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EU on Russian missile strikes on Ukraine: 'Children can never be a legitimate target'

10 July 2024

The European Union has condemned several waves of large-scale attacks on several Ukrainian cities carried out by Russia on Monday (8 July).

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Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi visits Moldova to launch bilateral accession negotiations

10 July 2024

From 9 to 11 July, Olivér Várhelyi, Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, will make an official visit to the Republic of Moldova to launch the EU's bilateral accession screening process with Moldova, starting with the basics.

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The shooting that never ceased.

14 May 2015

Twenty one years ago the sides in the Karabakh conflict agreed a cease fire. Since then hundreds, including civilians have lost their lives in daily violations of the truce.

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The Wider Caucasus remains a black hole for international criminal justice

26 April 2015

It is shameful that only one country out of the six that form the wider Caucasus Region has as yet ratified the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.

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Now that the dead have been honoured it is time to think of the living.

26 April 2015

Dennis Sammut reflects on the events of this weekend in Armenia and Turkey, and says that something has changed and both sides may find that it is now time to move on.

Dennis Sammut

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Elshad Iskandarov: EURO-ISLAM - beyond the paradigm of fear.

13 April 2015

The conference "Europe and the islamic World" opens on Tuesday in Brussels. Azerbaijani diplomat Elshad Iskandarov comments on the current state of relations.

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Op-ed: Karabakh: Time for pause and reflection.

8 April 2015

In this op-ed for commonspace.eu Dennis Sammut says the next three months should be a time for reflection on the Karabakh conflict, but a pause in hostilities should also be accompanied by the reinvigoration of the peace efforts.

Dennis Sammut

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Armenian youth torn between fear and hope.

25 March 2015

A report by the Armenian NGO “Peace Dialogue” highlights contradictions in society. The quest of young Armenians for a better life is often frustrated by fear and insecurity.

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Primary colours: Kiev at war. A photo-essay from the Ukrainian Capital prepared by Joseph d'Urso.

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Primary colours: Kiev at war. A photo-essay from the Ukrainian Capital prepared by Joseph d'Urso.

4 March 2015

One year after the historic events on Kiev's Maidan Square the city remains gripped in political drama. Whilst the shooting in Ukraine's capital has stopped, the echoes of the conflict in the east of the country resonate in different ways. Our special correspondent Joseph d'Urso was in Kiev last week and he sent in this photo-essay.

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The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict has entered a new phase

27 January 2015

What we have seen since the beginning of the year is something different: more serious, more sustained, and more dangerous.

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Report on Conference on Karabakh held in Oxford in November published.

19 December 2014

A spokesperson for LINKS, one of the organisers of the event, said "We very much hope that Governments in the region, the international community, and civil society, will study these ideas and take at least some of them forward in 2015"

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The shooting that never ceased.

The Wider Caucasus remains a black hole for international criminal justice

Now that the dead have been honoured it is time to think of the living.

Elshad Iskandarov: EURO-ISLAM - beyond the paradigm of fear.

Op-ed: Karabakh: Time for pause and reflection.

Armenian youth torn between fear and hope.

Primary colours: Kiev at war. A photo-essay from the Ukrainian Capital prepared by Joseph d'Urso.

The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict has entered a new phase

Report on Conference on Karabakh held in Oxford in November published.