Section: New Zealand
Ukraine bans Russian media outlets from official events
MOSCOW (AP) ” Russian news agency Tass says that Russian media outlets are no longer granted access to official events in Ukraine.Tass quoted an unidentified Ukrainian foreign ministry official as saying, “from this week we no longer… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ex-Ukraine minister arrested in Spain for embezzlement
MADRID (AP) ” Spanish police have arrested former Ukraine finance minister Yuri Kolobov, who is accused of embezzling millions of euros in state funds.A Civil Guard statement Thursday said Kolobov was detained in the eastern coastal… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Death toll in east Ukraine mine blast reaches 32
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) ” Officials in a separatist rebel-held city in east Ukraine say the death toll from an accidental explosion at a coal mine has risen to 32.The self-appointed government in Donetsk said in a statement Thursday… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Dozens feared dead in Ukraine mine blast
At least 17 miners have been killed and 16 are missing in eastern Ukraine, after a blast at an accident-prone coal mine in the rebel-held city of Donetsk. …read more Source:...
Death toll mounts in Ukraine coal mine blast; 17 dead
A methane explosion ripped through a coal mine before dawn in war-torn eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Television New...
Coke’s fizz goes flat in Russia
“The market will decline, and we are working to hold the decline [in Russia and Ukraine] to mid-single digits,” …read more Source: The National Business...
Seventeen miners killed in Donetsk mine explosion
Seventeen miners died in an explosion at a coal mine in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukrainian, where a blast trapped dozens of people, the news agency RIA Novosti said, citing the region’s emergency services. read more …read more Source: Otago Daily...
US official: Obama still weighing sending arms to Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) ” The Republican chairman and top Democrat on the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee are stepping up their pressure on the Obama administration to support Ukraine with weapons to defend against attacks from anti-government… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Blast at Ukraine coalmine
At least 32 miners have died in a blast at a coalmine in a rebel-held area of east Ukraine, the president of Ukraine’s parliament says. …read more Source:...
Merkel warns Russia to live up to Ukraine peace deal
BRUSSELS (AP) ” German Chancellor Angela Merkel is warning Russia to live up to the Ukraine peace agreement it backed in Minsk last month or face tougher European Union sanctions.Merkel told reporters on Wednesday that the immediate… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
