Section: New Zealand
Ukraine PM resigns citing lack of change
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has announced he will resign next week, blaming politicians’ failure to enact “real changes”. …read more Source: Radio New...
Ukraine’s embattled prime minister Arseny Yatseniuk resigns
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk tendered his resignation in a televised broadcast on Sunday and signalled support for parliamentary speaker and presidential ally Volodymyr Groysman to take over his post. …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s embattled prime minister resigns
MINSK, Belarus (AP) ” Ukraine’s embattled prime minister says he is resigning, opening the way for the formation of a new government to end a drawn-out political crisis.In a televised address on Sunday, Arseniy Yatsenyuk said his… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk resigns, opening the way for new government
MINSK, Belarus (AP) ” Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk resigns, opening the way for new government. …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Eastern Ukraine sees increase in fighting, 2 deaths reported
MOSCOW (AP) ” Ukraine has reported a sharp increase in attacks by Russia-backed separatists around the government-held town of Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine, resulting in at least one civilian death.The rebels Saturday also reported… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia looking at possible transfer of Ukrainian convicts
MOSCOW (AP) ” Russia’s Justice Ministry says it is looking into a Kiev request to transfer filmmaker Oleg Sentsov and three other Ukrainian convicts to Ukraine.Ukrainian officials have urged Russia to hand over Sentsov and three… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Battered EU the loser again in Dutch referendum on Ukraine
BRUSSELS (AP) ” It once seemed a quaint formality, but the Netherlands’ referendum vote on a European Union free-trade deal with Ukraine produced a raised middle finger to the EU ” and yet another serious challenge to the European… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Netherlands voters reject EU Ukraine deal
Voters in the Netherlands have rejected in a referendum an EU partnership deal to remove trade barriers with Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio New...
Dutch voters reject Ukraine-EU treaty
Dutch voters have overwhelmingly rejected a Ukraine-European Union treaty on closer political and economic ties, in a rebuke to their government and the EU establishment. …read more Source:...
Court temporarily stays US inmate’s execution for review
RICHMOND, Virginia (AP) ” A Ukrainian-born death row inmate convicted of hiring a man to kill his ex-girlfriend plans to take his case to the U.S. Supreme Court after a federal appeals court halted his execution.The 4th U.S. Circuit… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
