Section: The New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)
Saakashvili declares push for early elections in Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) ” Mikhail Saakashvili, the former Georgian president who has resigned as governor of Ukraine’s Odessa region, says he will push for early elections in the country.Saakashvili said Friday that his goal is to hold “early… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko says Saakashvilli could join opposition
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) ” Ukraine’s president has suggested former Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili is stepping down as governor of Odessa region to boost his own political career.Petro Poroshenko said in Slovenia Tuesday… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia says Crimea-Turkey ferry service restored
MOSCOW (AP) ” A Russian deputy says that a boat service has been restored between Turkey and the Crimean region annexed by the Kremlin.Russian State Duma deputy Ruslan Balbek wrote Tuesday on Facebook that the Varyag ship arrived… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Saakashvili steps down as head of corruption-plagued Odessa
MOSCOW (AP) ” Ukrainian news agencies are reporting that Mikhail Saakashvili, the former Georgian president who became governor of Ukraine’s Odessa region, is resigning.Saakashvili was appointed governor of the corruption-riddled… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukrainian president falls victim of phone hoax
MOSCOW (AP) ” Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan are trying to sort out an incident in which an unidentified person called the Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, posing as his Kyrgyz counterpart.On Wednesday, Petroshenko’s office issued… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Putin leads inauguration of statue of Prince Vladimir
MOSCOW (AP) ” Russian President Vladimir Putin has led ceremonies launching a large statue outside the Kremlin to a 10th-century prince of Kiev who is credited with making Orthodox Christianity the official faith of Russia, Ukraine… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukrainian officials disclose their wealth in e-declarations
MOSCOW (AP) ” Tens of thousands of Ukrainian officials and lawmakers have disclosed their incomes and assets in a publicly available database for the first time.Late Sunday was the deadline by which all Ukrainian officials were… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Portugal, Romania to return to Eurovision contest in 2017
GENEVA (AP) ” Organizers of the Eurovision song contest say Portugal and Romania will return as the glitzy, popular show heads to Ukraine’s capital of Kiev next year.The European Broadcasting Union said Monday the May 11-15, 2017… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukrainian man renames himself iPhone 7 to win the phone
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” A Ukrainian man has officially changed his name to iPhone 7 after an electronics store offered the latest Apple product to the first five people who do that.The 20-year old iPhone Sim (Seven) got the coveted… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Hackers: emails show ties between Kremlin, Ukraine rebels
MOSCOW (AP) ” A group of Ukrainian hackers has released thousands of emails from an account used by a senior Kremlin official that appear to show close financial and political ties between Moscow and separatist rebels in Eastern Ukraine.The… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
