Section: Channel NewsAsia (Singapore)
Ukraine protesters keep graft trial on track despite health scare, bomb threats
A judge ordered Ukraine’s top tax official on Tuesday to be jailed or pay a hefty bail pending his trial for suspected embezzlement, in a landmark ruling hailed by protesters as a blow for transparency in one of Europe’s most corrupt countries. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia denies Kiev’s ‘terrorism’ claims at UN court
Russia hit back on Tuesday (Mar 7) at claims it is “sponsoring terrorism” in war-torn eastern Ukraine, dismissing Kiev’s accusations that it is breaking treaties by supporting pro-Moscow rebels as “neither factual nor legal”. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine and Russia face off in UN court over separatist conflict
Tensions between Ukraine and Russia will play out at the U.N.’s highest court on Monday when judges begin hearing Kiev’s request to order Moscow to halt support for pro-Russian separatists. …read more Source: Channel...
British foreign minister to visit Russia to discuss differences
Britain’s foreign secretary Boris Johnson will go to Moscow in the coming weeks to discuss the differences between the two countries over Syria and Ukraine, the Foreign Office said on Saturday, in the first such visit for five years. …read more Source: Channel...
Separatist leader severs trade ties with Ukraine over rail blockade
The main pro-Russian separatist leader in Ukraine said on Friday he would cut economic ties between rebel territory and the rest of the country, following through on an ultimatum to end trade if the government did not halt a rail blockade. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine investigates tax chief over possible US$75 million graft – lawyer
The head of Ukraine’s tax and customs service, Roman Nasirov, is being investigated over the suspected embezzlement of around 2 billion hryvnias (60 million pounds), his lawyer said on Friday. …read more Source: Channel...
Stress under shelling produces baby boom in Ukraine
Olena Gorbatova gave birth to her third child in war-torn eastern Ukraine to the sounds of gunfire and exploding shells in the Kiev-held flashpoint town of Avdiivka. …read more Source: Channel...
Deadly blast rips through Ukraine coal mine
A deadly methane gas explosion tore through a coal mine in western Ukraine on Thursday, killing at least eight miners in the latest pit disaster to hit the ex-Soviet state. …read more Source: Channel...
Germany’s Gabriel sees no scope for easing Russian sanctions
German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Wednesday there had hardly been any progress in implementing the Minsk peace agreement for eastern Ukraine, which meant no lifting of sanctions against Russia was in sight. …read more Source: Channel...
Germany’s Gabriel sees no scope for easing Russian sanctions
German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Wednesday there had hardly been any progress in implementing the Minsk peace agreement for eastern Ukraine, which meant no lifting of sanctions against Russia was in sight. …read more Source: Channel...
