Section: Malaysia
All Australian victims of downed MH17 plane identified
MELBOURNE: All of the 38 Australians who died when Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was downed in eastern Ukraine have now been formally identified, the Australian government said citing Dutch authorities. A joint statement from Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop said the government’s...
Russia's Gazprom receives prepayment from Ukraine for gas supplies
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian natural gas producer Gazprom said on Saturday it had received a prepayment of $378.22 million from Ukraine for natural gas supplies, paving the way for the first shipments to Kiev since Moscow cut supplies in June. …read more Source: The...
MH17: All Australian victims identified, says Tony Abbott
MELBOURNE: All of the 38 Australians who died when Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was downed in eastern Ukraine have now been formally identified, the Australian government said citing Dutch authorities. …read more Source: New Straits...
Coal crunch forces Ukraine to seek Russian power supplies
The Kalinina coal mine is seen in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on December 1, 2014 -© AFP/File / by Dmitry ZAKS KIEV: Ukraine said Friday it had been forced to ask Russia to supply electricity to make up for energy shortages caused by the loss of control to pro-Moscow separatists of the coal-producing east. But Energy Minister Volodymyr...
Ukraine's Poroshenko tells army not to give up Donetsk airport
KIEV/DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – The whole of Ukraine will be within reach of the “enemy” if its armed forces lose control of the international airport in the eastern city of Donetsk to separatists, President Petro Poroshenko said on Friday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine, pro-Russia rebels announce Dec 9 truce
KIEV: Ukraine and the pro-Russian rebels said Thursday they had agreed to halt fire on Dec 9 under the terms of a truce aimed at ending one of Europe’s bloodiest conflicts in decades. The unexpected announcement provides the latest glimmer of hope that fighting across the eastern rustbelt of the ex-Soviet nation was nearing to a close after...
EU tells Russia: Keep Balkans out of East-West tensions
SARAJEVO (Reuters) – The European Union urged Russia on Friday not to drag the Western Balkans into its deepening rift with the West over Ukraine, reflecting concern that the region risks becoming another point of East-West tension. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine is short of slightly more than 10 percent of required power – minister
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine is short of slightly more than 10 percent of the electrical power it requires, Energy Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn said on Friday, as separatist violence in industrial eastern regions has disrupted supplies to power plants. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine power company boss detained over botched coal deal
KIEV (Reuters) – The head of a Ukrainian state energy firm has been detained on suspicion of embezzling funds after a botched deal to buy South African coal deepened the country’s electricity crisis, prosecutors said on Friday. …read more Source: The...
EU tells Russia: Keep Balkans out of East-West confrontation
SARAJEVO (Reuters) – The European Union urged Russia on Friday not to drag the Western Balkans into its deepening rift with the West over Ukraine, reflecting concern that the region risks becoming another point of East-West tension. …read more Source: The...
