OSCE Chairperson Dačić pays respects to victims of terrorist attacks during Paris rally
PARIS, 11 January 2015 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić today paid his respects to the victims of the terrorist attacks in Paris, at a unity rally in Paris upon the invitation of French President Francois Hollande. Together with other world leaders, Dačić reiterated his condemnation of the shootings, and his...
Spot Report by the Observer Mission at the Russian checkpoints of Gukovo and Donetsk: Russian convoy of 62 vehicles crossed into Ukraine and returned back through the Donetsk Border Crossing Point
SUMMARY On 08 January 2015 at 08:30 (Moscow time), a Russian convoy consisting of 62 vehicles arrived at the Donetsk Border Crossing Point (BCP). Cargo trucks were inspected by the Russian border guard and customs services. All the vehicles crossed back into the Russian Federation (RF) at 03:28 on January 09. This was the twelfth Russian convoy...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 8 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). There was an increased number of ceasefire violations recorded by the JCCC, mostly in and around Donetsk airport. The head of...
Anti-Kyiv Group Claims German Web Attack, Soros Urges More Aid for Ukraine
Plus, Lithuania prepares a manual for civilians in wartime, and a Moldovan IS member defends the caliphate. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russia, Ukraine Tangle Over Nuclear Fuel, Croatia Demands Extradition of Australian War Crime …
Plus, gas flows again to southern Kyrgyzstan; Ukraine’s economy minister pledges to cut spending and subsidies. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Orthodox celebrations in Ukraine as Christmas spirit sparks a longing for peace
Whether in the spirit of the orthodox Christian Christmas or as part of a barely recognisable ceasefire, Ukrainian separatists gave safe passage to… …read more Source:...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 4 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). At the headquarters of JCCC in government-controlled Debaltseve (55 km north-east of Donetsk) officers from the Ukrainian...
Christmas Approaches
We wish all of our readers a Merry Christmas as 2015 approaches. This year, when so very much has been upended and so many assumptions cast aside, we offer a special wish to our friends in Ukraine, where Moscow seems intent on dragging a reluctant people back into its embrace; and Azerbaijan, where Russia’s puppet Armenia seems to finally...
Russia Stretches, The World Bends
Russia is doing fly-bys of the Baltic countries; sending naval groups to the edge of international waters in Europe and North America; and is undertaking readiness exercises across its territory. It is not 1981. The sanctions have not broken Moscow. It is not 1933. The collapse of oil prices has not driven the Kremlin into retreat. It is not...
Moldova’s Elections Carry Mixed News
Moldova’s elections briefly made the news as a strong affirmation of its commitment to Europe. The news is right and wrong. Undeniably, poor, confused Moldova will keep plodding toward Europe even as the EU bungles opportunity after opportunity in the face of a revanchist Russia — for now. But the real news is not a poll win expected by...
