Section: South China Morning Post (China)
Ukraine picks ethnic Crimean to sing in Eurovision, with pop song about horrors of Stalin
Ukrainians have chosen a Crimean Tatar singer and her song about the mass deportation of Tatars under Josef Stalin as the country’s entry for this year’s Eurovision song contest. …read more Source: South China Morning...
France seeks new EU sanctions against Iran, even as Rouhani signs deals worth billions
France has asked its European Union partners to consider new sanctions on Iran for its recent missile tests, officials have said, even as Paris welcomed the president of the Islamic Republic, which is flush with funds from the lifting of other sanctions over Tehran’s nucl …read more Source: South China Morning...
Teenagers on school skiing trip are swept to their doom by avalanche in French Alps
Two French teenagers and a Ukrainian man have been killed Wednesday in an avalanche which swept away skiers in the French Alps, including a group on a school outing, local officials said. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Vladimir Putin acknowledges Western economic sanctions over Ukraine are ‘severely hurting Russia’
President Vladimir Putin acknowledged on Monday in an interview with German daily Bild that Western economic sanctions over the Ukraine crisis are affecting Russia. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Ukrainians see red after as Coca-Cola revises Russian map to include Crimea
All Coca-Cola wanted to do was to wish consumers a Happy New Year, but instead it ended up stirring anger in two markets, Russia and Ukraine, over the disputed territory of Crimea. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Chewbacca detained for lack of ID while driving Darth Vader to Ukraine election
The Star Wars character Chewbacca has been dragged before a court in Odessa, in perhaps the most surreal episode in local elections across Ukraine that have been both hotly contested and full of dirty tricks. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Buk missile downed MH17 in Ukraine, but still no clear answers who fired it
The Dutch Safety Board announced its findings Tuesday that a Buk missile brought down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine in mid-2014. But the final report isn’t expected to bring closure: Russia and the West will continue to wrangle over who is to blame. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Families’ anguish over MH17 crash cause to be answered tonight
The Dutch Safety Board, issuing long-awaited findings on Tuesday of its investigation into the crash of a Malaysian passenger plane over eastern Ukraine, is expected to say it was downed by a Russian-made Buk missile but not say who was responsible for firing it. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Who shot it down? Families brace for final MH17 air crash report
International investigators will on Tuesday release their final report into the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over war-torn Ukraine, but the burning question of who was to blame will remain unresolved. …read more Source: South China Morning...
With Russia watching, Nato chief’s visit to Ukraine is a delicate balancing act
With a troubled peace plan for the Ukrainian conflict nearing its deadline, Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg will attempt a balancing act to reassure Kiev of the West’s support without antagonising Moscow when he visits Ukraine this week. …read more Source: South China Morning...
