Section: The New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)
Poland, Ukraine look to speed up European gas pipeline
WARSAW, Poland (AP) ” Ukraine’s president says his country and Poland want to speed up the construction of a pipeline link that would bring gas from Europe to Ukraine and aims to cut dependence on Russian deliveries.Petro Poroshenko,… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine’s leader urges EU to extend sanctions against Russia
WARSAW, Poland (AP) ” Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko has urged the European Union to extend sanctions against Russia, which he says continues its armed aggression in eastern Ukraine against international agreements.Poroshenko… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Talks on Ukraine produce no visible results
MINSK, Belarus (AP) ” A meeting of foreign ministers of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany intended to shore up a shaky peace process in eastern Ukraine has ended without visible progress.Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine’s ousted president testifies in court
MOSCOW (AP) ” Ukraine’s ousted president has testified in the trial of five former special forces policemen charged with fatally shooting scores of demonstrators, and denied giving orders for them to shoot at the protesters.Over… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia protests Ukraine’s missile training over Crimea
MOSCOW (AP) ” Russia’s defense ministry has presented the Ukrainian military attach with a note of protest in reaction to Ukraine’s plans to conduct training launches of missiles over Crimea next week.Russian aviation officials… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ex-Ukrainian president testimony postponed
MOSCOW (AP) ” Video testimony by Ukraine’s ousted president has been postponed in the trial of five former special forces policemen charged with fatally shooting scores of demonstrators.The shootings in February 2014 were the bloody… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Hungary scrapping visa fees for Ukrainians, backs EU waiver
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) ” Hungary’s prime minister says his country is eliminating fees on visas for Ukrainian citizens.Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who hosted Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman on Thursday, said that while… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
PSCE reports spike in Ukraine cease-fire violations
MINSK, Belarus (AP) ” The international monitoring mission in eastern Ukraine says it has recorded a sharp rise in cease-fire violations following several days of lower activity.The monitoring mission of the Organization for Security… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine seeks EU support for Russia sanctions
BRUSSELS (AP) ” Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is pressing top European Union officials to keep sanctions pressure up on Russia while the EU seeks reassurance that Ukraine is doing its utmost to battle corruption.Poroshenko… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia arrests retired officer accused of spying for Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) ” Russia’s domestic security agency says it has arrested a retired navy officer in Crimea accused of spying for Ukraine.The Federal Security Service said Thursday that Leonid Parkhomenko was gathering information on… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
