Section: The China Post (Taiwan)
Eurovision victory ‘makes no difference’ for Tatars: UN
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – The U.N. human rights office says Ukrainian singer Jamala’s Eurovision victory “makes no difference on the ground” for Crimean Tatars, who have faced growing persecution since Russia annexed the Black Sea peninsula in 2014. …read more Source: The China...
Ukraine wins a ‘politically charged’ Eurovision
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Ukrainian singer Jamala snatched victory from arch-rival Russia to win the Eurovision song contest Saturday, adding a touch of political drama to the annual kitsch extravaganza. …read more Source: The China...
Ukraine marks 30 years since Chernobyl disaster
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Ukrainians held candlelit vigils Tuesday to mark 30 years since the world’s worst nuclear accident at Chernobyl spewed radiation across Europe and left several thousand people dead or dying. …read more Source: The China...
Ukraine marks 30 years since Chernobyl shocked the world
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – KIEV – Ukraine on Tuesday marks 30 years since the world’s worst nuclear accident at Chernobyl killed thousands and forced a global rethink about the wisdom of relying on atomic fuel. …read more Source: The China...
Problems fixed all over Russia after pleas for help on Putin’s call-in show
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – In just one day, roads of a Siberian city were repaired, swindled fishery workers got wads of cash and a child prodigy was invited to go to a Crimean summer camp. One thing made it possible: President Vladimir Putin’s Thursday call-in show …………… …read more Source: The China...
Euroskeptics hail victory after Dutch ‘No’ vote
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – The Dutch “No” to an EU pact with Ukraine dealt a fresh blow to European unity Thursday, handing euroskeptics a symbolic victory ahead of Britain’s in-out referendum in June. …read more Source: The China...
Dutch vote on key EU-Kiev pact as Europe watches
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Dutch people began voting Wednesday on whether to back a key EU pact with Ukraine in a referendum triggered by grassroots eurosceptic groups and seen as a yardstick on ties with Brussels. …read more Source: The China...
UN says conflict in Ukraine has affected 580,000 children
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – The conflict in Ukraine has “deeply affected” 580,000 children close to the front lines and in areas in the volatile east not under government control, the U.N. children’s agency said late Thursday. …read more Source: The China...
Dutch ‘no’ to a Kiev-EU accord could trip crisis: European Commission chief
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker urged Dutch voters Saturday not to oppose an EU cooperation deal with Ukraine, saying such a move “could open the doors to a continental crisis.” …read more Source: The China...
EU extends sanctions against defiant Russia
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – The EU extended damaging economic sanctions against Russia on Monday amid sharp differences over relations with Moscow which struck back with a furious tirade and its own import ban against Ukraine. …read more Source: The China...
