Section: Thailand
G7 needs ‘clear and tough stance’ on territorial disputes: Tusk
ISE-SHIMA (JAPAN) – The Group of Seven needs to take a “clear and tough stance” on China’s controversial maritime claims and the Russian annexation of Crimea, European Council President Donald Tusk said Thursday. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Poroshenko vows to take back Crimea following pilot’s release
KIEV – President Petro Poroshenko vowed on Wednesday that Ukraine would take back the annexed peninsula of Crimea and rebel-held territory in the east of the country following pilot Nadiya Savchenko’s return from Russia. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Jailed pilot Savchenko freed by Russia, expected in Kiev shortly: sources
KIEV – Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko has been freed after nearly two years in a Russian prison and is expected in the Ukrainian capital Kiev shortly, several sources in the Ukrainian presidency told AFP. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine confirms seven soldiers killed in war-torn east
KIEV – Seven Ukrainian soldiers have died in the country’s war-torn east over the past 24 hours in the biggest number of casualties in a single day this year, Kiev said Tuesday. …read more Source: Bangkok...
MH17 victim families sue Putin, Russia in European rights court
SYDNEY – Families of victims of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which was shot down over Ukraine in 2014, are suing President Vladimir Putin and Russia for Aus$10 million each in the European Court of Human Rights, The Sydney Morning Herald reported Saturday. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Yarmolenko, Konoplyanka key in Ukraine Euro 2016 squad
KIEV – Ukraine coach Mykhaylo Fomenko on Thursday announced a provisional 28-man squad for Euro 2016, led by Dynamo Kiev forward Andriy Yarmolenko and Yevgen Konoplyanka who starred in Sevilla’s Europa League triumph. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine’s Eurovision winner brushes off Russian anger
KIEV – Ukraine’s Eurovision Song Contest winner Tuesday dismissed Russia’s anger over her triumph as a sign of “weakness” from a sore loser who saw political plots hatched in a light-hearted event. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Sore Russian officials bash Ukraine Eurovision win
MOSCOW – Russian lawmakers on Sunday lashed out at arch-rival Ukraine’s “political” victory in the Eurovision song contest, as one pro-Kremlin paper insisted Moscow’s entrant was robbed. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine president hails ‘unbelievable’ Eurovision victory
KIEV – Jubilant Ukrainian officials erupted in celebration Sunday after Jamala won the Eurovision Song Contest with a powerful tribute to her Tatar people’s deportation from Russian-annexed Crimea in 1944. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine wins Eurovision Song Contest
STOCKHOLM (SWEDEN) – Ukraine’s Jamala has won the 61st edition of Eurovision Song Contest, Europe’s annual kitsch fest of music, glitz and politics. …read more Source: Bangkok...
