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German, French FMs push peace bid in war-torn Ukraine (AFP)
Sep16

German, French FMs push peace bid in war-torn Ukraine (AFP)

Slavyansk-na-Kubani (Russia) (AFP) – The German and French foreign ministers made their first visit to Ukraine’s war-torn east on Thursday, saying they wanted to push a new bid for peace after a recent surge in violence. …read more Source: The West...

Putin ordered half Ukraine seized
Sep15

Putin ordered half Ukraine seized

Ukraine intelligence service publish telephone intercepts revealing a Moscow plot to seize half the country. …read more Source: THE...

In Moscow’s grip, Crimea holds first vote to Russian parliament (AFP)
Sep15

In Moscow’s grip, Crimea holds first vote to Russian parliament (AFP)

Simferopol (AFP) – Shaded by cypress trees on Crimea’s Black Sea shore, a group of locals watch as folk singers in tall headdresses boom out a patriotic song about Russia with the lyrics: “I have no other motherland.” …read more Source: The West...

Ukraine’s Poroshenko welcomes IMF aid (AAP)
Sep15

Ukraine’s Poroshenko welcomes IMF aid (AAP)

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says the IMF’s decision to release more aid will keep the hryvnia currency stable and maintain macroeconomic stabilisation. …read more Source: The West...

France tells Ukraine ‘no plan B’ to ending war (AFP)
Sep14

France tells Ukraine ‘no plan B’ to ending war (AFP)

Kiev (AFP) – The French foreign minister told Ukraine on Wednesday there was “no plan B” to a tattered blueprint for ending a 29-month pro-Russian revolt that has destabilised the European Union’s backyard. …read more Source: The West...

Russia revives Soviet-era psychiatric punishment: Crimean Tatars, dissenters suffer
Sep14

Russia revives Soviet-era psychiatric punishment: Crimean Tatars, dissenters suffer

The practice has shut away dissenters and activists who have dared to speak out against the Russian government. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...

Russia revives Soviet-era psychiatric punishment: Crimean Tartars, dissenters suffer
Sep14

Russia revives Soviet-era psychiatric punishment: Crimean Tartars, dissenters suffer

The practice has shut away dissenters and activists who have dared to speak out against the Russian government. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...

Three Ukraine troops killed in violation of new truce: Kiev (AFP)
Sep13

Three Ukraine troops killed in violation of new truce: Kiev (AFP)

Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine said Tuesday that pro-Russian insurgents had killed three of its soldiers in violation of a truce the foreign ministers of Germany and France will try to revive in Kiev this week. …read more Source: The West...

Stolen Dutch masterpieces ‘soon’ back at museum (AFP)
Sep12

Stolen Dutch masterpieces ‘soon’ back at museum (AFP)

The Hague (AFP) – Five stolen 17th and 18th-century masterpieces will soon be returned from the Ukraine to the Dutch museum where they disappeared from more than a decade ago, officials announced on Monday. …read more Source: The West...

Bishop vows justice for MH17
Sep10

Bishop vows justice for MH17

Julie Bishop has pledged to pursue ‘every option’ to bring those who shot down MH17 over Ukraine to justice. …read more Source: THE...