Section: Australia
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Ukraine’s pro-West coalition edges from brink of collapse (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s pro-EU ruling coalition pulled back from the brink on Thursday after one junior partner withdrew while a populist party announced plans to step in and pull the country “out of the abyss.” …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine vows to fight Russian $3 bn debt claim in London court (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Kiev vowed on Thursday to fight Russia’s demand for the full repayment of a $3-billion (2.7-billion-euro) loan it issued to Ukraine in 2013 under ousted Moscow-backed president Viktor Yanukovych. …read more Source: The West...
To understand Vladimir Putin’s mission in Syria, look at Chechnya and Ukraine
The Chechens fighting in Syria are a testament to Moscow’s strategy of eliminating opponents while talking about diplomacy. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine PM hunts for new allies (AAP)
Ukraine’s Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk says he is in talks with political groups, including the populist Radical party, about a possible coalition. …read more Source: The West...
Orban tells Putin EU unlikely to ‘automatically’ extend Russia sanctions (AFP)
Novo-Ogaryovo (Russia) (AFP) – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday that European Union countries were increasingly keen to cooperate with Moscow and will not “automatically” extend sanctions over Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine’s Yatsenyuk hobbled despite winning no-confidence vote (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s pro-Western government has been left politically weakened and under even fiercer pressure from foreign allies to pursue reforms needed for the release of vital aid despite narrowly surviving a no-confidence vote. …read more Source: The West...
Ex-PM Tymoshenko’s party quits Ukraine’s ruling coalition (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s party Wednesday quit Ukraine’s ruling pro-Western coalition after the government survived a no-confidence vote, accusing it of being a stooge of shadowy tycoons. …read more Source: The West...
Vote of no confidence fails in Ukraine (AAP)
A motion of no confidence against the government has been rejected in the Ukraine parliament despite calls in the ruling coalition for a new cabinet. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine PM Yatsenyuk survives no confidence vote (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk survived a no confidence vote Tuesday that came hours after the president asked him to resign because he had lost the public’s trust. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine PM Yatsenyuk survives no confidence vote
Ukraine’s embattled Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk survives a no confidence vote in his government, staged in parliament only hours after the president asked him to stand down. …read more Source: ABC...
