Section: The New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)
Germany makes winning start, warnings for England and Russia
PARIS (AP) ” Germany began its campaign to add the 2016 European Championship to its 2014 World Cup with a promising 2-0 victory over Ukraine on Sunday, while England and Russia were threatened with expulsion from the tournament.Shkodran… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
French authorities say two people slightly injured in violence involving Germany and Ukraine fans
LILLE, France (AP) ” French authorities say two people slightly injured in violence involving Germany and Ukraine fans. …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine holds its first major gay pride march in Kiev
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Around a thousand people have turned up for Ukraine’s first major gay pride march in the capital Kiev.Several thousand police forces were guarding the procession in central Kiev on Sunday and the rally was peaceful… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
AP Interview: Savchenko calls for early elections in Ukraine
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko says the nation needs early parliamentary elections to “to infuse fresh blood” into its politics.Savchenko, who has become a national hero in Ukraine after spending two years… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Merkel hopes for progress this month on Ukraine peace deal
BERLIN (AP) ” German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she hopes for progress this month on implementing a peace deal for eastern Ukraine.Merkel noted in a speech Friday to representatives of family-owned businesses that last year’s… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
EU leader to meet with Putin in St. Petersburg next week
BRUSSELS (AP) ” The European Commission’s president will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin next week.Jean-Claude Juncker will be the most high-profile EU official to go to Russia since it annexed the Crimean Peninsula from… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Georgian, Ukrainian officials push for NATO membership
WASHINGTON (AP) ” Senior officials from Georgia and Ukraine are pressing ahead with calls on NATO members to bring the two nations into the alliance in order to protect them from Russia and cement ties with the West.Georgia intensified… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine releases recording of alleged French terror plot
MOSCOW (AP) ” Ukraine’s national security service has released what it says are recordings of a Frenchman and a Ukrainian discussing plans for terror attacks in France, in which the Frenchman says targets would include the national… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Freed pilot Savchenko wants talks with Ukraine rebel leaders
MOSCOW (AP) ” Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko says she is willing to talk with rebel leaders in eastern Ukraine.Savchenko was freed in a prisoner exchange with Russia last month after nearly two years in custody and was sworn in… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia says will resume selling gas to Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) ” Russia’s gas monopolist says it will resume selling gas to Ukraine, following an official request from Kiev.In a statement on Tuesday signaling that sales would resume, Gazprom said it had received an official request… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
