Section: New Zealand
IOC strips 2012 bronze medal from Ukrainian weightlifter
LONDON (AP) ” A Ukrainian weightlifter was stripped of her bronze medal from the 2012 London Olympics on Wednesday, the first athlete formally disqualified by the IOC after the retesting of doping samples from the past two Summer… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Polish leader recalls 1943 slaughter of Poles by Ukrainians
WARSAW, Poland (AP) ” The leader of Poland’s ruling conservative party has commemorated a massacre of Poles by Ukrainians during World War II, describing it as genocide.Jaroslaw Kaczynski, head of the Law and Justice party, laid… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Canada’s prime minister on visit to Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) ” Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is meeting with Ukraine’s president for talks on his first visit to this country.Ukrainian rolled out a red carpet for Trudeau at the welcome ceremony outside President Petro… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
NATO warns Russia over Ukraine separatism
NATO has called on Russia to end support for Ukrainian separatists, and will deploy troops to eastern nations. …read more Source:...
The Latest: Poland: Ukraine can join NATO if fighting stops
WARSAW, Poland (AP) ” The Latest on the NATO Summit in Warsaw (all times local):11:20 a.m.Poland’s foreign minister says NATO is open to Ukraine’s ambition to join the military alliance but any talks will be possible only after… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia, France, Germany concerned about fighting in Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) ” The leaders of Russia, France and Germany have expressed their concern over a recent uptick in fighting in eastern Ukraine.Both government forces and Russia-backed separatists have reported heavy shelling of their… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
AP PHOTOS: Squatting flourishes in free-wheeling Kiev
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” In the capital of Ukraine, a country gripped by a separatist war in the east and an excruciating recession, squats are flourishing and expanding in dozens of historic buildings in the city center.Nearly a decade… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Kerry: NKoreans should know their actions have consequences
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Secretary of State John Kerry says North Korean officials at all levels need to know there are consequences for their actions, after the U.S. blacklisted top figures for human rights abuses.The Treasury Department… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Kerry in Ukraine to offer help from United States
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Ukraine aiming to reassure the former Soviet republic that the United States stands by it in its territorial disputes with Russia.Kerry arrived in Kiev on Thursday, a… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine’s Savchenko thanks Poles for helping her freedom
WARSAW, Poland (AP) ” Ukrainian pilot and lawmaker Nadiya Savchenko has thanked Poland for its support in obtaining her release after almost two years of Russian captivity.Savchenko, 35, attended a session of Poland’s Parliament… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
