Section: The New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)
Poland, Ukraine develop gas hub for independence from Russia
WARSAW, Poland (AP) ” Poland and Ukraine say they are taking steps toward developing a regional gas hub that would end Central and Eastern Europe’s dependence on Russian supplies and keep prices in line with European standards.The… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Chief of Moscow’s Ukrainian library gets suspended sentence
MOSCOW (AP) ” A Moscow court has convicted the director of a Ukrainian library of inciting ethnic hatred to Russians and imposed a four-year suspended sentence.Natalya Sharina was first detained in October 15 in the latest twist… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Horrifying moment a circus bear jumps into audience in Ukraine
Warning: Disturbing video content Shocking footage from Ukraine shows a circus bear jump into the audience and injure several people.Footage released online shows the moment the bear turns away from his trainer and leaps over… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Offices of search engine Yandex raided in Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) ” Ukraine’s intelligence agency is searching the offices of Yandex, a Russia-based Internet company best known for its search engine.Ukrainian authorities earlier this month blocked access to Yandex as well as to several… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Germany to host Ukraine talks in Berlin as fighting persists
BERLIN (AP) ” Germany’s Foreign Ministry says envoys from Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France will meet this week in Berlin to try and push forward the implementation of a peace deal for eastern Ukraine.Ministry spokesman Martin… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
$95.6M awarded to Philadelphia building collapse survivor
PHILADELPHIA (AP) ” An arbitrator has awarded $95.6 million to a Ukrainian immigrant who was seriously injured in a 2013 Philadelphia building collapse.An attorney for Mariya Plekan announced the division of the $227 million settlement… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukrainian hacker sentenced in stolen news releases scheme
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) ” A Ukrainian hacker involved in an international scheme that used stolen unpublished news releases to make about $30 million in profits has been sentenced to more than two years in prison.Vadym Iermolovych received… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine to block access to Russia’s social media websites
MOSCOW (AP) ” In another round of sanctions in response to Russia’s annexation of Crimea, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says he will block access to Russia’s most popular social media websites and search engines.Poroshenko’s… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
US political chaos is a return on Moscow’s investment
Russia has yet to collect much of what it hoped for from the Trump Administration, including the lifting of US sanctions and recognition of its annexation of Crimea.But the Kremlin has got a different return on its effort to help… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Eurovision winner greeted by ecstatic Portuguese nation
LISBON (AP) ” Eurovision winner Salvador Sobral was greeted as a national hero upon his return home to Portugal on Sunday, a day after winning the song contest in Ukraine’s capital.The 27-year-old Sobral was a virtual unknown before… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
