Section: The New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)
After the TV series, a surge of tourists flock to Chernobyl nuclear disaster site
Ukraine’s Chernobyl might be on track to become 2019’s surprise tourism destination, after a widely discussed HBO miniseries resulted in a surge in bookings for trips to the site and the nearby town that were abandoned after the major… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Untested actor who played the part faces reality of being president without a script
In his hit sitcom, Ukrainian comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy plays a schoolteacher-turned-president who is guided towards the right decisions by little but his unwavering scruples.Today, Zelenskiy’s first full day as Ukraine’s real-life… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
From sitcom to top seat: Comedian beats incumbent president, Ukraine exit poll shows
Comedian Volodymyr Zelensky swept to victory in Ukraine’s presidential election today, an exit poll showed, as millions of voters weary of war and economic hardship rebuked the ruling elites and ushered in fresh uncertainty for their… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Police shoot into vehicle after it crashes into Ukrainian Ambassador’s car outside London embassy
Armed police opened fire on a car as it was driven at them having just “deliberately rammed” the Ukrainian ambassador’s official vehicle in London on Saturday morning.The incident occurred outside the Ukrainian embassy in Holland… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ex-Obama White House counsel expects to be charged in relation to work with Manafort
Attorneys for former White House counsel Gregory Craig said Wednesday that he expects to face federal charges in the coming days in regard to legal work he did for the Ukrainian government in 2012.The expected indictment – which… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Comic twist to Ukraine vote: Comedian who plays president on TV leads first round
Acomedian who plays the president on TV has come out ahead in the first round of the Ukrainian presidential election, according to exit polls, a sign of widespread discontent with the political establishment in one of Europe’s biggest… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Fictional Ukrainian president poised to become the real thing
At a Soviet-era circus theatre just days before Ukraine’s presidential election, the front-runner in the race held his audience rapt with a mix of “boob” jokes and vaguely patriotic songs.”What’s my favourite sex pose?” comedian… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine could be about to vote in a comedian and TV sitcom star as leader
Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a comedian with no political experience, was the top vote-getter in Ukraine’s presidential election, an exit poll predicted.It said he fell well short of the absolute majority needed to win outright in the first… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russian President Vladimir Putin visits Crimea to mark 5th anniversary of annexation
Russian President Vladimir Putin marked the fifth anniversary of Russia’s annexation of Crimea from Ukraine by visiting the Black Sea peninsula on Monday, as NATO and the European Union once again strongly condemned the land grab.Putin… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
President Vladimir Putin’s terrifying ‘retirement’ plan: Forcing a ‘unification’ with Belarus
The dominoes are once again beginning to fall in Europe. Crimea. Ukraine. Georgia. And it’s all because Russian President Vladimir Putin doesn’t believe in nation states. Except, perhaps, his own.Putin has stated that “completely… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
