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...
Between Military Non-Alignment and Integration
Alarmed by the Ukraine crisis and Russia’s military activity in the Baltic Sea region, Finland and Sweden are currently engaged in an intensive debate about their national security. Faced with a changing threat scenario, there is growing doubt in both countries about their current defence capabilities. Questions are also being asked about...
EU Adepts Nervous Ahead of Riga Summit, Orban Calls for Death Penalty Debate
Plus, Belarusian IT leaders decry arrest of high-flying financier; embarrassment in Russia over Nazis on a billboard and undulating girls at a war monument. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ukraine’s Other Chernobyls
Europe has made huge investments in reviving Ukraine’s aging nuclear power plants, despite the considerable dangers they pose. With 12 of Ukraine’s 15 reactors set to reach the end of their intended lifetime, it is time for a new approach, aimed at propelling Ukraine toward a safer, more sustainable energy future. …read more...
Tennis And Diplomacy: Do Winners Need to Take All?
The Federation Cup is an international tennis competition for women professionals, the rough equivalent of the Davis Cup for men, in which countries compete as national teams. For once, Canada has been considered a rising force to be reckoned with, principally because of Eugenie Bouchard, the 21-year old beauty from Westmount, Quebec, whose...
Fostering co-operation in corruption prevention between government and private sector in focus of OSCE-led seminar in Moldova
CHISINAU, 28 April 2015 – Over 50 senior and mid-level anti-corruption professionals from Eastern Europe and the South Caucasus, as well as experts from international organizations, Europe and the United States gathered in Chisinau for a three-day regional seminar on fostering co-operation in corruption prevention between government and private...
Secretary General of the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development-GUAM to hold news conference in Vienna on Thursday
VIENNA, 28 April 2015 – Valeri Chechelashvili, the Secretary General of the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development-GUAM, will hold a press conference in Vienna on Thursday after his address to the OSCE Permanent Council. The GUAM member states are Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. The Organization promotes democratic values...
