Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Ukraine will not make major changes to IMF memorandum – deputy finance minister (Reuters)
KIEV (Reuters) – A new memorandum that Ukraine will submit to the International Monetary Fund will not contain significant changes to the programme agreed in the $17.5 billion (£12 billion) bailout, … …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine marks 30 years since Chernobyl shocked the world (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine on Tuesday marks 30 years since the world’s worst nuclear accident at Chernobyl killed thousands and forced a global rethink about the wisdom of relying on atomic fuel. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine marks 30 years since Chernobyl disaster (Reuters)
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine prepared on Tuesday to mark the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, which permanently poisoned swathes of eastern Europe and highlighted the shortcomings of th… …read more Source: The West...
Donors pledge cash to keep Chernobyl safe 30 years after disaster (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Global donors on Monday pledged additional money to help Ukraine keep Chernobyl safe for generations after causing the world’s worst nuclear power disaster 30 years ago. …read more Source: The West...
Pilot jailed in Russia may return ‘in weeks’: Ukraine leader (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Sunday he hoped to see a Kiev-born pilot who received a 14-year jail sentence in Russia return home as part of a prisoner swap “in a few weeks”. …read more Source: The West...
Three Ukrainian troops killed in new upsurge of fighting: Kiev (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Three Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and six injured in a fresh upsurge of fighting between pro-Russian rebels and government forces in the country’s separatist east, the Kiev military said on Sunday. …read more Source: The West...
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...
