Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 6 October 2014
This report is for media and the general public. Focusing on the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum, the SMM continued monitoring the situation in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions, still noting that violence is continuing in a number of places. A representative of the Kharkiv Regional Employment Centre told the SMM in Kharkiv that from 1 May to 6...
Crimea: Enforced Disappearances
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email At least five people have been forcibly disappeared in Crimea since May 2014, including two on September 27. (Berlin) – At least five people have been forcibly disappeared in Crimea since May 2014, including two on September 27, Human Rights Watch said today.read more …read more Source: Human Rights...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine supports development of manual on gender-sensitive and non-discriminatory media reporting
125147 Andrii Dziubenko …read more Source:...
High Commissioner on National Minorities addresses OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Autumn Meeting on Ukraine crisis
Statement to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly by Astrid Thors, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Language and identity in Ukraine …read more Source:...
Although elections in Bulgaria were well administered, lack of campaign substance and allegations of vote buying continue to harm public confidence, international observers say
SOFIA, 6 October 2014 – Although Bulgaria’s early parliamentary elections on 5 October were well administered technically and fundamental freedoms were respected, allegations from all sides of vote buying and selling and other election irregularities, as well as a campaign that lacked substance continued to negatively affect public...
Tensions rising in Kharkov
2014-10-01On 28 September one of the largest monuments of Lenin in Ukraine was pulled down in Kharkov. …read more Source: Centre for Eastern...
Ukraine in the Crosshairs: Its Ongoing Turbulent Relationship with Russia
on Ukraine in the Crosshairs: Its Ongoing Turbulent Relationship with Russia… The post Ukraine in the Crosshairs: Its Ongoing Turbulent Relationship with Russia appeared first on Acton Institute PowerBlog.Related posts:Video: Todd Huizinga on Russia and Ukraine. The Famine Remembered: Lessons from Ukraine’s Holodomor and Soviet Communism...
Russia: “Speak out for Freedom” – show of solidarity against repression
Headline Title: Russia: “Speak out for Freedom” – show of solidarity against repression …read more Source: Amnesty...
NATO-Russia Relations after the Newport Summit
A key aspect of the NATO summit in Newport (Wales) was the reaction of the alliance to Russia’s annexation of Crimea and its destabilisation of Eastern Ukraine. However, apart from the decision to create a high-readiness force, and an action plan for Eastern Europe, heads of state and government did not focus enough on the long-term...
Last 23 years there was no reason to think that Ukraine would need a strong army
In the 23 years since Ukraine declared independence, the country’s defense budget dwindled. With each successive administration, the military was stripped further of funds and material. Armor and artillery was sold off or fell into disrepair, the Mashable website writes. “There was no reason to think that we would need to have a strong...
