Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
UK GDP growth beats expectations as Nissan reiterates commitment to Sunderland plant
UK GDP growth beats expectations as Nissan reiterates commitment to Sunderland plantPreliminary data released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) yesterday showed that the UK’s GDP grew by 0.5% in the third quarter of 2016. This beat the latest consensus forecast of 0.3%, and the -0.1% predicted by the Treasury before the referendum...
Why Is Ukraine’s Political Class Trying to Roll Back Reforms?
Since the Euromaidan revolution, Ukraine’s leaders have repeatedly committed themselves to fighting graft. Former Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk promised that all corrupt officials would be prosecuted, current Prime Minister Volodymyr Groisman vowed an “intolerance of corruption,” and President Petro Poroshenko campaigned as a...
Flexible solidarity on migration – what can we expect from Visegrad?
By Milan Nič and Alena Kudzko. Photo: FrontexWith the number of migrants and refugees knocking on Europe’s door relatively contained, there is now a sense of relief at the EU political level. This fact was demonstrated at the recent European Council of 20-21 October 2016, which was dominated by other relevant issues, including the trade...
Kleptocracy Daily: October 27, 2016
News Chinese hackers stole national security secrets from the Pentagon, according to a forthcoming congressional report. (WFB) Miami’s real estate sector expects FinCEN to expand its GTO scheme, which requires reporting of high-value all-cash transactions–or turn it into law. (Real Deal) Stolen money from the Hermitage Capital fraud has...
Bulgaria to Pay Russia Over 600 Million Euros for Belene
Settlement is the latest turn of events concerning the fate of cancelled nuclear power plant. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Information war monitor for Central Europe: October 2016 Part 1
By Lóránt Győri, Patrik Szicherle, Jakub Janda, Veronika Víchová, Daniel Milo, Katarína Klingová. Photo: Flickr|Barney Moss, licensed by CC BY 2.0GLOBSEC Policy Institute’s bi-weekly overview of conventional and social media discourse in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia monitors propaganda and disinformation attempts, as well as...
Barbed Wire Is the Tie That Binds Belarus and Russia
Anonymous artist makes a pointed addition to a Minsk mural symbolizing the city’s friendship with Moscow. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
A Third of Germans Fear War Erupting with Russia over Ukraine, Syria
October 27, 2016 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland visits the Razumkov Centre
On 25 October 2016, the Razumkov Centre held a meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Mrs. Judith Gough. During the meeting, Mrs. Gough received comprehensive information about the Center, its activities and international cooperation, including with the British...
Mikhail Pashkov took part in VI National Expert Forum “Key Issues of the Year”
On 12 October 2016, the Gorshenin Institute held VI National Expert Forum “Key Issues of the Year”. During the three panels experts and journalists discussed major events and challenges Ukraine has faced this year. The third panel “Ukraine in Europe and the World” was devoted to the issues of European integration and, in...
