Section: The West Australian (Australia)
NATO says will hold Russia council meeting on April 20 (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – NATO will hold its first formal talks in nearly two years with Russia on April 20 to discuss the Ukraine crisis and other security issues, the US-led miltary alliance said Tuesday. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine parliament weighs PM resignation, government overhaul (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s parliament was weighing Tuesday whether to approve the resignation of embattled Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk as backroom talks raged about the make-up of a new pro-EU government. …read more Source: The West...
France seeks G20 tax haven blacklist, EU sanctions on evaders (Reuters)
PARIS (Reuters) – France will seek tougher EU sanctions on people who help to facilitate tax evasion and a G20 blacklist of uncooperative tax havens, the Finance Ministry said on Monday following the … …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine pilot Savchenko ‘risks developing fatal blood clot’ (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Medical tests on a jailed Ukrainian pilot on hunger strike show her blood is thickening, putting her at risk of developing a blood clot which could kill her, her lawyers said Monday. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine looks to new pro-EU government after PM quits (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine prepared Monday to usher in a stable new pro-Western government following the resignation of Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk over public anger with his seeming inability to fight government graft. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine PM Yatseniuk tenders resignation (AAP)
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk has gone on national television to announce he is resigning. …read more Source: The West...
EU to propose visa-free travel for Ukraine despite Dutch vote – source (Reuters)
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission will propose this month granting visa-free travel to Ukrainians despite a Dutch referendum vote against an EU-Ukraine agreement partly motivated by hostili… …read more Source: The West...
Yatsenyuk: crisis-torn Ukraine’s ‘suicide’ mission PM (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Arseniy Yatsenyuk once said that taking the job of Ukrainian prime minister was “political suicide,” a prediction that caught up with him Sunday as he announced his resignation after months of political paralysis in the war-torn state. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine PM Yatseniuk tenders resignation (Reuters)
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk tendered his resignation on Sunday in a televised broadcast. “I took the decision to resign as prime minister of Ukraine. On T… …read more Source: The West...
10,000 turn out to mark east Ukraine rebellion anniversary (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Around 10,000 people paraded through the centre of Donetsk, the rebel “capital” in eastern Ukraine, to mark the second anniversary of the proclamation of the “Donetsk People’s Republic”. …read more Source: The West...
