Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 11 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. The SMM went to the international border crossing points, Izvaryne and Gukovo, between Ukraine and the Russian Federation. The SMM met with a...
After the Wales Summit: An Assessment of NATO’s Strategic Agenda
Two weeks after the NATO Summit in Wales the Konrad Adenauer Foundation invited a select group of experts and officials to discuss the results of the Wales Summit and the challenges that lie ahead. The participants provided concrete recommendations for German policy-makers regarding Berlin’s role in influencing NATO’s prospective...
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva to address the OSCE Permanent Council on Thursday
VIENNA, 12 November 2014 – The President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) will address the OSCE Permanent Council on Thursday, 13 November, 2014, at the Hofburg, Vienna. President Kanerva will discuss the challenges presented by the Ukraine crisis, the need for Organizational reform, and the importance of...
OSCE Centre co-organizes meeting on Aarhus Convention’s implementation
Astana, Kazakhstan, 12 November 2014 – Over 100 representatives of the Parliament, Supreme Court, government, civil society and major enterprises exploring natural resources, discussed at the Public Council today in Astana the issue of the Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR). The meeting was co-organized by the OSCE Centre...
The cost of escalating sanctions on Russia over Ukraine and Crimea
The United States and the European Union responded to Sunday’s Crimea referendum – which overwhelmingly backed union with Russia – by imposing sanctions on Russia. So far, 21 Russian and Ukrainian officials, allegedly responsible for the sovereignty transgressions, have been slapped with asset freezes and travel bans. EU leaders will meet...
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
Plus, CNN will stop broadcasting in Russia and the Kosovo bogeyman spoils the Albanian leader’s historic visit to Serbia. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
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...
