Section: The Star (Malaysia)
Ukraine parliament votes to appoint presidential ally as new prosecutor general
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s parliament on Tuesday voted to appoint Iryna Venediktova, a 41-year-old lawyer and close ally of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, as the country’s new Prosecutor General. …read more Source:: The...
Ukraine Railways to halt international trains from March 17
KIEV (Reuters) – State-run Ukrainian railways company Ukrzaliznytsia will suspend all international passenger trains from March 17 in an attempt to contain the spread of the coronavirus, the company said on Sunday. …read more Source:: The...
Russia to suspend trains to Ukraine, Moldova over coronavirus – TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) – State-run Russian Railways said on Sunday it would halt trains to and from Ukraine and Moldova from March 17 in an attempt to contain the coronavirus outbreak, TASS news agency reported. …read more Source:: The...
Ukraine to block entry to residents registered in separatist-held areas to stop coronavirus spread
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s government at a televised meeting on Friday decided to ban citizens registered in separatist-held terroritory in the eastern Donbass region from entering government-controlled areas. …read more Source:: The...
Iran agrees to send black boxes of crashed jet to Ukraine – official
PARIS (Reuters) – Iran’s aviation authority has agreed to send black boxes from a downed Ukrainian jetliner to Kiev for analysis, Iran’s representative at the United Nations’ aviation agency told Reuters. …read more Source:: The...
Ukrainian capital Kiev shuts schools, mass events to prevent spread of virus
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s capital Kiev will close schools and universities from Thursday until the end of March to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, city mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Wednesday. …read more Source:: The...
Dutch prosecutors accuse Russia of trying to 'thwart' MH17 investigation
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch prosecutors accused Russia on Tuesday of trying to sabotage the investigation into the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 in Ukraine in 2014, saying this cast “a dark shadow” over the impending trial of four suspects in the crash. …read more Source:: The...
Factbox: Four on trial over shooting down of flight MH17 in Ukraine
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The first hearing in the criminal trial of four men accused of murder for their roles in the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in Ukraine began in the Netherlands on Monday: …read more Source:: The...
Trial of men accused in downing of MH17 to begin in Amsterdam
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The first hearing in the trial of four fugitive suspects in the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 was set to start in Amsterdam on Monday, more than five years after the plane was downed in Ukraine. …read more Source:: The...
Dutch MH17 trial to start without Russian, Ukrainian suspects
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Four fugitive suspects go on trial in the Netherlands on Monday charged with the murder of 298 passengers and crew aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 which was shot down with a Russian-made missile over eastern Ukraine in July 2014. …read more Source:: The...
