Section: The New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)
Ukraine’s president bans Russian movies
MOSCOW (AP) ” Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed a bill banning all movies filmed in Russia after 2014, when Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula.The bill that Poroshenko signed late Wednesday also bans all movies produced… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Reformers to lead 2 key Ukrainian state companies
MOSCOW (AP) ” The Ukrainian government has appointed two Western-educated executives to lead the country’s two key state-owned companies.Wojciech Balczun, former chief executive of Poland’s largest railway freight carrier, will… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Pope recalls Chernobyl and ‘forgotten’ conflict in Ukraine
VATICAN CITY (AP) ” Pope Francis is calling attention to the suffering in Ukraine caused by what he terms the “forgotten” armed conflict between government forces and Russian-backed rebels.At his weekly audience Wednesday, Francis… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
EU executive pushing for visa liberalization for Ukrainians
BRUSSELS (AP) ” The European Union’s executive wants to grant Ukraine citizens visa-free travel for up to 90 days in the 28-nation bloc, rewarding the east European nation for judicial and security reform.Ukraine has long sought… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Austrian president voices doubts over Russia sanctions
PARIS (AP) ” Austria’s president says he believes the sanctions imposed on Russia after its annexation of Crimea could be relaxed next year if there is progress in peace talks between Moscow and Kiev.In comments to lawmakers at… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Pope recalls Chernobyl and ‘forgotten’ conflict in Ukraine
VATICAN CITY (AP) ” Pope Francis is calling attention to the suffering in Ukraine caused by what he terms the “forgotten” armed conflict between government forces and Russian-backed rebels.At his weekly audience Wednesday, Francis… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
30 years after blast, labor to clean Chernobyl’s traces
CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR POWER STATION, Ukraine (AP) ” Thirty years after the world’s worst nuclear accident, the Chernobyl power plant is surrounded by both desolation and clangorous activity, the sense of a ruined past and a difficult… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine’s president says he has reached a deal with Russia to free a Ukrainian pilot
MOSCOW (AP) ” Ukraine’s president says he has reached a deal with Russia to free a Ukrainian pilot. …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Journalist faces charges in Russia-occupied Crimea
MOSCOW (AP) ” The prosecutor general for Russian-occupied Crimea says security services are pressing charges against a Crimean journalist for undermining Russia’s territorial integrity.Shortly after Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Obama-Putin discuss need to implement Ukraine peace deal
MOSCOW (AP) ” Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Barack Obama have spoken by telephone, and the White House says they spent much of the call discussing Ukraine, with Obama urging Putin to abide by a 2015 agreement aimed… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
