Section: Australia
- ABC News (Australia) (310)
- NEWS.com.au (Australia) (203)
- SBS (Australia) (245)
- The West Australian (Australia) (2,557)
There’s no place like home, even in the Chernobyl disaster zone (Reuters)
By Matthias Williams CHERNOBYL, Ukraine (Reuters) – Some people found life away from home so unbearable they decided to return, even when home was the site of the world’s worst nuclear … …read more Source: The West...
EU proposes visa-free travel for Ukrainians (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – The EU on Wednesday proposed offering visa-free travel in Europe to Ukrainians, delivering on a key pledge to the pro-Western government in Kiev. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine warns it may take ‘years’ to end separatist war (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s defence minister warned Wednesday it may take years to settle the ex-Soviet republic’s pro-Russian separatist conflict that has killed nearly 9,200 people and plunged Moscow’s relations with the West to a post-Cold War low. …read more Source: The West...
NATO, Russia meeting confirms ‘profound disagreements’ – NATO chief (Reuters)
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO’s first formal meeting with Russia’s envoy to the alliance in almost two years underscored the deep East-West divide over the Ukraine crisis and the future of Europe’s securi… …read more Source: The West...
Lessons of Chernobyl disaster, 30 years on (AFP)
Vienna (AFP) – Ukraine will next week mark the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, when human error and flawed Soviet reactor technology led to the world’s worst nuclear accident. …read more Source: The West...
NATO, Russia to hold highest-level talks since Crimea annexation (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – NATO and Russia begin their highest level talks for nearly two years on Wednesday, in a bid to ease military tensions over the Baltic Sea and the simmering violence still gripping eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Dutch govt narrowly beats call to scrap EU-Kiev deal (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s ruling coalition Tuesday narrowly defeated a motion calling for the country to immediately pull out of an EU-Ukraine deal rejected by voters in a referendum this month. …read more Source: The West...
MH17 families mulling lawsuit against Malaysia Airlines (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – Dozens of families of those killed when a missile shot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine two years ago are considering suing the carrier for compensation, their lawyer told AFP Tuesday. …read more Source: The West...
Russia opens ‘extremism’ probe into US-funded Crimea news site (AFP)
Simferopol (AFP) – Russian security forces in annexed Crimea on Tuesday opened a criminal probe into a US-funded news site for allegedly condoning extremism, searching three journalists’ homes and hauling them in for questioning. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine President edges closer to prisoner swap deal with Putin (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko on Tuesday said he had made progress towards agreeing a deal with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to swap jailed pilot Nadiya Savchenko for two alleged Russian soldiers. …read more Source: The West...
