Section: The New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)
AP PHOTOS: Top pictures from Europe and Africa
LONDON (AP) On the week when the world celebrated Halloween, pro-Russian rebels came up with a tactic to scare Ukraine’s pro-Western government in Kiev holding a rebel election in separatist eastern Ukraine. Ukraine and the West… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine rebel leader sworn in after vote
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) The leader of separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine has been officially sworn in after an election that has been roundly condemned by the West as destabilizing.Alexander Zakharchenko was inaugurated Tuesday… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Merkel underlines displeasure over Russian role
BERLIN (AP) German Chancellor Angela Merkel is underlining her displeasure over Russia’s role in eastern Ukraine and saying there’s no reason yet to lift European Union sanctions.Russia supported rebel-organized elections in eastern… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
US condemns Ukrainian separatist vote as ‘sham’
WASHINGTON (AP) The United States is condemning rebel-organized elections in eastern Ukraine as a sham and chiding Russia for supporting them.White House spokeswoman Bernadette Meehan says the elections held Sunday violated Ukraine’s… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
US general paints grim picture of Russia relations
WASHINGTON (AP) The top U.S. commander for NATO painted Monday an increasingly grim picture of the West’s deteriorating relationship with Russia, saying Moscow is effectively working to shift its border westward into Ukraine.Gen…. …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia backs Ukrainians separatists’ election
MOSCOW (AP) Russia has backed a contentious election held by separatists in eastern Ukraine, setting the stage for renewed diplomatic tensions with the West.The Foreign Ministry said Monday that the vote in Donetsk and Luhansk… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukrainian breakaway regions hold elections
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) Residents of separatist-controlled regions of eastern Ukraine are voting to elect legislators and executives in polls that have been staunchly denounced by the international community.Voting in the main rebel… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Despite spat with Russia Poles honor Soviet troops
WARSAW, Poland (AP) The diplomatic spat with Russia over Ukraine has not prevented Poles from placing hundreds of candles on the graves of Red Army soldiers killed in January 1945 while driving Nazi German troops from the city.Nov…. …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Spain police nab 19 suspected of trafficking women
MADRID (AP) Spanish police say they have arrested 19 people suspected of smuggling Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian women into the country for the purpose of prostitution.Police say women were enticed from various locations in… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia’s top radio station slapped by government
MOSCOW (AP) The Russian government’s communications watchdog has issued a warning to a top independent radio station over a program about Ukraine.Roskomadzor’s warning to Ekho Moskvy related to this week’s program, in which two… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
