JHS seminar: “Why was Georgia denied EU candidate status?”
Today the Jarl Hjalmarson Foundation held the seminar “Why was Georgia denied EU candidate status?” with speakers Ambassador Zurab Tchiaberashvili, Dr. Thornike Gordadze and Dr. Sergi Kapanadze. The seminar was moderated by Anna Maria Corazza Bildt.The three representatives of the Georgian civil society visiting Stockholm gave their first-hand experience of the situation in Georgia. The […]
The Jarl Hjalmarson Foundation Calendar 2023
The Jarl Hjalmarson Foundation publishes a 2023 calendar with pictures from the Swedish election campaign 2022. Representatives from our sister parties visited during august and september to learn more about the elections and to be part of the campaign activities all over the country. Feel free to download it here:https://www.hjalmarsonstiftelsen.se/wp-content/uploads/JHS-Calendar-2023.pdf
Why sanctions on Russia are working
The Jarl Hjalmarson Foundation publishes a report on sanctions towards Russia. The report is written by the Russian opposition politician Vladimir Milov. In the report, Why sanctions on Russia are working, Mr. Milov states that patience is needed in order for western sanctions to have the best possible impact. The Russian economy is slowly but […]
Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza awarded with the 2022 Václav Havel Prize
The Václav Havel Human Rights Prize is awarded each year by PACE, in partnership with the Václav Havel Library and the Charta 77 Foundation, “to honour outstanding civil society action in defence of human rights in Europe and beyond”. The 60,000-euro prize was presented at a special ceremony on the opening day of the autumn […]
Swedish center-right leader Ulf Kristersson claims election win
The Moderate party’s opposition leader Ulf Kristersson claimed victory Wednesday evening in Sweden’s general election after three days of vote counting resulted in a narrow three-seat advantage for his side. “We have an election result, we have the mandate for change we asked for,” Moderate Party leader Kristersson said as the result was announced. “I […]
Several members of UCP leadership detained in Belarus
Some days ago, the leader of UCP party in Belarus Mikalai Kazlou was once again detained in Belarus. This time the former UCP vice chair Antanina Kavaliova and the regional chair of UCP in the Minsk region Aksana Alyakseeva, were detained together with him. This follows months of increased repression and brutal handling of the […]
Ukrainian ambassador in Stockholm awarded royal order
Yesterday, the ambassador of Ukraine in Sweden, Mr. Andrii Plakhotniuk, was awarded the Royal Order of the Polar Star. In a decree issued by His Majesty The King, Plakhotniuk was appointed Commander 1st Class of the order. It is common that an ambassador receives the order from the King at the end of the diplomatic […]
Another Russian opposition leader detained
Ilya Yashin, former leader of the Russian liberal party PARNAS, has reportedly been detained in Russia. The party PARNAS, now led by former Russian prime minister Michail Kasyanov, is considered one of the most stable actors within the liberal opposition movement in Russia. One of his aides said that he was charged with disobeying police […]
Lithuania Defends Sanctions on Some Goods to Kaliningrad
Two days ago, Lithuania decided to bar rail transit from Russia to a Russian Baltic Sea exclave of goods hit by European Union sanctions, in a move that drew Moscow’s strong anger amid high tensions in the region. Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said Lithuania was simply implementing the sanctions imposed by the EU, of […]
Navalny transferred to maximum-security prison
This week, the lawyers of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny were denied meeting him as as planned since long. Upon their arrival to the penal colony where Navalny has been held for months, Russian authorities explained to the lawyers that Navalny simply was not there, since he had been transferred to a new maximum-security prison. […]