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BISS poll shows declining support for EU in Belarus
The percentage of Belarusians who think their country should orient itself to the EU instead of Russia has declined sharply in the last year, according to the results of a public-opinion poll commissioned by the Belarusian Institute for Strategic Studies.
CEMI joins NGOs in support of corruption inquiry
The Monitoring Center – CEMI has joined a group of Montenegrin NGOs supporting a parliamentary investigation into the 2005 privatization of the country’s primary telecom company, a sale that has sparked a major corruption scandal.
BCPS roundtable, case studies tackle border issues
Economic underdevelopment is the biggest challenge facing people who live in the part of Serbia adjacent to Kosovo and Montenegro, but political solutions for border disputes are needed before the economy can be addressed, according to the conclusions of an April roundtable discussion held by the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy.
IKDIF poll: 46 percent of Ukrainians favor EU membership
Less than half of the Ukrainians polled in an public-opinion survey conducted by the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation (IKDIF) say they favor their country joining the European Union. The results show that support for joining the union has crept up from the 42.8 percent that said Ukraine should be part of the EU in a similar IKDIF poll taken two years earlier.
Authorities detain BISS academic director, seize passport
Police officers in Belarus detained Alexei Pikulik, Academic Director of the Belarusian Institute for Strategic Studies, for eight hours earlier this month and confiscated his passport and computer tablet, according to a report on the BISS website.
Alexandra McGehee named director of AMO
The Association for International Affairs (AMO) in Prague has named Alexandra McGehee the think tank’s new director. McGehee has held a variety of managerial positions for the third sector for 10 years, including Development Manager for PASOS.
Evaluating European integration reforms in Moldova
The Association for Participatory Democracy ADEPT and the independent think tank EXPERT-GRUP have teamed up to present the results of monitoring efforts they carried out in Moldova regarding reforms assumed within the framework of the EU’s Eastern Partnership.
