Section: Australia
- ABC News (Australia) (310)
- NEWS.com.au (Australia) (203)
- SBS (Australia) (245)
- The West Australian (Australia) (2,557)
Ukraine interior minister slams journalists accredited with rebels (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s interior minister on Saturday lambasted reporters who were accredited by pro-Russian rebels to cover fighting in the country’s east, after their details were leaked by hackers. …read more Source: The West...
Aussies get vocal on Eurovision
WITH the final just hours away, Twitter is lighting up with funny posts about the contestants, with Ukraine’s emotive entry proving divisive. …read more Source:...
EU sanctions mooted amid DR Congo crackdown (AFP)
Kinshasa (AFP) – Britain warned Friday it may seek EU sanctions over “acts of repression” in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as police clashed with supporters of a key opposition leader accused of hiring foreign mercenaries. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine picks president’s ally as prosecutor after bending law (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s parliament confirmed an ally of President Petro Poroshenko as chief prosecutor Thursday after ignoring EU warnings and changing the law to let candidates without legal training serve in the crucial post. …read more Source: The West...
Masterpieces lost in Italy museum heist recovered in Ukraine (AFP)
Rome (AFP) – Paintings including masterpieces by Rubens and Tintoretto that were stolen from a Verona museum last year have been found in Ukraine, Italy’s culture minister said Wednesday. …read more Source: The West...
Four-way talks on Ukraine war fail to win breakthrough (AFP)
Berlin (AFP) – Key powers failed to clinch a breakthrough in talks Wednesday seeking a lasting peace deal in Ukraine, with negotiations stumbling over the thorny issue of local elections in the rebel-held zone. …read more Source: The West...
Hackers reveal details of reporters accredited with Ukraine rebels (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian authorities on Wednesday launched a criminal probe into pro-Kiev hackers who revealed details of thousands of reporters accredited with the self-declared authorities of the separatist east in order to cover the war. …read more Source: The West...
IMF team arrives in Ukraine to check on new government (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – An International Monetary Fund team arrived in Kiev on Tuesday after the formation of a new Ukrainian government resolved a prolonged political crisis that had stalled the release of vital aid. …read more Source: The West...
EUROVISION 2016: GOOD LUCK JAMALA
Alistair Birch interviewed Ukraine’s representative Jamalа. On the “Eurovision 2016” Jamala will perform song 1944… (Алістейр Бірч розмовляє іс співачкою Джамалою, яка представляє Україну на пісенному конкурсі “Євробачення-2016” з піснею “1944-й”) …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s tense Odessa marks two years since clashes killed 48 (AFP)
Odessa (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukrainian police in the tense southern city of Odessa on Monday discovered grenades near the site of commemorations marking two years since clashes between Moscow and Kiev supporters killed 48. …read more Source: The West...
