Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Russia must implement Ukraine deal for EU to lift sanctions: Juncker (AFP)
Saint Petersburg (AFP) – European Union Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker told Russia on Thursday that the “only way” the 28-nation bloc will lift its economic sanctions on Moscow is if the Kremlin fully implements a peace deal for Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Russia, Ukraine in new prisoner swap (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Russia and Ukraine swapped prisoners for the second time in less than a month Tuesday as relations between the sworn foes showed rare signs of calming in the midst of war. …read more Source: The West...
NATO to boost Romania presence: Stoltenberg (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – NATO will send units to Romania, alliance head Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday, on top of battalions being deployed in the three Baltic states and Poland in response to Russia’s intervention in Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Hundreds attend tightly-policed gay pride march in central Kiev (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – More than 700 gay rights activists marched through central Kiev on Sunday, prompting an unprecedented security operation in the ex-Soviet country where homophobia remains widespread. …read more Source: The West...
Crimea unveils gun-toting statue to celebrate Russian annexation (AFP)
Simferopol (AFP) – The authorities in Crimea on Saturday unveiled a bronze statue of a heavily armed Russian soldier to celebrate the peninsula’s 2014 annexation from Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
OSCE staff member ‘missing’ in rebel-held Ukraine (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Foreign monitors observing Ukraine’s separatist conflict said on Wednesday that one of their local staff has gone missing in the pro-Russian east. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine leaves France guessing about Euro terror plot (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine has raised a number of questions over its arrest of a Frenchman who was allegedly plotting to attack the Euro 2016 football championship opening this week in his home country. …read more Source: The West...
French ultra-nationalist ‘planned attacks at Euro 2016’ (The West Australian)
Ukraine has detained a Frenchman suspected of planning a series of terrorist attacks across France during the upcoming Euro 2016 championship, the Security Service of Ukraine said. …read more Source: The West...
Man planning attacks in France: Ukraine (AAP)
A French man arrested in Ukraine was planning a a string of attacks in France to coincide with the UEFA Euro 2016 soccer championship there. …read more Source: The West...
MH17 criminal probe results due within months (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – Initial results from a criminal inquiry into the downing of a Malaysia Airlines flight over war-torn eastern Ukraine nearly two years ago will be available within months, Dutch prosecutors have said. …read more Source: The West...
