Section: Africa&ME
News24.com | Last MH17 crash remains arrive in Netherlands
A flight carrying the last remains of Dutch victims killed in last year’s MH17 plane crash in rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine have arrived in the Netherlands on Saturday. …read more Source:...
Chernobyl wildfire extinguished: Ukraine
Forest fire broke out only two days after Ukrainians marked 29th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear… …read more Source:...
Chernobyl wildfire extinguished: Ukraine
Ukraine said on Saturday that firefighters have extinguished a forest fire that had burned for four days near the Chernobyl plant, scene of the world’s worst nuclear accident in 1986. …read more Source: The Daily...
May Day Celebrated Around the World
Communists and their supporters celebrate May Day in Kyiv, Ukraine, May 1, 2015. People wave a second Spanish Republic flag (C) and Communist flags during a May Day rally in Malaga, Spain, May 1, 2015. People throw smoke grenades during the annual Labor Day protest in front of the Presidential Office in Taipei, Taiwan, May 1, 2015. A …...
How World War II history divides Ukraine
Laetitia Peron He fought alongside the Nazis, then against them. He tried to drive the Soviets out of his native Ukraine, and spent 11 years in a prison camp in Russia. What does that make Oles Gumenyuk — a fascist? Or a hero? It depends on who you ask. Mustachioed and vigorous despite his 90 years, he calls h …read more Source: Saudi...
2 Ukrainian servicemen killed despite truce
KIEV: Two Ukrainian serviceman have been killed and two wounded in separatist attacks on government forces in eastern Ukraine despite the Minsk ceasefire agreement, Interfax news agency quoted the Ukrainian military as saying on Friday. “In the past 24 hours the situation in the conflict zone remained not quiet, but under control. Rebels continue...
Moscow denies agreeing to ‘peace force’ in Ukraine
Kiev and Donbass should decide on any peacekeeping force, Kremlin spokesman says. …read more Source: Anadolu...
Ukraine seeks more than $16 bln from Gazprom in pricing dispute
Ukraine is seeking more than $16 billion from Russia’s Gazprom in its appeal to an arbitration court in Stockholm over a long-running gas pricing dispute between Kiev and Moscow, Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Friday. …read more Source: The Daily...
NATO:Russia May Be Planning New Ukraine Offensive
Former NATO commander Phillip Breedlove characterized Russian’s current ongoing actions as “preparing, training and equipping to have the capacity to again take an offensive.” …read more Source: World...
Western leaders say ceasefire in Ukraine needs to stabilize
The leaders of France, Germany, Ukraine and Russia discussed the situation in eastern Ukraine over the phone on Thursday …read more Source: World...
