Section: Taiwan
Ukraine faces years of dependence on Western aid
VELYKI PRYTSKY, Ukraine (AP) — Looking on from her vegetable patch at the motorcade of U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, Ukrainian villager Olha Voloshchenko …read more Source: Taiwan...
Exit polls in Ukraine local elections show east-west split
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Four exit polls from Ukraine’s local elections released Monday indicated the governing coalition would retain its dominant position in the west and center of the country despite widespread disappointment with the government of President Petro Poroshenko. …read more Source: The China...
Ukraine’s Donetsk rebels place ban on Doctors Without Borders, UN
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Pro-Russian insurgents in Ukraine’s eastern separatist Donetsk region said Friday they had banned Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and U.N. agencies, in a move the medical charity described as worrying. …read more Source: The China...
Stalin portraits, Soviet nostalgia rule in Ukraine rebel regions
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Three portraits of former Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin are on display in the center of Donetsk, the rebel capital of eastern Ukraine, as the separatist authorities fuel a mood of Soviet nostalgia. …read more Source: The China...
21 customs officers detained in Hungary corruption case
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian prosecutors say 21 police officers working at a border crossing with Ukraine have been detained, suspected of regularly taking bribes …read more Source: Taiwan...
Ousted president Yanukovych sues Ukraine in European court
MOSCOW (AP) — A law firm representing former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych says he is suing Ukraine for violating his human rights.Yanukovych fled to Russia …read more Source: Taiwan...
Death toll in Ukraine excursion boat capsizing rises to 14
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — The number of people who died when a Ukrainian excursion boat capsized in the Black Sea has risen to 14.Emergency services …read more Source: Taiwan...
Ukraine gives Russia 2 weeks to agree to debt restructuring
MOSCOW (AP) — Ukraine’s prime minister has given Russia two weeks to agree to a restructuring deal for a $3 billion loan or face a …read more Source: Taiwan...
Dutch to hold non-binding referendum on EU-Ukraine links
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch electoral commission says that an activist group has gathered enough signatures to force a non-binding referendum in the …read more Source: Taiwan...
MH17 downed by ‘kind of missile installed in BUK’
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Air crash investigators concluded Tuesday that Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by a missile fired from war-torn eastern Ukraine last year, killing all 298 people on board. …read more Source: The China...
