Section: New Zealand
Lithuanian volunteers help soldiers in eastern Ukraine
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) ” In a cramped warehouse on the banks of the flooded River Neris in a tranquil part of the Lithuanian capital, Jonas Ohman and his crew are loading unmarked boxes and bags onto a truck destined for the front… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
UN court rejects Ukraine request for measures blocking Russian support for rebels in eastern Ukraine
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) ” UN court rejects Ukraine request for measures blocking Russian support for rebels in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The New Zealand...
UN court: Russia must allow education in Ukrainian language in Crimea, stop limiting ethnic Tatar representative bodies
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) ” UN court: Russia must allow education in Ukrainian language in Crimea, stop limiting ethnic Tatar representative bodies. …read more Source: The New Zealand...
UN court to rule in Ukraine’s case against Russia
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) ” The International Court of Justice is set to rule on Ukraine’s request for orders to Russia to stop funding and arming pro-Moscow rebels in eastern Ukraine and to end discrimination against minorities… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Germany, Russia, Ukraine, France discuss Ukraine peace deal
BERLIN (AP) ” The German government says the leaders of Germany, Russia, Ukraine and France have renewed their commitment to implementing a faltering peace deal for eastern Ukraine.Chancellor Angela Merkel’s office said the German… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia’s spurned singer tapped as Eurovision 2018 contestant
MOSCOW (AP) ” Russia says the singer who has been refused entry into Ukraine for this year’s Eurovision Song contest will be the country’s entry for 2018.Yuliya Samoylova, whom Russia chose to sing in May’s competition in Kiev,… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia to boycott Eurovision over Ukraine row
eurovision.jpg The winner of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest, Jamala, arrives at airport outside Kiev, Ukraine. Russia’s state broadcaster has said it will boycott this year’s Eurovision song contest after the host country, Ukraine, said it would bar entry to the Russian contestant and Moscow rejected two possible compromises...
Russia says it won’t broadcast Eurovision Song Contest
MOSCOW (AP) ” Russia’s Channel One says it will not broadcast the Eurovision Song Contest in Russia after Ukraine, which hosts the contest this year, has barred the Russian entrant from traveling to the country.Ukraine’s security… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Cannes Film Festival releases broad lineup, high security
PARIS (AP) ” A Civil War film by Sofia Coppola, a Ukrainian road movie and a film about AIDS activism are among 18 films competing for the top prizes at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, which organizers hope can help counter nationalist… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Former Trump campaign chairman to register as foreign agent
WASHINGTON (AP) ” President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort will register with the Justice Department as a foreign agent for lobbying work he did on behalf of political interests in Ukraine, led at the time by… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
