Serbia reveals Chairmanship priorities pledging to rebuild trust and confidence in OSCE region
VIENNA, 15 January 2015 – Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić today outlined priorities for the 2015 Serbian Chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe at the first Permanent Council meeting of the year in Vienna. He pledged to seize the opportunity given by the 57 participating States to rebuild trust and...
Donetsk Explodes Again, Polish Government Takes on Miners
Plus, Croatia’s new leader takes flak from the neighbors, and Russia says transsexuals are not banned from driving. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Naftogaz’s Long Road to Europe
Andriy Kobolyev, the CEO of Naftogaz, wants to integrate Ukraine’s energy sector into the EU. That, he believes, would end Gazprom’s political grip over his country. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Independent Ukraine is in a state of war for the first time in its history
Relatives of Ukrainian protesters killed in the clashes that led to the ouster of Moscow-backed president Viktor Yanukovych have yet to see justice. And the costs of revolution are adding up, reports the Voice of America. Thousands have died in ongoing fighting with Russia-backed rebels in the east, a major challenge for Ukraine’s new...
OSCE supports Ukraine in combatting environmental crimes at the border
Andrii Dziubenko Representatives of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine and the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, on 25 December 2014, handed over to the State Environmental Inspectorate of Ukraine a series of informative posters and training materials on enhancing environmental controls at border...
Russia to Beef Up Crimean Defenses, No Cure in Sight for Kazakh Sleeping Sickness
Plus, Bulgaria broaches another Black Sea gas scheme and an opposition activist gets a long prison term in Tajikistan. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russian Passport, Please!
A new law requiring registration for dual nationals is sowing confusion and consternation. From openDemocracy. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Weekly update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 10:00 (Moscow time), 7 January 2015
This report is for media and the general public. SUMMARY Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both BCPs. Overall cross-border traffic flows decreased significantly at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The OM continued to observe a number of persons in military-style clothing crossing...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office strongly condemns deadly attack on bus in eastern Ukraine, urges immediate ceasefire
BELGRADE, 14 January 2015 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbia’s Foreign Minister IvicaDačič today strongly condemned yesterday’s deadly incident in which several people were killed and wounded on a bus near a government-controlled checkpoint in Buhas, eastern Ukraine. “I condemn in the strongest terms this attack on...
Swallowing South Ossetia
Russia and South Ossetia are about to sign a “Treaty of Alliance and Integration.” The Kremlin is confronting the same dilemma it faces in Moldova and Ukraine: the closer it holds on to separatist territories, the further it pushes the big state away from Russia and towards the West. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
