Section: The West Australian (Australia)
France, Germany seek political stability in Ukraine (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – The foreign ministers of Germany and France urged Ukraine on Monday to quickly resolve its political crisis and recommitted themselves to efforts to resolve the separatist war in the east of the ex-Soviet state. …read more Source: The West...
Russia MPs slam Ukraine’s choice of Crimean Tartar for Eurovision (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Several Russian lawmakers on Monday denounced Ukraine’s choice of a Crimean Tatar to represent the country in this year’s Eurovision song contest, calling it a political choice aimed at vilifying Russia. …read more Source: The West...
France, Germany urge Ukraine to implement reforms (AFP)
Berlin (AFP) – The French and German foreign ministers, who head to Kiev for talks on Monday, have urged Ukraine to push forward with reforms in the spirit of the movement that ousted Russian-backed president Viktor Yanukovych two years ago. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine and rebels swap nine prisoners in first 2016 exchange (AFP)
Marinka (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels on Saturday exchanged nine prisoners captured in the country’s war-torn east in the first such swap this year, an AFP journalist witnessed. …read more Source: The West...
Ukrainians mark Maidan protest anniversary amid political crisis (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainians on Saturday sombrely marked the second anniversary of the bloody revolution that ousted Russian-backed president Viktor Yanukovych, as a fresh political crisis left many disillusioned with the current leadership. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine’s pro-West coalition edges from brink of collapse (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s pro-EU ruling coalition pulled back from the brink on Thursday after one junior partner withdrew while a populist party announced plans to step in and pull the country “out of the abyss.” …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine vows to fight Russian $3 bn debt claim in London court (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Kiev vowed on Thursday to fight Russia’s demand for the full repayment of a $3-billion (2.7-billion-euro) loan it issued to Ukraine in 2013 under ousted Moscow-backed president Viktor Yanukovych. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine PM hunts for new allies (AAP)
Ukraine’s Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk says he is in talks with political groups, including the populist Radical party, about a possible coalition. …read more Source: The West...
Orban tells Putin EU unlikely to ‘automatically’ extend Russia sanctions (AFP)
Novo-Ogaryovo (Russia) (AFP) – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday that European Union countries were increasingly keen to cooperate with Moscow and will not “automatically” extend sanctions over Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine’s Yatsenyuk hobbled despite winning no-confidence vote (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s pro-Western government has been left politically weakened and under even fiercer pressure from foreign allies to pursue reforms needed for the release of vital aid despite narrowly surviving a no-confidence vote. …read more Source: The West...
