Ukraine
EU Condemns Minsk Crackdown, Voices Concern Over Ukraine's Tymoshenko
October 02, 2011By Rikard Jozwiak/ WARSAW -- European Union leaders have condemned Belarus over its crackdown on the political opposition and expressed their concerns to Ukraine over the trial of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. The statements came at the end...
Poor Ukrainian-Russian Ties Reflect Yanukovych-Putin Relationship
October 01, 2011By Taras Kuzio -- Ukraine’s poor relations with Russia are nothing new as they also existed under the “pro-Russian” Leonid Kuchma. Nevertheless, Kuchma had to deal with the more democratic Russian President Boris Yeltsin, whereas the...
Interview: OSCE Protracted-Conflicts Ambassador Measures Progress In 'Millimeters'
October 01, 2011By Robert Coalson -- Lithuanian diplomat Giedrius Cekuolis is the OSCE Chairmanship's special representative for protracted conflicts. His arduous mandate includes the disputes over Moldova's breakaway Transdniester region, the Nagorno-Karabakh region...
Resumption Of Talks On Moldova's Trandniester Conflict Is Only A Small First Step
October 01, 2011By Robert Coalson -- The announcement that official talks are to resume in the so-called 5+2 format aimed at resolving Moldova's long-standing conflict with the breakaway Transdniester region has been hailed as a small but important bit of progress...
Historical politics in the Republic of Moldova – an unfulfilled obsession
August 22, 2011Historical politics that one talked about in case of Poland and Ukraine was a constant for the foreign policy of Moldova. Unlike two other countries previously mentioned, Moldova has failed to raise this kind of politics to the rank of state policy; it...
Moscow increases economic stranglehold on Belarus and Ukraine, using its gas and customs union
August 04, 2011Moscow is piling the heat on Minsk and Kyiv to subordinate their economies, notably their energy sectors, to Russia and with that accept Russia’s political tutelage. In both cases, Moscow is using the instruments of its gas and its customs union...
OSCE appeals to Russia to finalize withdrawal of its troops from the ex-soviet Republic of Moldova
July 10, 2011Elena Vnorovscaia / Chişinău / Moldova.ORG / -- Today the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, which provides a forum for parliamentary diplomacy, monitors elections, and strengthens international cooperation to uphold commitments on political, security, economic...
July 10, 2011Elena Vnorovscaia / Chişinău / Moldova.ORG / -- Moldovans who want to cross the Ukrainian border will no longer be required to show the amount of 1200 euros to enter Ukraine. Earlier this quite a big amount of money was a compulsory condition for Moldavian...
Ukraine: Tymoshenko on trial in Kiev for abuse of power
June 24, 2011Ukraine's former prime minister and heroine of the 2004 Orange Revolution Yulia Tymoshenko has gone on trial in Kiev for abuse of power. Mrs Tymoshenko has dismissed the charges, which concern natural gas contracts with Russia, as revenge by her rival...
Uncertain Future For Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov
June 06, 2011On June 1, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych fired the deputy prime minister in charge of utilities and construction, Viktor Tikhonov, and his deputy, Yury Khyvrych. The two were dismissed not for the government’s failure to reform the utility...