Section: The West Australian (Australia)
French idealist becomes unlikely Ukraine mayor (AFP)
Glukhiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – His family was one of the Russian Empire’s richest industrial dynasties before Bolshevik collectivisation caused it to flee to the capitalist West. …read more Source: The West...
Cold threatens 700,000 children in eastern Ukraine: UNICEF (AFP)
Geneva (AFP) – Damaged pipelines in war-torn eastern Ukraine are threatening to cut off water, heating and electrical supplies at a time when temperatures are plunging, putting some 700,000 children at risk, UNICEF warned Friday. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine completes debt restructuring of around $15 billion (Reuters)
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s Finance Ministry announced on Thursday it had completed a debt restructuring of around $15 billion (£9.86 billion) with creditors and said it remained open to finding a deb… …read more Source: The West...
Initial ICC probe says no crimes against humanity at Ukraine’s Maidan (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – A preliminary probe suggests Ukraine’s security forces used “excessive and indiscriminate” force in the 2014 Maidan protests but are not guilty of crimes against humanity, the International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor said Thursday. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine bans workplace discrimination against gays (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s parliament Thursday finally banned discrimination against gays in the workplace during a heated session on legislation that could open the door to visa-free travel to much of the EU in 2016. …read more Source: The West...
Fears of new flareup in Ukraine as violence grows on frontline (AFP)
Pisky (Ukraine) (AFP) – It’s been only two months since Yelena Krivonos has stopped sleeping in her cellar to hide from shelling, but now that violence has ticked up in eastern Ukraine she is headed back underground. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine fails again to ban discrimination against gays (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s parliament failed for the second time Tuesday to adopt a ban on anti-gay discrimination in the workplace, though it did vote in five other laws needed to secure visa-free travel to most EU nations. …read more Source: The West...
Barry Callebaut buys commercial beverages vending from FrieslandCampina (Reuters)
ZURICH (Reuters) – Barry Callebaut AG is acquiring the commercial beverages vending activities from FrieslandCampina Kievit to expand its value-added European specialties business, the … …read more Source: The West...
EU says Ukraine would gain ‘credibility’ by beating graft (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini urged Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko Monday to take tougher and more immediate action against corruption as his ex-Soviet country moves closer to Europe. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine famine memorial unveiled in US capital (AFP)
Washington (AFP) – A monument commemorating the millions of Ukrainians who died during a Soviet-era famine was unveiled in the US capital Saturday, in a ceremony that brought back horrific memories for survivors. …read more Source: The West...
