Section: New Zealand
Notorious warlord killed in bombing in eastern Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) ” Separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine say a notorious warlord has been killed in a bombing in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk.The separatist Donetsk News Agency said on Sunday that Arsen Pavlov, also known as Motorola,… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Merkel: 4-way Ukraine talks next week still an option
BERLIN (AP) ” German Chancellor Angela Merkel remains open to holding top-level talks with Ukraine, Russia and France on the conflict in eastern Ukraine next week.Senior officials from the four countries were in the Belarus capital… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
NYC exhibition features Ukrainian and Romanian textiles
NEW YORK (AP) ” A Manhattan exhibition features rich textiles with intricate embroidery designs from the Carpathian Mountains of Ukraine and Romania. “Carpathian Echoes” at the Ukrainian Museum looks at the home… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Serbia: Putin friend Timchenko is named honorary consul
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) ” Serbia on Wednesday named Russian President Vladimir Putin’s billionaire friend ” a man who is on a U.S. sanctions list over Ukraine ” as the Balkan country’s honorary consul in St. Petersburg.The office… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Amid tensions, Putin, Hollande, Merkel to hold Ukraine talks
PARIS (AP) ” Despite growing diplomatic tensions over Syria, the leaders of Russia, France and Germany may meet “very soon” in Berlin to revive peace efforts for Ukraine.Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone Wednesday… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukrainian war prisoners languish in limbo on both sides
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Just three days after Ukrainian soldier Oleksandr Lazarenko was taken prisoner in the war in Ukraine’s east, a peace agreement was signed under which the sides agreed to an “all-for-all” prisoner exchange. A year… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
5 stolen Golden Age paintings returned to Dutch museum
AMSTERDAM (AP) ” Five Dutch Golden Age paintings that were among a trove of art stolen from a Dutch museum more than a decade ago have been returned after being recovered in Ukraine earlier this year.Now the Westfries Museum in… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Bishop confident MH17 missile suspects will be identified
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says the names of those responsible for shooting down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014 might be confirmed by the end of the year. …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Russian intelligence says it detained Ukrainian spy
MOSCOW (AP) ” The Russian intelligence agency FSB says it has detained a Ukrainian journalist who is suspected of spying in Russia.The FSB claimed in a statement on Monday that Roman Sushchenko is an officer with the Ukrainian military… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukrainian rebels, govt report partial weapons withdrawal
MOSCOW (AP) ” Ukrainian government forces and separatist rebels say they have pulled back heavy weapons in only one out of three planned locations on the front line in eastern Ukraine.Both sides in the conflict that has killed more… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
