Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 10 November 2014
This report is for media and the general public. The SMM continued to monitor the situation in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions, focusing on the implementation of the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum. In Kharkiv the SMM followed up on reports of an explosion at a pub in the city centre. In Kharkiv the SMM followed up on an incident at the “Stena Rock...
Most of the political forces in Ukraine are pro-Western
“It is time to unite.” The slogan ambushes Ukrainians from all sides these days as Petro Poroshenko, the president, deploys it to win votes ahead of parliamentary elections on October 26 that will determine whether he can secure a mandate for important but stalled reforms, the Financial Times newspaper writes. “Previously, the main watershed lay...
Spot report by the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), 11 November 2014
This report is for media and the general public. Summary The SMM observed an unmarked military convoy in the eastern outskirts of Donetsk city on 11 November 2014. Detail At 07:45hrs, on 11 November, three kilometres east of Donetsk city centre, the SMM observed a convoy of 43 unmarked green military trucks, with tarpaulin covers, moving in the...
More Russian Arms Said Headed for Donetsk, Lithuanians Accused of Spying for Belarus
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Public service broadcasting’s vital role for advancing media freedom discussed at OSCE South Caucasus Media Conference in Tbilisi
TBILISI, 11 November 2014 – Public service broadcasting (PSB) is a vital element of democracy, and an important source of unbiased information and diverse political opinions, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, said in her closing remarks at 11th annual South Caucasus Media Conference in Tbilisi today. “Public...
Russia Divided
In 2014 the number of ethnic conflicts in Russia has declined. The drop resulted from the Ukrainian conflict which has shifted the generally xenophobic sentiments from an internal to an external adversary. The shift in the object of xenophobia does not however eliminate it altogether. …read more Source: Carnegie Endowment for International...
Increased repression of free media in Azerbaijan must stop, OSCE Representative says
TBILISI, 10 November 2014 – Following the detention of Azerbaijani blogger Mehman Huseynov, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today said that the ongoing and increasing number of repressive actions against independent media and advocates of freedom of expression in Azerbaijan must stop. “Practically all independent media...
Russia is blackmailing Ukraine and Europe with the threat of escalation of the conflict in Donbas
Russian troops and separatists continue to build up their forces in the parts of Donbas controlled by them. This was stated on 4 November by Spokesman of the Information and Analysis Centre of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine Andriy Lysenko at the briefing in Kyiv, informs the news agency Radio Liberty. Co-director of Foreign...
OSCE regional training course in Kyrgyzstan focuses on combating cybercrime through computer forensics and network investigation
BISHKEK, 10 November 2014 – A five-day regional training course on combating cybercrime in Central Asia through computer forensics and investigating networks started today in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The event is co-organized by the Transnational Threats Department of the OSCE Secretariat in Vienna and the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, with the support of...
Fighting Flares in Ukraine, Romanians Rally over Voting Problems
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