OSCE Special Representative promotes sustainable assistance to children without parental care in Eastern Europe
MINSK, 3 April 2015 – Preparing children to live independently after they leave state-run boarding schools is a key step in combating human trafficking in minors,” said on Friday OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Ambassador Madina Jarbussynova. “Teaching life skills is something that we have...
Practice of oppressing members of media in Belarus must change, OSCE Representative says
VIENNA, 3 April 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today reiterated her call on the Belarussian authorities to stop persecuting members of the media, following continued and repeated intimidations of journalists for doing their job. “The authorities have to stop imposing restrictive measures on freelance...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 2 April 2015
This report is for media and the general public. The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the Implementation of the Minsk agreements”. The SMM, based on its monitoring – which was restricted by third parties and by security considerations* – observed that fighting continued in areas around the Donetsk airport and...
End of EU Milk Quotas Worries Bosnia, Cull of Crimean Tatar Media Continues
Plus, Bulgaria and Westinghouse restart talks on nuke plant upgrade; Tajikistan asks allies for more help on restive Afghan border. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Crimea as Part of Russia: First Conclusions
Russia’s problems with Crimea and Crimea’s problems with Russia will only continue to grow. We will see the effects of this in a year during the celebration of the second anniversary of the reunification. But next time, we can definitely expect less fanfare. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Power Relations Meet Doestic Structures: Russia and Ukraine
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Spot Report by OSCE Observer Mission: A twenty second Russian convoy of 42 vehicles crossed into Ukraine and returned back through the Donetsk Border Crossing Point
This report is for media and the general public. SUMMARY On 02 April 2015 at 07:34hrs (Moscow time), a Russian convoy arrived at the Donetsk Border Crossing Point (BCP). A total of 42 vehicles were checked by the Russian border guard and customs services. All the vehicles had crossed back into the Russian Federation by 14:56hrs on 02 April. ***...
OSCE Chairperson Dačić addresses Collective Security Treaty Organization meeting in Dushanbe
DUSHANBE, 2 April 2015 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić today told the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), meeting in Dushanbe, that the OSCE shared its goal of contributing to security and stability in Central Asia and aimed for closer...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 1 April 2015
This report is for media and the general public. The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the Implementation of the Minsk agreements”. The SMM, based on its monitoring – which was restricted by third parties and by security considerations* – observed that fighting continued in areas around the Donetsk airport, and that...
The Russian economy in 2050: Heading for labor-based stagnation
Since the beginning of the 1990s, Russia has been suffering from a negative demographic trend. Despite active immigration—more than 9 million people arrived in Russia between 1990 and 2014—the population declined by 3.7 million (Chart 1). [1] Though many developed countries face a similar challenge, there are a number of specific behind the trend...
