Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
EU May Offer Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine Customs Union and Schengen Access
Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine may soon join the European customs union and Schengen area, gaining increased access to the single market. The European Parliament passed a resolution on November 15 calling for deeper integration with the three emerging Europe states as they implement more reforms, potentially paving the way for them becoming...
2018 Ukrainian Nuclear History Fellowship
The Odessa Center for Nonproliferation (OdCNP), a partner of the Nuclear Proliferation International History Project, invites applications for a fellowship hosted in Odessa, Ukraine. The Fellowship is an opportunity for scholars and researchers to conduct research on themes pertaining to the nuclear history of Ukraine. This fellowship is...
LA Museum of Cold War Art to Reopen
Collection’s new home was originally built to withstand Soviet atomic bombs. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Ukraine’s Economic Recovery: Good, But Slow
The Ukrainian economic crisis of 2014-15 was caused by a number of factors, each one coinciding and reinforcing the other. Today, the country’s economy is recovering, but it remains highly dependent on the speed and the ultimate success of several key reforms, of which judiciary reform is the most important. The previous political regime...
Key Political Developments in Belarus
Invitation Only Research Event 29 Nov 2017 – 10:00 to 13:30Add to CalendariCalendar Outlook Google Yahoo Chatham House, London Russia and Eurasia Programme …read more Source: Chatham...
Swiss Payment Forum: revolution in banking and opportunities for Ukraine
Last week the Swiss Payment Forum 2017 discussed new economy, banking innovations, mobile payment, сryptocurrencies and cybersecurity. The Forum opens many opportunities for Ukraine with its highly developed IT sector. Since the 2008 crisis, the finance industry has been looking for ways to be more effective, innovative and sustainable. Swiss...
Alex Salmond: a portrait of degradation
Russia Today, which this week showcased its newest acquisition, a talk show hosted by Alex Salmond, is the most accomplished English language propaganda channel in the world. Other global news services – BBC World, the German Deutsche Welle, the EU’s Euronews, France 24, the US’ CNN – try to adhere, to a “fair, balanced and impartial”...
Ukraine: Lending a heart to detainees’ health
Article | Keeping in mind the high heart disease-related deaths in Ukraine’s prisons, a programme to allow for effective treatment of cardiac patients in detention. …read more Source: International Committee of the Red...
Another Crimean Tatar taken away ‘voluntarily’ after armed search
The whereabouts are unknown of Mustafa Mustafaev who was taken away by the armed and masked men who burst into the home he shares with his wife, a teacher of Crimean Tatar, and their sons. Crimean Tatar activists also report the worrying shots fired at a Crimean Tatar man’s home and view it as another form of intimidation. …read more...
Russia-controlled court in Crimea takes 5 minutes to jail Ukrainian academic for 5 years
A court in Russian-occupied Crimea has sentenced internationally-known academic Dmytro Shtyblikov to five years’ maximum security imprisonment on wildly implausible ‘sabotage’ charges. Shtyblikov had been prevented from seeing an independent lawyer for over a year, and there are very strong grounds for believing that physical or...
