairs. In particular – domestic politics, security sector, the situation in the Ukrainian economy and energy sector. Read The Razumkov Centre Newsletter №16 …read more Source: Razumkov...
Currently it is not really possible to reformat the parliamentary coalition
Deputy Director, Director of Political and Legal Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Yuriy Yakymenko explains to the website Glavnoe what is currently happening in the Verkhovna Rada and whether the parliamentary coalition is at risk of collapsing or being reformatted. All that was happening in the Verkhovna Rada last week (including rumours about...
UN, regional organizations, civil society join forces to address peace-building and support democracy
VIENNA, 30 April 2015 – Strengthening co-operation and co-ordination between the UN, regional organizations and civil society in responding to crises and peace-building is critical, experts concluded at a two-day, high-level international conference which closed today in Vienna. The conference, focusing on strengthening peace and security...
54th IPRM meeting takes place in Ergneti
ERGNETI, 30 April 2015 – On 29 April 2015 the 54th meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) took place in Ergneti, co-facilitated by the Head of the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM), Mr Kęstutis Jankauskas, and Ambassador Angelo Gnaedinger, the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for...
Putin’ the NATO-Russia Founding Act to Rest
The United States is renegotiating its temporary military presence into a permanent arrangement with a NATO member state. While the country in question is not one you may expect, there is a dire need to boost deterrence capabilities via permanently stationed forces in member states with exterior borders. With Putin on the loose in Ukraine, the...
How Not to Monitor Russia’s Border With Ukraine
The OSCE has no unhindered access to check what and who enters Ukraine from Russia. That makes a mockery of the ceasefire in Ukraine and undermines the organization. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
