Security of Europe and Asia are indivisible, says Mongolia’s Foreign Minister outlining priorities of Mongolian Chairmanship of OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation
VIENNA, 20 January 2015 – Mongolian Foreign Minister H.E. Mr. Lundeg Purevsuren today outlined priorities of the Mongolian Chairmanship of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation for the first trimester of 2015 at the first meeting of the Forum this year in Vienna, pledging to further expand the dialogue and co-operation with the OSCE Asian...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 19 January 2015
This report is for the 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 observed in Donetsk city and surroundings damage caused by recent shelling. The SMM together with the Joint...
Lavrov Calls for New Ukraine Cease-Fire, Russians Offered Free Land in Far East
Plus, governments scramble to defend currencies against the skyrocketing Swiss franc, and Armenia takes a fresh look at EU integration. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Nazarbaev as Mediator
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has managed to use the Ukraine crisis as a sort of stepping stone to elevate his international profile and Kazakhstan’s geopolitical status. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Judy Asks: Will Russia Escalate in Ukraine and Beyond?
Every week, a selection of leading experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey on the foreign and security policy challenges shaping Europe’s role in the world. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Fighting Nears Central Donetsk, Balkan Neighbors at Odds Over Trepca Mine
Plus, bomb blasts shake Albania’s second city and a major Eurasian communications link comes closer to reality. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russia’s statements on a new gas pipeline with Turkey are another bluff
Russia’s statements on building a new gas pipeline with Turkey is only part of the information warfare. This opinion was expressed by Director of Energy Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Volodymyr Omelchenko, informs the news agency Radio Liberty. “Before this project, there was a project ‘The Power of Syberia’ with China. Back...
Ukraine Fatigue: To Be or Not To Be (Bailed Out)
Ukraine teeters on the brink of default. The government is devoting more energy to public relations than actual reforms. Recent developments are likely to fuel the creation of a new black hole in Europe. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Eastern Ukraine: Civilians dying and in grave danger as fighting escalates
Headline Title: Eastern Ukraine: Civilians dying and in grave danger as fighting escalates …read more Source: Amnesty...
The separatist conflict costs Ukraine $10 million a day
The collapse in Ukraine’s hard currency reserves to just enough to cover five weeks of imports is threatening big government debt writedowns, rather than mere maturity extensions, being needed to put the country on its feet, the Reuters reports. Meanwhile the separatist conflict continues to cost Kyiv $10 million a day and is distracting...
