Section: The New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)
Germany’s Merkel, Trump agree on importance of NATO in call
BERLIN (AP) ” German Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.S. President Donald Trump discussed conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine on Saturday and agreed on the importance of NATO during their first call since Trump’s inauguration,… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Vandals paint Nazi graffiti at Polish graves in Ukraine
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Unidentified vandals have spray-painted Nazi graffiti at a memorial cemetery in Ukraine where some Poles are buried.Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin denounced the vandals’ action Wednesday at the Bykivnia… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Poland’s FM blasted for publishing internal document
WARSAW, Poland (AP) ” Poland’s foreign minister is under fire for publishing a March 2008 internal document that outlined the previous government’s thinking about Russia and Ukraine.Witold Waszczykowski said Tuesday the document… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Poroshenko: Baltic Sea pipeline has ‘high political risks’
HELSINKI (AP) ” Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says “there are a number of high political risks” associated with an undersea natural gas pipeline that will run from Russia to Germany.Poroshenko, who spoke through an interpreter… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukrainian president’s candy maker to shut Russian factory
MOSCOW (AP) ” A chocolate maker owned by Ukraine’s president says it’s planning to shut its factory in Russia for “economic and political reasons.”Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko last year put the Roshen confectionery company… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russian business world hopes for relief from Trump
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) ” Few people are more eager for Donald Trump’s arrival in the White House than those who do business in Russia.Hacking scandals? They expect that to blow over. Conflict in Ukraine? An artificial problem invented… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine files case against Russia at UN’s highest court
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) ” Ukraine has filed a case against Russia at the United Nations’ highest court, accusing Moscow of illegally annexing Crimea and illicitly funding separatist rebel groups. Kiev also is seeking compensation… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine files case against Russia at U.N.’s highest court over Crimea and backing for separatist Ukrainian rebels
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) ” Ukraine files case against Russia at U.N.’s highest court over Crimea and backing for separatist Ukrainian rebels . …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Biden: Trump should retain sanctions on Russia
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, on a last foreign trip before leaving office, has met with Ukraine’s president and called on the impending Donald Trump administration to retain Ukraine-related sanctions against… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Rights group: Civilians abused by rivals in Ukraine conflict
MOSCOW (AP) ” A human rights group says civilians are being abducted and tortured by fighters on both sides of the separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine.An annual report released by Human Rights Watch on Thursday accused the Ukrainian… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
