Karimov Heads for Fourth Term in Uzbekistan, Crimea’s Tatars Fear End is Near for TV Station
Plus, Soros urges the West to invest in Ukraine, and Hungary’s far-right leader presents a ‘modern, urban guy’ image. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Bye-Bye, Abkhazia, Crimea, South Ossetia!
European governments are powerless to prevent the erosion of the security architecture set out in the 1975 Helsinki Final Act. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Identity and Violence in Ukraine
Since the Maidan protests erupted at the end of 2013 Ukrainian society has witnessed a deep transformation, in which polarising as well as consolidating tendencies can be identified. The “Revolution of Dignity” and Russia’s violation of the country’s territorial integrity have strengthened Ukrainian identity in a way that has enhanced...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 26 March 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 facilitated a local ceasefire and the delivery of humanitarian aid in Shyrokyne, east of Mariupol. The SMM, based on its monitoring – which was restricted by third parties and...
Closing Ranks: Aligning NATO and the EU’s Strategic Priorities
The EU has not lived up to its ambitions for decisive, autonomous military action, nor has there been sufficient NATO-EU coordination, let alone cooperation. For many years, the EU could afford to live with these inconsistencies. But the Russia/Ukraine crisis and the uproar in the Islamic world have fundamentally altered the strategic landscape...
The Razumkov Centre Newsletter №14
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 №14 …read more Source: Razumkov...
The fight against the influence of business on governance should be comprehensive
Since 19 March, when the Supervisory Board of Ukrtransnafta decided to dismiss the company’s Chairman Oleksandr Lazorko, and the Verkhovna Rada adopted amendments to the law on joint-stock companies, which, according to its developers, should bring Ukrnafta back under control of the state, the situation around these two companies has...
Euronest Session in Yerevan Mocks European Values
In 2010, Belarus had its membership in Euronest — the Parliamentary assembly for the Eastern Partnership initiative of the European Union — suspended because of what was very obviously a rigged election. (Belarus has no other kind.) Armenia undertook a series of war crimes in prizing away Nagorno-Karabah through 1994, and to this day continues to...
OSCE Representative meets Serbian Prime Minister to discuss media freedom issues
BELGRADE, 27 March 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović met with the Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić today to discuss media freedom issues in Serbia and the OSCE region. “I am pleased with the outcome of the meeting today, we discussed a number of media freedom issues, such as the safety of journalists,...
Russia Not Prepared to Discuss Restructuring Ukraine Debt-Russian Finance Minister
March 27, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
