Events

Panel discussion with survivors from Ukraine and legal experts on accountability for crimes committed in Ukraine, organised by the Netherlands Helsinki Committee and EUCCI during the Hague Justice Week.

On November 4, Dr Olga Zeveleva (Assistant Professor in Conflict Studies, Utrecht University) will speak on "Colonialism and Authoritarianism - Russia’s imperial ambitions abroad and repressive politics at home."

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, leader of the Belarusian democratic opposition, delivers the ninth October Lecture in Amsterdam on Belarus’s struggle for freedom and its pivotal role in Europe’s security.

At 'Belarus in Focus,' the University of Amsterdam's Slavic Department, Study Association Radost, and the Dutch diplomatic representation in Minsk join forces to boost attention for the country, with short talks, film clips, and a panel discussion.

We are pleased to welcome Markiyan Kliuchkovskyi, Executive Director of the Register of Damage Caused by the Aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, for a public lecture on the legal, historical, and institutional foundations of reparations efforts in response to Russia’s war against Ukraine.

This public event explores the evolving European integration paths of Armenia and Georgia.

This event is aimed to bring together policymakers, human rights advocates, and individuals who remain committed to supporting those individuals who are currently imprisoned for their political beliefs and activism.

The conference will provide a unique opportunity for experts and activists from the South Caucasus, the EU and beyond to engage in meaningful discussions on the EU's role in the South Caucasus amidst rapidly changing domestic and regional dynamics. The key role of Türkiye in the region will also be on the agenda.

In this talk, held on the occasion of the publishing of his book on the subject, professor David Lewis of the University of Exeter will explain how Russia seeks to subjugate and ‘re-format’ the occupied parts of the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia provinces through a mixture of violent repression, political engineering, collaborationism, economic coercion and propaganda.

Join The Moscow Times for Women Against the Kremlin, a groundbreaking event uniting leading women politicians, activists, artists and more from the anti-war, anti-Kremlin movement. Together, they will address these challenges and showcase their strength, resilience and commitment to change.

The Groningen Institute for Central and Eastern European Studies (GICEES) would like to cordially invite you to attend an engaging and thought-provoking conference.

The seminar intends to bring a broad range of research disciplines together to discuss the effects of the Russian war against Ukraine on the agricultural sector in Ukraine, the EU, and non-EU countries.