Section: New Zealand
Germany, France back extending sanctions against Russia
BERLIN (AP) ” The leaders of Germany and France say European Union sanctions against Russia over its actions in Ukraine will need to be extended.German Chancellor Angela Merkel says Tuesday that the implementation of last year’s… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Swiss extend freeze of Ben Ali, Mubarak, Yanukovych assets
BERLIN (AP) ” Switzerland has decided to keep assets of the former presidents of Tunisia, Egypt and Ukraine and their associates frozen for another year, a move meant to support investigators’ efforts.Assets belonging to and related… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Mkhitaryan sparkles as United reach Europa last 32
124229486-soccer-europa-zlh-mnu.jpg Manchester United’s Henrikh Mkhitaryan scores their first goal. Photo: Reuters Manchester United are warming to the task in the Europa League as they booked a spot in the last 32 with a 2-0 win over Zorya Luhansk on a freezing night in Ukraine on Thursday. …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Journalist in Crimea charged with extremism
MOSCOW (AP) ” The lawyer for a Crimean journalist says his client has been charged with extremism for allegedly undermining Russia’s territorial integrity, which could put him in prison for five years.Emil Kurbedinov said late on… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
NATO chief laments ‘serious’ security problems in Ukraine
BRUSSELS (AP) ” NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says security problems are undermining peace efforts in eastern Ukraine, as a routinely violated cease-fire barely holds in the separatist Donbass region.Opening talks between… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Poland, Ukraine look to speed up European gas pipeline
WARSAW, Poland (AP) ” Ukraine’s president says his country and Poland want to speed up the construction of a pipeline link that would bring gas from Europe to Ukraine and aims to cut dependence on Russian deliveries.Petro Poroshenko,… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine’s leader urges EU to extend sanctions against Russia
WARSAW, Poland (AP) ” Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko has urged the European Union to extend sanctions against Russia, which he says continues its armed aggression in eastern Ukraine against international agreements.Poroshenko… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Talks on Ukraine produce no visible results
MINSK, Belarus (AP) ” A meeting of foreign ministers of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany intended to shore up a shaky peace process in eastern Ukraine has ended without visible progress.Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Giant arch slides over Chernobyl site to block radiation for a century
In the middle of a vast exclusion zone in northern Ukraine, the world’s largest land-based moving structure has been slid over the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site to prevent deadly radiation spewing from the stricken reactor for the next 100 years. …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s ousted president testifies in court
MOSCOW (AP) ” Ukraine’s ousted president has testified in the trial of five former special forces policemen charged with fatally shooting scores of demonstrators, and denied giving orders for them to shoot at the protesters.Over… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
