More arrests and repression in Belarus Published: 9 September 2020 Statement Further arrests and acts of repression in Belarus: Lawyer Maxim Snak arrested; Nobel Prize for Literature winner Svetlana Alexievich harassed – Pressure on Minsk and Moscow must be raised and activists in danger allowed into Germany. By Dr. Ellen Ueberschär
Belarus: The ambiguous neighbour of the EU? Published: 29 June 2020 Relacja In the EU there is no long-term vision or strategy for these kinds of regimes like Belarus. Germany and Poland could cooperate on trying to make the European policies in Belarus more heard for the ordinary people, especially for younger people.
Successes and failures of supporting Ukraine from the local, Polish and EU perspective Published: 9 December 2016 Since the Euromaidan Revolution and with European Union’s support, Ukraine has made progress on implementing necessary reforms. However, in endorsing Ukraine, Europe and its member states made several mistakes. What are implications for the EU from the last three years of Ukraine’s transformation and the Minsk process? Which expectations has Ukraine failed to meet? By Andrzej Mendel-Nykorowycz
World in Focus. Warsaw International Gathering Published: 12 May 2016 Where is the world heading and what kind of future awaits Europe? How are today’s uncertainties affecting Poland and how will we deal with them? The World in Focus is an invitation to engage in meetings and discussions on international issues.
A New Attempt to Resolve the Ukraine Conflict Published: 14 April 2016 There can be no normalisation of the relations with Russia as long as Moscow leads a war in the eastern Ukraine. This articles examines a new attempt to resolve the Ukraine conflict. By Ralf Fücks and Marieluise Beck
Diverging Voices, Converging Policies: The Visegrad States’ Reactions to the Russia-Ukraine Conflict Published: 2 February 2016 The annexation of Crimea and the hybrid war against Ukraine pose fundamental challenges for the European Union, especially its unanimity. Given a differing stance of the Visegrad countries, the publication analyses reactions of Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and the Czech Republic focusing on their historical experiences, public opinions, economic relations, and energy- and foreign policy.
International Working Group: Thinking about a Common European Future Published: 23 September 2015 Press-Statement: Civil society actors and think tank experts from Poland, Ukraine, Russia and Germany have met in Potsdam on 22-23.09.2015 to confer on the crisis of the European security order and on ways out of the current political-military conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
Towards a new European Neighbourhood Policy - Consultation Submission by the HBS Published: 29 July 2015 Uniting a large part of the continent under the European Neighbourhood Policy created the inevitable though largely unintended consequence of differences. Recently, the EU launched a consultation on the future of its relations with neighbouring countries. The Heinrich Böll Foundation participated at the review process and submitted its evaluation to the European Commission.
Putin's ice age Published: 15 July 2015 Russian civil society is under pressure: Ralf Fücks, Co-President of the Heinrich Böll Foundation, went to Moscow in July to speak with representatives of NGOs from the whole country. This report sums up information and impressions of those meetings (text in German). By Ralf Fücks
International conference: Ukraine, Russia and the European Union Published: 5 March 2015 One year after the annexation of Crimea, an international conference held at the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Berlin on March 2 offered European and US experts the opportunity to analyse and discuss Europe’s response to Russia’s intervention in Ukraine. What are the EU’s policy options towards Russia? What progress has been made towards political and economic renewal? To the conference documentation with recordings and articles.
