Section: The Star (Malaysia)
Russia to recognise Ukraine election results – Lavrov
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia will recognise the results of Ukraine’s parliamentary election, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted as saying on Monday by RIA news agency. …read more Source: The...
Russia must probe deaths and abductions in Crimea – rights group
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia must investigate the deaths and abductions of activists in Crimea who have opposed Moscow’s annexation of the peninsula and ensure the rights of minorities and media are respected, a leading European human rights watchdog said on Monday. …read more Source: The...
OSCE observers give Ukraine election a clean bill of health
KIEV (Reuters) – OSCE election observers gave Sunday’s parliamentary election in Ukraine a clean bill of health on Monday, saying it had offered real choice and largely upheld democratic commitments. …read more Source: The...
Russia says Ukraine vote may help peace, fears 'nationalists' – RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Monday Ukraine’s parliamentary election offered a chance for peace in its east but that a high number of “nationalists” in the chamber could undermine the process, RIA news agency reported. …read more Source: The...
Explosions heard in Donetsk after Ukraine election – mayor
DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – Heavy shelling rocked the outskirts of the pro-Russian rebel stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on Monday, one day after Ukraine held a parliamentary election, the city mayor’s office and officials in Kiev said. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine president to start talks on parliamentary coalition on Monday
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said he would start talks on forging a coalition in parliament on Monday following an election that exit polls showed was dominated by his own political bloc and other pro-Western forces. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine president hails support for peace plan, pro-West course
KIEV (Reuters) – President Petro Poroshenko said Ukrainians had shown they back his plan to end a separatist conflict, democratic reforms and his pro-Western course in a parliamentary election on Sunday. …read more Source: The...
Pro-Europe parties secure big election win in Ukraine – exit poll
KIEV (Reuters) – Pro-Europe parties led by a group backing President Petro Poroshenko swept a parliamentary election in Ukraine on Sunday, an exit poll showed, giving him a mandate to end a separatist conflict and pursue democratic reforms. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine's Poroshenko, pro-Europe forces dominate election
KIEV (Reuters) – President Petro Poroshenko’s political bloc was on course to win a parliamentary election in Ukraine on Sunday and two other pro-Europe parties also performed strongly, an exit poll showed. …read more Source: The...
In eastern Ukraine, most voters dream only of peace
VOLNOVAKHA Ukraine (Reuters) – Voters in eastern Ukraine had one thing on their mind as they voted in Sunday’s parliamentary election: an end to months of conflict between pro-Russian separatists and government forces. …read more Source: The...
