Section: New Zealand
Students use computer keys for Steve Jobs portrait
stevejobs.jpg A Ukrainian university student has created a portrait of late Apple founder Steve Jobs out of keyboards. Photo: Reuters screen-grab. Three Ukrainian IT students have paid tribute to late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs by making his portrait with computer keyboard keys. …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Russia protests Ukraine’s missile training over Crimea
MOSCOW (AP) ” Russia’s defense ministry has presented the Ukrainian military attach with a note of protest in reaction to Ukraine’s plans to conduct training launches of missiles over Crimea next week.Russian aviation officials… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ex-Ukrainian president testimony postponed
MOSCOW (AP) ” Video testimony by Ukraine’s ousted president has been postponed in the trial of five former special forces policemen charged with fatally shooting scores of demonstrators.The shootings in February 2014 were the bloody… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
European countries want arms control deal with Russia
Fifteen European countries have joined Germany in its push for a new arms control agreement with Moscow, saying more dialogue is needed to prevent an arms race in Europe after Russia’s actions in Crimea and eastern Ukraine, a German newspaper said. …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Hungary scrapping visa fees for Ukrainians, backs EU waiver
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) ” Hungary’s prime minister says his country is eliminating fees on visas for Ukrainian citizens.Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who hosted Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman on Thursday, said that while… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
PSCE reports spike in Ukraine cease-fire violations
MINSK, Belarus (AP) ” The international monitoring mission in eastern Ukraine says it has recorded a sharp rise in cease-fire violations following several days of lower activity.The monitoring mission of the Organization for Security… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine seeks EU support for Russia sanctions
BRUSSELS (AP) ” Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is pressing top European Union officials to keep sanctions pressure up on Russia while the EU seeks reassurance that Ukraine is doing its utmost to battle corruption.Poroshenko… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia arrests retired officer accused of spying for Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) ” Russia’s domestic security agency says it has arrested a retired navy officer in Crimea accused of spying for Ukraine.The Federal Security Service said Thursday that Leonid Parkhomenko was gathering information on… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine appoints young woman to lead purge of bureaucrats
A 23-year-old law graduate has been appointed to lead a campaign in Ukraine to purge officials tainted by corruption of the ousted regime – the second woman in her early 20s with little experience appointed to a top job in the past week. …read more Source:...
Germany, France propose Ukraine meeting in Minsk next week
BERLIN (AP) ” Germany’s foreign minister says he and his French counterpart have proposed a meeting next Tuesday with their Russian and Ukrainian colleagues to discuss peace efforts in eastern Ukraine.Frank-Walter Steinmeier told… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
