Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 18 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 heard many instances of heavy artillery fire in Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Marches were held in many cities across...
The nuclear dimension of the Ukraine conflict
…read more Source: German Institute for International and Security...
State of the Union symposium: What President Obama should say, and what he will say
Tomorrow, January 20th, is President Obama’s seventh State of the Union address. Observers will be watching closely as he lays out his agenda for his remaining time in office. We have gathered here the opinions of several AEI experts on what they think the president should cover in his speech, andwhat we might expect him to actually say....
China-EU Relations in the Context of the Ukraine Crisis
…read more Source: German Institute for International and Security...
Eyeing Tajikistan’s Weak Spot, Russia Presses for Integration
Life gets tougher for migrant workers whose countries don’t belong to Moscow’s trading bloc. From EurasiaNet.org. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
No New Cease-Fire for Ukraine, Mass Killing in Armenia Prompts a Call from Putin
Plus, jihadists reportedly expand their recruitment drive in Kyrgyzstan, and rights groups protest the jailing of a Macedonian journalist. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 16 January 2015
This report is for media and the general public. 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 a large number of ceasefire violations in the Donetsk region. The SMM conducted its third visit to the site of...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 15 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 JCCC and “DPR” leadership agreed a special joint inquiry into the incident causing the deaths of civilians on a bus in...
Statement by the Chairmanship on the Trilateral Contact Group
KYIV/VIENNA, 15 January 2015 – As a follow-up to the meeting of the four Ministers of Foreign Affairs in the “Normandy format” of 12 January 2015 in Berlin, the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), consisting of senior representatives of Ukraine, the Russian Federation and the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, met today in Kyiv in preparation for the...
Statement by OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine Regarding the Safety and Security of Monitors
KYIV, 16 January, 2015 – In response to media reports, the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine reaffirms that no participating States have withdrawn their monitors from the Mission in Ukraine. “We continue to work closely with all OSCE participating States to ensure that their nationals seconded to the Mission operate in a safe and secure...
