Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Office Space Remains Available in Demand in Kyiv
In 2016, the total stock of office space in Kyiv amounted to 1,783 square metres. The new supply was insignificant, a mere 38,000 square metres and was the market’s lowest increase since 2008. 2016 was characterised by an increase in the number of lease transactions in Grade A and B business centres. Against the background of the...
Ukraine’s Reputation for Cheap Labour May Not Ring True in the Long-term
Since gaining its dependence Ukraine’s economic and political priorities have been to attract foreign investors. Ukraine is a country with a population of 45 million. The country’s leadership’s main arguments to attract foreign investors have been its abundant and cheap labour force as well as a large market and fast growth of...
Russophobia on the Rise in Lithuania
Court hands down guilty verdicts to two men accused of stealing military intelligence. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Russia moves from armed invasion of Crimea to 5-year sentences for Ukrainians who object
Exactly three years after Russian soldiers with machine guns, but no insignia seized control in Crimea, a Ukrainian journalist has gone on trial, accused of ‘public calls to violate Russian territorial integrity’ for an article in which he called this occupation and expressed the wish that it would end …read more Source: Kharkiv Human...
Russia: Deeply alarming raid targets human rights activist and journalist Zoya Svetova
Amnesty International believes the search to have been a blatant attempt by the authorities to interfere with her legitimate work as a journalist and perhaps a warning for her and others of the risks of human rights work and independent journalism in Russia …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
A Loss for Ukraine and One Tortured Ukrainian Political Prisoner
Viktor Parshutkin, a Russian lawyer who became well-known in Ukraine for forcing Russia to withdraw falsified charges against Ukrainian political prisoner Serhiy Lytvynov has died suddenly in Moscow at the age of 56. …read more Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection...
Recent publications by the Institute for European Politics (Germany)
Melnyk, Ljudmyla / Patalong, Magdalena / Sydorchuk, Oleksii, Think Tanks in Germany and Ukraine: Differences and Perspectives for Cooperation, February 2017 Which difficulties are Ukrainian think tanks facing today in Ukraine? What does the cooperation between German and Ukrainian think tanks look like? Which measures can Ukrainian think tanks...
Past events at the Institute of European Politics (Germany)
Workshop: “Training the Trainers on EU Project Cycle Management” 2 January 2017, Polissya Foundation for International and Regional Studies, Ukraine In April of this year the Institute for European Politics (IEP) started its training series Training the Trainers on EU Project Cycle Management for members of the Ukrainian civil society. Over the...
Upcoming events at the Institute for European Politics (Germany)
Upcoming IEP Lunch Debate: “Migration: Challenging task for Europe and Germany“ with Beate Grzeski, Commissioner for Refugees and Migration at the Federal Foreign Office of Germany, 23 March 2017, Europäisches Haus, Berlin Study Trip to Berlin and Brussels, 13 – 18 March 2017 The Capacity Development Team of the Institut für Europäische Politik...
Recent publications by the Finnish Institute on International Relations
Briefing Paper Climate Security: Strategy or Necessity for Finland? Emma Hakala http://www.fiia.fi/en/publication/642/climate_security/ The EU’s Security and Defence Policy: Will the new strategy bear fruit? Teija Tiilikainen http://www.fiia.fi/en/publication/643/the_eu_s_security_and_defence_policy/ Europe’s New Defence Agenda: Major...
