Section: The Star (Malaysia)
Ukrainian lawyer of captured Russian soldiers found dead
KIEV (Reuters) – The body of a lawyer of two Russian servicemen on trial in Ukraine has been discovered on the grounds of a former farming collective, prosecutor Anatoly Matios said on Friday, saying two men were in custody in connection with the lawyer’s death. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine PM's party says will discuss Groysman PM nomination
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s parliamentary speaker emerged on Thursday as the frontrunner to replace the unpopular Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk, signalling a breakthrough in a political crisis that has lasted months. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine's Groysman says would implement IMF-backed reforms as PM
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian parliamentary Speaker Volodymyr Groysman promised on Thursday to adhere to reform promises made to the International Monetary Fund and the European Union if appointed prime minister by lawmakers. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine's Groysman may lack parliament support to become PM – senior lawmaker
KIEV (Reuters) – The head of Ukraine’s populist Radical party said on Thursday it was not certain parliamentary Speaker Volodymyr Groysman had sufficient support amongst fellow lawmakers to be appointed prime minister. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine snap election inevitable if crisis persists – senior lawmaker
KIEV (Reuters) – The head of Ukraine’s biggest party said on Thursday a crisis in the coalition and over the prime minister’s post must be resolved next week or a snap election is inevitable. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine PM's party says will discuss Groysman PM nomination
KIEV (Reuters) – The People’s Front party of Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Thursday it was prepared to discuss nominating Parliamentary Speaker Volodymyr Groysman for the post of prime minister. …read more Source: The...
Giant arch to block Chernobyl radiation for next 100 years
CHERNOBYL, Ukraine (Reuters) – In the middle of a vast exclusion zone in northern Ukraine, the world’s largest land-based moving structure has been built to prevent deadly radiation spewing from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site for the next 100 years. …read more Source: The...
Kerry to visit Belgium on Friday in show of U.S. support after bombings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will visit Belgium on Friday to voice U.S. support for investigations of Tuesday’s bombings, a State Department spokesman said on Wednesday after Kerry arrived in Moscow for talks on Syria and Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Germany hopes for humanitarian solution for jailed Ukrainian pilot
MOSCOW (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Wednesday he hoped a humanitarian solution could be found for Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko who was on Tuesday sentenced to 22 years in jail by a Russian court. …read more Source: The...
Murdered journalist buried in Ukraine 16 years after beheading
KIEV (Reuters) – An investigative journalist whose murder 16 years ago helped precipitate Ukraine’s Orange Revolution was buried in Kiev on Tuesday after a delay due to his mother’s unwillingness to accept his decapitated body was her son. …read more Source: The...
