Section: Australia
- ABC News (Australia) (310)
- NEWS.com.au (Australia) (203)
- SBS (Australia) (245)
- The West Australian (Australia) (2,557)
Ukraine to ratify EU pact next week: Poroshenko (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – President Petro Poroshenko said on Friday that the Ukrainian and European parliaments would meet on September 16 to jointly ratify an historic agreement pulling his country further out of Russia’s reach. …read more Source: The West...
EU hits Russia with new sanctions as Ukraine looks West (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Tough new EU sanctions came into effect against Russia over the Ukraine conflict on Friday, with Moscow accusing its foes of trying to derail the push for peace in the former Soviet state. …read more Source: The West...
EU hits Russia with new sanctions over Ukraine (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Tough new EU sanctions came into effect against Russia over the Ukraine crisis on Friday, with Moscow angrily accusing its foes of trying to wreck the push for peace in the former Soviet state. …read more Source: The West...
West tightens sanctions grip on Russia’s oil industry over Ukraine
EMBARGOED COPY: …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Drones to be used to monitor Russia-Ukraine border: watchdog
The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe said it will use drones to monitor the Russia-Ukraine border in its mission to broker deals between Ukraine’s warring sides. …read more Source: ABC...
MH17 crash site still unsafe for investigators: Dutch (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – The site in eastern Ukraine where flight MH17 crashed two months ago is still too unsafe for investigators to resume the recovery of victims’ remains, Dutch Defence Minister Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert said Thursday. …read more Source: The West...
Obama tightens Russia sanctions
THE US will intensify sanctions in the defence, finance and energy sectors to punish Russia over its “illegal actions” in Ukraine, Barack Obama says. …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s displaced just want to go home (AFP)
Mariupol (Ukraine) (AFP) – For the Ukrainians who have fled the war zones of the east, life has become a grim daily grind of battling red tape and trying to find food, jobs and shelter. …read more Source: The West...
Russian move only a ‘tiny step’
THE US has described as “a good, tiny first step” the announcement Russia had withdrawn the bulk of its forces from Ukraine. …read more Source: THE...
Ukraine rebels watch Scotland vote with envy (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – “Why isn’t England bombing the Scottish separatists,” demands one supporter of the pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine in a Twitter post under a picture of the Scottish flag. …read more Source: The West...
