A Classic Dilemma: Russia’s Threat to Withdraw from the Council of Europe
When Russia joined the Council of Europe in 1996, this was a major step and a sign of a fundamentally new time. The successor state to the Soviet Union joined a pan-European human rights regime that provided the citizens of its member states with effective judicial tools to defend their rights. Today, a good two decades later, Russia’s...
Come to Barcelona to see the hi-tech future now – and Ukraine’s role in it
This year Ukraine marks its fifth year at the Mobile World Congress startup event 4YFN. Sergiy Vakarin, Chairman of UkraineIS and President of Winton Ukraine is proud to announce that several Ukrainian companies will take part in 4YFN and MWC in 2018. Mobile World Congress is the largest telecom event in the world that is […] …read more...
February 20th, 2018
BELARUS Prosecutor Seeks Four-Year Prison Sentence For Belarusian Activist RFE/RL The state prosecutor has asked a Belarusian court to sentence an activist who took part in protests against a law obliging the unemployed to pay taxes on “social parasites” to four years in prison. Svyataslau Baranovich, who was charged with attacking a police...
Ukraine saves Musk’s Martian dream
SpaceX, a private company has successfully launched a new heavy rocket at a fraction of a cost of other similar systems. Falcon Heavy is the world’s most powerful rocket in operation. Its successful launch is an important step towards the goal of sending humans to Mars. Sending large payloads to Mars has been an unresolved […] …read...
Ukraine’s Corruption Battle: Is the Justice System Fit for Purpose?
Invitation Only Research Event 15 Mar 2018 – 14:00 to 15:30Add to CalendariCalendar Outlook Google Yahoo Chatham House, London Russia and Eurasia Programme, …read more Source: Chatham...
Statement on the status of the Kennan Institute’s Ukraine office by Director, President and CEO of the Wilson Center Jane Harman
PRESS RELEASEContact: Ryan McKennaPhone: (202) [email protected] Over the past week, a debate has unfolded regarding a personnel matter involving The Kennan Institute’s Ukraine satellite office. Kennan is The Wilson Center’s oldest geographic program and has been home to more than 1400 scholars over 40 years....
The Fallout of Murder
To get a broader understanding of the situation, we asked five opinion-leading Slovaks their take on the recent tragedy. We must not look in disbelief at the assassination of Jan Kuciak and his fiancé in Slovakia, but think hard and act responsibly to avert a further democratic decline not only in that country but across the entire region....
An Ill-advised History Lesson
The recent controversial amendment to Poland’s law on the Institute of National Remembrance, which bans blaming the Polish nation or state for the Holocaust, is misguided. However, the hysterical reactions to the law from Israel and part of the Jewish diaspora show that while jail sentences are the wrong way to correct historical...
The EU’s Seven-Year Budget Itch
This article was also published by Project Syndicate. It’s theatre season in the European Union. The play, called budget negotiations, is performed every seven years. It pits the EU’s spenders against its savers, donors against receivers, and reformers against conservatives. After the actors have exhausted themselves with bluffs,...
Ukraine: Delay Votes to Prevent Harm to Democratic Institutions
Press Releases Ukraine: Delay Votes to Prevent Harm to Democratic InstitutionsFebruary 28, 2018Ukraine’s Parliament, the Rada, is scheduling votes on legislation that would increase government monitoring of civil society institutions and politicize the human rights Ombudsman. …read more Source: Freedom...
