Statement by the Trilateral Contact Group
The Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), consisting of senior representatives of Ukraine, the Russian Federation and the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, convened an urgent meeting in Kyiv on 24 January 2015. The TCG discussed the rising tension in eastern Ukraine and condemned the intensification of violence there, especially in the vicinity of the city...
OSCE Chief Monitor in Ukraine condemns Mariupol shelling as reckless, indiscriminate and disgraceful attack on innocent civilians, including women and children
KYIV, 24 January, 2015 – The Head of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan, described the shelling in Mariupol today – which according to the Mission’s initial findings caused at least 17 deaths and many more injuries – as a reckless, indiscriminate and disgraceful attack aimed at a heavily-populated...
Statement by the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine on civilian deaths in Donetsk
DONETSK, 24 January 2015 – On Thursday the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) looked into yet another tragic incident: our observations in Donetsk, Debaltseve and Volnovakha confirmed the injuries and loss of civilian lives during the past week. Once again, the SMM expresses its deep concern about the increasing number of civilian...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office voices concern over situation in eastern Ukraine to news agency Tanjug
Marina Marković Communication and Media Relations Section The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić told Serbia’s news agency Tanjug on 23 January 2015 that he is “deeply concerned about the escalation of the conflict in eastern Ukraine, …read more Source:...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 22 January 2015
This report is for media and the general public. The SMM continued to monitor the implementation of the provisions of the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum and the work of the Joint Centre for Control and Co-ordination (JCCC). The SMM saw the aftermath of a shelling incident in Donetsk. The SMM witnessed many instances of heavy artillery fire and...
Global Think Tank Ranking 2014 BICC amongst leading think tanks worldwide in two categories
Amongst the Top 150, there are 12 German institutes while nine institutes can be found amongst the Top 100. BICC is the only German institute that specialises in peace and conflict research.”The world seems to have turned upside down. The violence in Ukraine, Syria, Iraq, Nigeria, or Afghanistan presents complex challenges to international...
SOTU 2015: Experts comment on the president’s vision for foreign policy
At a World Affairs Council panel Wednesday night, four foreign policy experts graded President Obama’s State of the Union speech. According to Andrew Weiss of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the speech failed to address “just how much the US role around the world is changing.” AEI’s Daniella Pletka noted that on the...
Crimea’s Vanishing Religious Communities
Re-registration requirements and other red tape are driving out priests, nuns, even visiting imams. From Forum 18. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Poroshenko Insists on ‘Unitary’ Ukraine, Top Schools in Tajikistan Under Threat
Plus, Poland’s president rejects his foreign minister’s Auschwitz remark and the Paris attacks cloud Romania and Bulgaria’s Schengen hopes. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
New Investment Opportunities: Possibilities for China and Challenges for Ukraine
Director of Economic programmes at the Razumkov Centre Vasyl Yurchyshyn contributed to the Global Review, Winter 2014 issue on the great development potential and economic benefits for Chinese investment in Ukraine. …read more Source: Razumkov...
