Section: The New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)
Czechs to ease rules for Ukrainians to get jobs
PRAGUE (AP) ” The Czech Republic is ready to ease rules for well-qualified Ukrainians to get a work permit.Foreign Minister Lubomir Zaoralek says the program’s first stage will make it easier for some 500 university and high school… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukrainian accused of plotting attack against Russian Embassy
LONDON (AP) ” A prosecutor has accused a Ukrainian man of plotting a terror attack against the Russian Embassy in London after returning from a visit to eastern Ukraine at the height of the conflict there.Prosecutor Robin Sellars… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine reports sniper attack on top prosecutor
MOSCOW (AP) ” Ukrainian authorities say a sniper shot at the country’s top prosecutor as he sat in his office, but that bulletproof glass prevented any casualties.Prosecutor-General Viktor Shokin was in his office late Monday with… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Gov’t forces, rebels in eastern Ukraine report fighting
MOSCOW (AP) ” Government and separatist forces in eastern Ukraine are both reporting renewed fighting.The press office of the Ukrainian government operation there said on Tuesday that Russia-backed rebels shelled its positions outside… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Austria: 11 injured in Ukrainian tourist bus crash
VIENNA (AP) ” Austrian officials say a bus carrying Ukrainian tourists crashed through a guardrail while approaching a highway and flipped, injuring 11 people, two of them seriously.Firefighter spokesman Franz Resperger said the… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Fire hits Ukraine arsenal, 1 believed dead
MOSCOW (AP) ” Ukrainian news reports say a large fire in a military arsenal in an eastern town is setting off explosions and at least person is believed to have been killed.The fire began Thursday evening in Svatove, which is under… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Director of Ukrainian library detained in Moscow
MOSCOW (AP) ” Russian investigators say the police have detained the director of a Ukrainian library in Moscow on suspicion of inciting ethnic hatred.The Russian investigative committee said in a statement on Thursday that it has… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine faces years of dependence on Western aid
VELYKI PRYTSKY, Ukraine (AP) ” Looking on from her vegetable patch at the motorcade of U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, Ukrainian villager Olha Voloshchenko says she’d seen the lady on the TV news the night before, but “then… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukrainian soldier killed near rebel-held Donetsk airport
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Ukraine says one of its soldiers has been killed by rebel forces that were violating a cease-fire in the east.It was the first reported government loss in fighting since mid-October. A February cease-fire between… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Exit polls in Ukraine local elections show east-west split
MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) ” Four exit polls from Ukraine’s local elections indicate the governing coalition has retained its dominant position in the west and center of the country despite widespread disappointment with the government… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
