Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Safety pins: a pointed show of solidarity after Trump election (AFP)
Washington (AFP) – People have long used ribbons, flowers, colors or badges to symbolize political causes, from the carnations of Portugal’s 1974 revolution to the orange ribbons of Ukraine’s 2004 revolution to the gel wristbands now worn to promote almost any charity. …read more Source: The West...
Georgia’s ex-president vows to force early Ukraine elections (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Georgia’s pro-Western former president Mikheil Saakashvili on Friday announced plans to create a new opposition movement in Ukraine that aims to topple the current leadership and force early elections. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine hopes for US support under Donald Trump (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko congratulated US president-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday, expressing hoping that Washington will maintain its support for Kiev after he moves to the White House. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine pushes UN to step up scrutiny of Crimea (AFP)
United Nations (United States) (AFP) – Ukraine on Tuesday launched a bid at the United Nations to condemn rights abuses in Crimea and press Russia to allow UN monitors to visit the territory. …read more Source: The West...
Khodorkovsky urges UK to sanction Russian elites (AFP)
London (AFP) – Former oil tycoon and Kremlin foe Mikhail Khodorkovsky on Tuesday urged British MPs to punish corrupt Russian officials with assets in Britain, saying broader sanctions on Russia did not work. …read more Source: The West...
EU adds to Crimea sanctions blacklist (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – The European Union has added several people, including some recently elected to Russia’s parliament, to its sanctions blacklist for their role in supporting Moscow’s seizure of Crimea from Ukraine, officials said Tuesday. …read more Source: The West...
Georgia’s Saakashvili resigns as governor in Ukraine (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Georgia’s pro-Western former president Mikheil Saakashvili resigned Monday from his post as governor of Ukraine’s Odessa region after a tumultuous tenure that lasted just 18 months. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine’s leader speaks to ‘fake’ Kyrgyz president (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian president spoke to what he thought was his Kyrgyz counterpart by phone this week — only to discover that the person on the other end was someone else entirely. …read more Source: The West...
IMF arrives in Ukraine with tough demand for new loan (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – An International Monetary Fund team arrives in Kiev on Thursday to check on cash-strapped Ukraine’s books and set out a series of tough conditions for the disbursement of further loans. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine removes last conscripts from war zone (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine said Wednesday it no longer had conscripted soldiers fighting pro-Russian insurgents for the first time since a conflict that has claimed nearly 10,000 lives began in April 2014. …read more Source: The West...
