Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time) 1 December 2014
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 attempted to facilitate a ceasefire to connect Staromikhailivka (22km W of Donetsk) to electric power, but had to...
Bulgarian Pols Point Fingers on South Stream, OSCE Brokers New Ukraine Cease-Fire
Plus, Kyrgyzstan weighs ‘foreign agents’ law for NGOs, and Serbia seeks a group behind anti-Roma fliers. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
OSCE/ODIHR opens mission to observe parliamentary elections in Uzbekistan
TASHKENT, 2 December 2014 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today held the opening press conference of its limited election observation mission for the 21 December parliamentary elections in Uzbekistan. The mission’s deployment follows an invitation from the authorities of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time) 30 November 2014
This report is for media and the general public. The SMM continued to focus its observation on the implementation of the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum, including by monitoring activities of the Joint Centre for Control and Coordination (JCCC). In Makiivka, the SMM observed the offloading of three trucks of the Russian convoy coming from the...
All but One Faith Persecuted in Crimea
The de facto regime targets leaders and monitors members of various religious groups. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Europe Must Stand Its Ground Against Russia
For years, the EU was extremely cautious not to provoke Russia. But with Moscow’s aggression against Ukraine, the EU now has to accept that the situation has changed. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Poland’s Tusk Takes Over Top EU Post, Moldova’s Pro-West Alliance Likely to Retain Power
Plus, the pope urges Turkey to open doors to Armenia, and a new Russian convoy enters eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
The Customs Union’s Strength is Its Weak Link: Oil Prices Threaten Putin’s Project
Kazakhstan’s bank is about to break, and it’s all because oil and natural gas went cheap fast. Last week, falling in with Moscow, Astana announced that it will be tapping its oil wealth fund to steady its petroleum-dependent economy as the price of crude falls against a worldwide economic slump and what appears to be a budding...
These Guns Have Never Been Silent
They say that to the East there is a cease-fire in place, a promise by the Russian conscripts, special operations forces, and locals allied with them not to shoot at the legitimate government of Ukraine and its representatives; and a promise by Kyiv to reciprocate this guarantee. Whenever the former break their promises, this is reported as...
Say It Loud, I’m Belarusian and Proud
Among young people in Belarus, speaking the national language instead of Russian is coming into vogue. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
