Nagorno-Karabakh holds ‘elections’ despite international criticism and virus...
The authorities of the internationally unrecognised breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh are holding presidential and parliamentary elections amid international criticism and despite the coronavirus...
View ArticleCan the coronavirus crisis impact on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict resolution?
Now, when the world is immersed in an enduring coronavirus crisis, it will be quite difficult for Armenia to carry this additional burden, writes Gulshan Pashayeva. Dr Gulshan Pashayeva is Board member...
View ArticleAzeri official points at ‘mafia’ as obstacle to solving Nagorno-Karabakh...
In an exclusive interview, a high official of Azerbaijan pointed at mafia-type relations between the unrecognized authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh and the government in Armenia as an obstacle for...
View ArticleAzeri official: EU should distinguish between aggressor and subject of...
In an exclusive interview, Hikmat Hajiev, head of the foreign affairs department of Azerbaijan’s presidential administration, explains the stakes of a recent armed clash at the border between...
View ArticleOSCE facing leadership crisis
The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) is facing an unprecedented leadership crisis, after failing to agree an extension of its four most senior posts, leaving many in Europe...
View ArticleFive reasons why Armenia is resorting to military provocation
Azay Guliyev explains why recent clashes at the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan must be taken seriously by the international community.
View ArticleUkraine’s government and pro-Russian separatists agree ceasefire deal
Ukrainian, Russian and negotiators from the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) reached an agreement on Wednesday (22 July) for a full ceasefire between government forces and...
View ArticleDangerous trends in Armenia – Azerbaijan conflict [Stakeholder Opinion]
Although currently it seems that there is “relative calm” on the border, Armenia and Azerbaijan continue fighting verbally on the social media and, more dangerously, physically in foreign countries...
View ArticleBelarus engulfed in ninth night of protests as Lukashenko heckled
Demonstrators descended on the Belarusian capital on Monday (17 August) for a ninth night of protests against strongman leader Alexander Lukashenko, who was heckled by factory workers as pressure grows...
View ArticleSeventeen OSCE nations appoint team to probe Belarus election fraud, torture
Seventeen members of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) have appointed an independent team of experts to investigate alleged rights violations in Belarus' August...
View ArticleOSCE observer mission says US election ‘tarnished’ by Trump allegations
The head of an international observer mission to the US elections on Wednesday (4 November) criticised President Trump's allegations of fraud in the election, and expressed concern over attempts by his...
View ArticleElection observer accuses Trump of ‘gross abuse of office’
The head of the OSCE observer mission to the US elections accused Donald Trump on Thursday (5 November) of a "gross abuse of office" after the president alleged he was being cheated and demanded that...
View ArticlePolice in Tbilisi fire water cannons, tear gas at protesters
Police in Georgia fired water cannons and tear gas on thousands of demonstrators who have vowed permanent protests until a snap vote is called as the opposition accused the ruling party of rigging...
View ArticleGeorgia opposition defies crackdown, stages new protests
Fresh protests took place Monday (9 November) in Tbilisi as thousands of people hit the streets a day after police cracked down on demonstrations against Georgia's recent general elections.
View ArticleExpert: Multi-party democracy has potential in Kazakhstan
The upcoming elections for the Majilis, the lower chamber of Kazakhstan's Parliament, are a clear improvement in terms of representation and legislative changes, Samuel Doveri Vesterbye told EURACTIV...
View ArticleEU’s Helga Schmid to help fill vacuum in Cold War security body OSCE
The international security body OSCE is expected to fill an unprecedented leadership vacuum, during meetings Thursday and Friday (3 and 4 December), after it failed to reappoint four of its top leaders...
View ArticleOSCE rights meeting stalled, western powers blame Russia
The OSCE acknowledged Tuesday (7 September) that it had been unable to organise an annual human rights conference, a day after Western countries accused Russia of blocking attempts to hold it.
View ArticleGeorgia ruling party leads polls, opposition alleges fraud
Georgia's ruling party was leading on Sunday (3 October) in local elections the opposition criticised as fraudulent, deepening a long-running political crisis in the Caucasus country exacerbated by the...
View ArticleOSCE mission in eastern Ukraine suspends operations amid protests
The Organization for Security and Cooperation on Europe has suspended its monitoring mission in eastern Ukraine following protests near its headquarters in separatist-controlled Donetsk, the chief...
View ArticleGeorgian opposition vows ‘biggest ever’ protests, decries vote fraud
Georgia's opposition parties on Sunday (31 October) announced plans for a mass anti-government protest rally next weekend, denouncing as fraudulent local election runoffs won by the ruling party.
View ArticleUS, Russian foreign ministers to meet as Ukraine tensions soar
The chief diplomats of the US and Russia are to meet in Sweden on Thursday (2 December) as tensions soar after Washington expressed concern about Russia's military buildup near Ukraine and warned of...
View ArticleGermany, France urge ‘all sides’ to respect eastern Ukraine ceasefire
Germany and France called on both the Ukrainian government forces and Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine to respect the restoration of a full ceasefire, their foreign ministries said in a...
View ArticleGeneva to host US-Russia talks in early January
The United States and Russia will hold much-anticipated talks in early January on European security and the Ukraine conflict after Moscow demanded NATO halt its eastward expansion.
View Article‘Serious’ talk between Biden and Putin sets stage for diplomacy
US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday (30 December) exchanged warnings over Ukraine but conveyed some optimism that diplomatic talks in January could ease spiraling...
View ArticleUS, Russia set firm lines ahead of Ukraine, security talks
The United States and Russia set out firm lines Sunday (9 January) ahead of talks on Ukraine, with Washington warning of the risk of confrontation and Moscow ruling out concessions.
View ArticleMore tense Ukraine talks loom at OSCE meet in Vienna
The permanent council of the world's largest security body will meet in Vienna on Thursday (13 January), hoping to push Russia, the United States and its European allies towards dialogue to defuse the...
View ArticleRussia says Ukraine talks hit ‘dead end’, Poland warns of risk of war
Poland's foreign minister said that Europe was at risk of plunging into war as Russia said it was not yet giving up on diplomacy but that military experts were preparing options in case tensions over...
View ArticleLatvia accuses Russia of COVID ‘pretext’ to cancel arms control inspections
Latvia's defence ministry on Tuesday (25 January) accused Moscow of using the "pretext" of Covid to cancel a scheduled arms inspection in two regions in western Russia this week.
View ArticleRussia says blast cripples Black Sea flagship, Ukraine claims missile strike
Russia said on Thursday (14 April) the flagship of its Black Sea fleet was seriously damaged and its crew evacuated following an explosion that a Ukrainian official said was the result of a missile...
View ArticleSecurity body OSCE ends eight-year Ukraine mission after Russian veto
The world's largest security body said on Thursday (28 April) it was officially winding up its observer mission in Ukraine after eight years, after Russia vetoed its extension.
View ArticleOSCE sounds ‘alarm’ on Russian ‘filtration centres’ in Ukraine
A report by the world's largest security body on Thursday (14 July) expressed "grave concern" about alleged mistreatment of tens of thousands of Ukrainians at so-called filtration centres set up by...
View Article‘Russia threatens Ukraine and EU with a new nuclear catastrophe’
The lessons of Russian aggression against Georgia on 8 August 2008 and the beginning of the war against Ukraine in 2014 were not learned by NATO and EU, writes Roman Rukomeda.
View ArticlePope Francis in Kazakhstan: ‘We need a new spirit of Helsinki’
On a visit to the capital of Kazakhstan on Tuesday (13 September) which he called “pilgrimage of dialogue and peace”, Pope Francis spoke of the need to ease Cold War-style confrontations and rhetoric.
View Article‘European Political Community’ takes shape in face of Russia’s war
Leaders of 44 European countries are set to gather in Prague on Thursday (6 October) for their inaugural summit of the European Political Community (EPC), a new format searching for a purpose as...
View ArticleKazakh president reelected amid hopes for reforms
Kazakh president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev was reelected on Sunday (20 November), building on hopes and promises of democratic reforms, in a country that had been ruled for almost 30 years by a...
View ArticleKazakhstan rejects OSCE criticism of presidential election
Kazakhstan has dismissed international criticism of its presidential vote, in which incumbent Kassym-Jomart Tokayev secured a landslide re-election victory.
View ArticleUkraine demands speedier weapons deliveries ahead of Ramstein meet
Ukraine insisted the West must speed up its supply of weapons, with the city of Dnipro reeling from a Russian missile strike that killed at least 40 civilians in Dnipro and Ukrainian troops under...
View ArticleRussia shuts down oldest rights group
A Moscow court on Wednesday (25 January) ordered the closure of Russia's oldest human rights organisation, the Moscow Helsinki Group, silencing another respected institution amid a political crackdown.
View ArticleUzbekistan approves reforms to strengthen president
Uzbekistan overwhelmingly approved constitutional changes that will allow President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to remain in power until 2040 in a tightly-controlled referendum slammed by international...
View ArticleOSCE ponders ways to circumvent Russian vetoes
Russia's refusal to cooperate within the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is pushing its remaining members to adapt their way of working.
View ArticleEU Parliament leaders demand ‘full scale’ election mission ahead of Polish polls
The European Parliament’s main political groups have united to demand a ‘full scale’ election observation mission ahead of Poland’s crucial general election later this year.
View ArticleUzbek president cements power with election win
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev won a third term that will keep him in charge of the tightly controlled country until 2030 as international observers said Monday (10 July) the vote lacked "genuine"...
View ArticleMalta tipped for OSCE chair as body faces Russia show-down over leadership
Amid worries over institutional deadlock, the 57-member Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) agreed on Monday (27 November) that Malta should take over the organisation’s rotating...
View ArticleBaltics, Ukraine to boycott OSCE’s Skopje meeting over Lavrov attendance
Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania as well as Ukraine said on Tuesday (28 November) they will boycott an Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) ministerial meeting in Skopje later this...
View ArticleRussia accuses Bulgaria of malice and stupidity over diplomatic overflight ban
Russia accused Bulgaria of malice and stupidity on Thursday (30 November) for refusing to allow Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's plane to fly through its airspace to attend a meeting in Skopje, North...
View ArticleRussia controversy overshadows OSCE security summit
The world's largest regional security group opened its Skopje summit Thursday (30 November) with Russia and Ukraine's allies in open conflict, rattling the organisation created to overcome tensions...
View ArticleRussia voices indifference over OSCE’s future as Skopje summit concludes
The world's largest regional security organisation concluded its annual summit on Friday (1 December) with Russia expressing indifference over the body's future.
View ArticleGermany: Serbia vote fraud ‘unacceptable’ for a candidate to join the EU
A team of international observers on Monday (18 December) slammed Serbian elections over a string of "irregularities", including "vote buying" and "ballot box stuffing", after the opposition accused...
View ArticleSerbian opposition boycotts partial election re-run
Serbia's biggest opposition coalition said Tuesday (26 December) it will boycott election re-runs in parts of the country, after more than a week of protests against alleged electoral fraud.
View ArticleBosnian women press charges over rally glorifying war criminal Mladić
A group of women victims of Bosnia's 1990s war pressed charges on Thursday (11 January) against organisers of a rally glorifying Ratko Mladić, the wartime army chief given life in prison over war...
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