Section: The New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)
Ukraine’s president lauds renewed cease-fire in the east
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has lauded the renewed cease-fire in the east, saying that not a single Ukrainian soldier has died in fighting this week.The military conflict in Ukraine’s industrial heartland… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
VENICE WATCH: Ukraine revolution inspires Venice documentary
VENICE, Italy (AP) ” The Venice Film Festival is bringing 11 days of red carpet premieres, innovative movies and Hollywood glamour to the Italian city. Here’s what has been catching the eye of The Associated Press:___NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine’s right-wing party leader questioned in Kiev
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” The leader of a right-wing party has been questioned in connection with Monday’s clashes outside the Ukrainian parliament on Kiev.Three National Guard officers died from injuries suffered in a grenade explosion… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine: Russians can’t own broadcasters
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Ukraine’s parliament has passed a measure banning Russians from establishing or being involved in the business of television and radio stations in the country.The measure that passed Thursday says no one involved… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine: sufficient vaccine coming to block polio outbreak
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” One day after the World Health Organization confirmed two cases of polio in Ukrainian children, the country’s health minister says efforts are underway to import enough vaccine to prevent an outbreak.Health… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
NATO opens military center in Lithuania amid Ukraine crisis
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) ” With fighter jets roaring overhead, NATO has inaugurated a military center in the Lithuanian capital amid growing regional concerns over Russia’s military presence, sparked by the fighting in Ukraine.Lithuania,… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
City hall in Ukraine’s Kiev cancels school amid heat wave
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” The city hall in Ukraine’s capital Kiev has scrapped classes at schools and pre-schools for Thursday and Friday amid a record-breaking heat wave and pit-bog fires.Residents of Kiev awoke on Thursday to see the… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
2 parties stay within Ukraine’s governing coalition
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Two parties in Ukraine’s governing coalition say that they won’t abandon the grouping amid intense disputes over a proposal to give more power to Ukraine’s regions, including the rebel-held east.However, the… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
2 cases of polio found in Ukraine, caused by mutated virus
LONDON (AP) ” The World Health Organization says officials have found two children stricken by polio in Ukraine, the country’s first cases of the paralytic disease in nine years.Health officials had warned Ukraine was at high risk… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Officer killed as violent clashes follow heated Ukraine separatist vote
Deadly clashes broke out between police and nationalist protesters in Kiev after Ukrainian politicians gave their support for greater autonomy in the separatist regions in the east.At least two officers were killed and more than… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
