Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Syria, migrant crisis coverage wins war correspondents prizes (AFP)
Bayeux (France) (AFP) – France’s prestigious Bayeux-Calvados award for war correspondents on Saturday honoured journalists covering conflicts in Syria and Ukraine, as well as Europe’s worst migrant crisis since World War II. …read more Source: The West...
‘One killed’ in eastern Ukraine clashes despite truce (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – One person was killed and another three wounded Saturday in Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, a pro-Moscow rebel bastion, as clashes broke a ceasefire that had held for several weeks, separatist and loyalist sources said. …read more Source: The West...
Egypt signs deal for two French warships (AFP)
Cairo (AFP) – Egypt signed a contract Saturday to buy two Mistral warships, whose sale to Russia Paris cancelled because of the Ukraine crisis, a delegation member with the visiting French prime minister said. …read more Source: The West...
Health groups slam Ukraine for slow polio response (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Global health groups accused Ukraine on Friday of being critically late and ineffective in responding to Europe’s first polio outbreak since 2010. …read more Source: The West...
Lemkos: Abandoned minority of shattered Ukraine war zone (AFP)
Peremozhne (Ukraine) (AFP) – Partially blind Tetyana has been living near the skeletal remains of a rebel-held airport in eastern Ukraine and surviving off hand-picked vegetables since war gripped the EU’s backyard last year. …read more Source: The West...
Next stop Syria? Ukraine rebels weigh options as fighting stops (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – As fighting has dropped off in eastern Ukraine, pro-Russian rebels are weighing their options: wait for the conflict to resume, return to civilian life or even head to war-torn Syria. …read more Source: The West...
‘Real truce’ has begun in Ukraine, says Poroshenko (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – President Petro Poroshenko said on Wednesday a “real truce” had begun in eastern Ukraine but a long-lasting peace with pro-Kremlin insurgents would still take some time. …read more Source: The West...
Poroshenko says ‘real truce’ has begun in Ukraine (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – President Petro Poroshenko said on Wednesday a “real truce” had begun in Ukraine but that a long-lasting peace with pro-Russian insurgents would still take some time. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine crisis a key issue in Canada’s election (AFP)
Montreal (AFP) – Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s hard line against Moscow’s aggression in Ukraine has earned him support from Canada’s Ukrainian diaspora, a group that could be pivotal as he seeks a fourth mandate on October 19. …read more Source: The West...
In key concession, Ukraine rebels delay polls until 2016 (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine’s pro-Russian insurgents took a big step toward political reconciliation Tuesday by announcing they will push back disputed local elections into next year in line with Western demands. …read more Source: The West...
