Section: New Zealand
Putin will help with MH17 – Bishop
Australia’s foreign affairs minister Julie Bishop says Vladimir Putin has agreed to help international investigators access the MH17 crash site in Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio New...
Putin says he will help with MH17 – Bishop
Australia’s foreign affairs minister Julie Bishop says Vladimir Putin has agreed to help international investigators access the MH17 crash site in Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio New...
Putin seeks deal on Ukraine
MILAN (AP) Russian leader Vladimir Putin is meeting with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and key Western leaders in an attempt to negotiate a full end to hostilities in Ukraine that could ease sanctions against Russia.Putin… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukrainian soldiers killed by pro-Russian rebels
Three Ukrainian soldiers have been killed fighting pro-Russian rebels. …read more Source:...
EU energy chief hopeful of Ukraine gas deal
BRUSSELS (AP) The European Union’s top energy official says he’s cautiously optimistic about chances of a deal to secure gas supplies this winter for Ukraine and Europe as he prepares for new talks with Kiev and Moscow.EU Energy… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Putin to meet with Western leaders on Ukraine
MILAN (AP) Russian leader Vladimir Putin is mounting a diplomatic blitz on the sidelines of a summit of European and Asian leaders in a bid to escape the worst crisis with the West since the Cold War.Putin will discuss Ukraine… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Obama, Ukrainian leader consult on cease-fire
WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko have discussed ways to effectively monitor and control the uneasy border between Russia and eastern Ukraine.Obama and Poroshenko spoke by phone on… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Femen activist convicted of exhibitionism
A Ukrainian activist belonging to topless feminist group Femen was convicted for exhibitionism by a Paris court for attacking a statue of Russian President Vladimir Putin at a wax museum in the capital. …read more Source:...
NATO chief: no big Russian withdrawal near Ukraine
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) NATO’s top military commander says the alliance would welcome the withdrawal of Russian troops from a Russian region bordering Ukraine, but that it has seen no “major movement” so far.U.S. Air Force Gen…. …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine politics turns trashy as mood sours
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) In Ukraine, trashing a politician isn’t a metaphor. It’s literal: Find a suspected shady official, grab him and throw him into a dumpster.Online videos of several public figures receiving the treatment from gangs… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
