Section: New Zealand
Ukraine says nuclear plant fault cuts power
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Ukraine’s energy minister says a technical fault at a nuclear power plant in the south of country has cut power production but insists it poses no danger.Volodymr Demchishin said Wednesday that a short circuit… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russian ruble extends losses
MOSCOW (AP) ” The Russian ruble has extended a week of decline, fueled by low oil prices and Western sanctions against Russia over its role in Ukraine’s crisis.The ruble traded 1.7 percent lower at 54.8 against the U.S. dollar on… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Foreigners in Ukraine parliament
Ukraine has handed foreigners top posts in a new reformist government it says is aimed at rooting out endemic corruption. …read more Source:...
Ukraine, Russian rebels reach airport truce
Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists have agreed to a truce at Donetsk airport – ground zero in a war that has killed more than 4000 people. …read more Source:...
Russia admit recession likely to hit in 2015
Low oil prices and sanctions imposed on Moscow over Ukraine will send the Russian economy into recession next year, government officials said on Tuesday (Wednesday NZT), a dramatic change to an earlier forecast of 1.2 percent gross domestic product growth. …read more Source:...
Ukraine, pro-Russian rebels agree on ceasefire
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko nominated his foreign and defence ministers for new terms on Tuesday (Wednesday NZT), signalling a major change in policy is unlikely in the conflict with pro-Russian separatists in the east. …read more Source:...
NATO ministers condemn Russia, support Ukraine
BRUSSELS (AP) ” NATO foreign ministers are condemning what they call Russia’s “continued and deliberate destabilization” in Ukraine, and announcing new assistance for Ukraine’s military.The ministers, meeting in Brussels, spoke… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Change of leadership in Crimea means property grab
YALTA, Crimea (AP) ” One day in October, a dozen armed men in masks drove up to the gates of Yalta Film Studios. They weren’t actors, and this was no make-believe. It was a hostile takeover.”They forced all the employees onto the… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Change of leadership in Crimea means property grab
YALTA, Crimea (AP) ” One day in October, a dozen armed men in masks drove up to the gates of Yalta Film Studios. They weren’t actors, and this was no make-believe.It was a hostile takeover, and the movie sets, littered with debris… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine government, rebels agree on new cease-fire
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” International monitors in eastern Ukraine say government troops and Russian-backed separatist forces in the Luhansk region have agreed on a new cease-fire.The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
