Section: New Zealand
Ukraine votes to overhaul parliament
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) Voters in Ukraine headed to the polls Sunday to elect a new parliament, overhauling a legislature tainted by its association with ousted President Viktor Yanukovych.While around 36 million people have been registered… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine set to pick pro-Western parliament
War-weary Ukrainians are set to pick a pro-Western and nationalist-leaning parliament on Sunday that should give President Petro Poroshenko a mandate to end separatist conflict in the east, but may inject new tension into ties with Russia. …read more Source:...
Ukraine votes for new Parliament
President Petro Poroshenko’s party is expected to come in first in Ukranian parliamentary elections but is likely to fall short of an absolute majority. …read more Source:...
Ukraine set to vote for pro-Western future
Ukrainians are set to vote in parliamentary elections overshadowed by a bloody pro-Russian uprising in the east. …read more Source:...
Ukraine pauses before decisive vote
MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) Ukraine is bracing for decisive parliamentary elections against the backdrop of unrest in regions roiled by conflict between government troops and pro-Russian separatist forces.Campaigning material was taken… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
France OKs extradition of dissident Kazakh banker
PARIS (AP) A French appeals court has authorized the extradition to Russia or Ukraine of a Kazakh dissident banker whose legal case is tangled up in at least five countries.His lawyer immediately announced a decision to appeal,… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
‘We did not start this’: Putin shifts Ukraine blame
Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the United States on Friday (local time) of endangering global security by imposing a “unilateral diktat” on the rest of the world and shifted blame for the Ukraine crisis onto the West. …read more Source:...
Darth Vader hopes force with him in Ukraine polls
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) One candidate in Ukraine’s parliamentary elections hopes to bring voters to the dark side: Darth Alekseyevich Vader.Dressed in full Star Wars regalia, Vader prowls the streets of Kiev atop his black campaign… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine’s key election fails to spark enthusiasm
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) Gazing across the Maidan square, Evelina Martirosyan recalls how euphoric she was as she joined protests that changed Ukraine’s history. Since the revolution that toppled a despised president, her dreams of a better… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Poland’s Tusk denies claim on partition offer
WARSAW, Poland (AP) Poland’s former prime minister, Donald Tusk, has denied that Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested that Russia and Poland carve up Ukraine.That claim was made by former Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski in… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
