Section: New Zealand
Ukraine gets US$17.5B IMF loan
The IMF has approved a US$17.5 billion aid plan for crisis-wracked Ukraine, whose economy is reeling from a pro-Russia insurgency in its industrial heartland. …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s neighbor Poland to test resilience to attack
WARSAW, Poland (AP) ” Poland’s President Bronislaw Komorowski says that an exercise will be held to test the nation’s resilience to a “crisis” like the conflict in neighboring Ukraine.Komorowski spoke Wednesday during an annual… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine expects $5B loan from IMF in ‘coming days’
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Ukraine’s finance minister says the country is expecting to receive $5 billion in credit from the International Monetary Fund in the coming days” the first in a sought-for series of bailout loans the government… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
US to send more aid, small drones to Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) ” U.S. officials say Vice President Joe Biden is telling the Ukraine president that the U.S. will send more aid to the country. That will include small drones and armored Humvees.Biden delivered the news in a call… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
US unveils more sanctions related to Russia-Ukraine conflict
WASHINGTON (AP) ” The United States is slapping new sanctions on several individuals and entities involved in supporting Russian-backed separatists seeking to destabilize eastern Ukraine.The penalties target 14 Ukrainian and Russian… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
NATO chief: Ukraine cease-fire monitors must get full access
CASTEAU, Belgium (AP) ” NATO’s secretary-general is insisting international observers be given the freedom of movement and the protection they need to monitor the cease-fire in Ukraine.Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday that if monitors… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
German foreign minister heads to US to talk Ukraine, Iran
BERLIN (AP) ” Germany’s foreign minister is heading to the U.S. for talks with American officials at a critical phase of the nuclear negotiations with Iran and the Ukraine crisis.Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in a statement Wednesday… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
US lifts sanctions on Belarus energy company
MINSK, Belarus (AP) ” The United States is lifting sanctions on a Belarus energy company, underscoring a thaw in relations in the wake of Minsk’s key role in negotiations over Ukraine.The US announced online that it was lifting… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
US senators push Obama to arm Ukraine, rue slowness of aid
WASHINGTON (AP) ” Both Democratic and Republican U.S. senators asked Tuesday why the Obama administration hasn’t decided whether to send defensive weapons to Ukraine and what’s the holdup in getting promised assistance to the country… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Embattled Ukrainian town struggles to come back to life
DEBALTSEVE, Ukraine (AP) ” When the wind picks up, the rattle of the corrugated iron roof of a destroyed gas station can sound like artillery. Four charred tanks sit stranded nearby, machine oil splattered on the ground, while a pick-up… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
