On November 17-18, Andis Kudors, Executive Director of the Centre for East European Policy Studies, participated in a seminar in Warsaw, organized by Institute of Public Affairs (Poland), on cooperation between the Visegrad Group and Baltic countries. The worked out by the Institute of Public Affairs study on the Baltic countries’ and Poland’s public attitude […]

On November 11 an opening of the book „The War in Ukraine: Lessons for Europe” published by the Centre for East European Policy Studies took place in Brussels, in the premises of the Permanent Representation of Latvia to the European Union. The research book was presented by the editors of the book – executive director of […]

An opening of the book „The War in Ukraine: Lessons for Europe” publicized by the Centre for East European Policy Studies is going to take place in Brussels on November 11. During the event, the main conclusions of the collection of articles will be presented by the editor of the book – executive director of the […]

12.10.2015. www.delfi.lv In the pre-war period, there was a „Bird’s House” in the centre of Donetsk – a wonderful bookstore having collection of the best children books in various languages, “smart” toys, materials for creative activities; groups of children were set up there to be involved in drawing, modelling, learning the English language, creating fairytales, staging […]

07.09.2015. www.delfi.lv, www.lsm.lv Human being is a wonderful creature – he gets used to everything (in order to survive and not become insane), even to the things to which he should not get used. Over the period of occupation, we have accustomed ourselves to firing, dying people, ruined houses, the situation when the City is […]

31.08.2015. www.delfi.lv, www.lsm.lv I am asked sometimes: “Why are you still staying in Donetsk, where the living conditions are so bad and when most of residents have left the City?” It may sound strange, but Russia’s military aggression has brought also some positive results: it has relieved many of us of the illusion called “brotherly […]

24.08.2015. www.delfi.lv, www.lsm.lv – How can it happen?! Something like that! Now, in the 21st century?!! – A young woman, my acquaintance, would not calm down. – My mom! She was coming from Donetsk to visit me! And she just had done everything properly; she bought a ticket to a share taxi at Krytiy Market […]

17.08.2015. www.delfi.lv, www.lsm.lv “People, living in the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) zone, often die not being ill, as if their life force has left them”. Such phrase in one of the articles literally caught my eyes. I fully agree with it, everything is exactly like that: because of constant stress and danger waylaying at any moment […]

10.08.2015. www.delfi.lv, www.lsm.lv That warm calm morning of June was filled with birds’ singing, water rustling in a fountain and a soft aroma of blossoming roses for which Donetsk has always been well-known. I was walking along Lenin Square. It was empty, there was nobody even around the monument of Lenin. Just occasionally rare passers-by […]