Section: The New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)
Slovak agency: Russian spies increase activities in EU, NATO
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) ” Slovakia’s spy agency says Russian agents have significantly increased their activities in Slovakia and all other NATO and European Union countries in connection with the crisis in Ukraine.The agency,… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Dutch back UN tribunal for Malaysia Airlines crash
AMSTERDAM (AP) ” Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte says he supports moves to set up an international tribunal to prosecute those responsible for shooting down a Malaysian Airlines plane over Ukraine last year.Nearly 200 of the 298… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia dissatisfied with MH17 report by Dutch Safety Board
MOSCOW (AP) ” A Russian aviation official says a draft Dutch report into last year’s crash of Malaysian Airlines flight 17 in eastern Ukraine “raises more questions than it gives answers.”The Dutch Safety Board has made the draft… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
NATO chief to inspect site of future alliance facility
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) ” NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg is meeting top officials in Romania and will inspect a site where the alliance will build a facility in reaction to the crisis in Ukraine.Stoltenberg will visit the… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Dutch Safety Board has draft report into MH17 crash
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) ” The team investigating last year’s crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in eastern Ukraine has prepared a draft final report and given it to countries involved in the probe for their comments.The Dutch… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia halts gas supply to Ukraine amid pricing dispute
MOSCOW (AP) ” Russian gas giant Gazprom says it has halted supplies to neighboring Ukraine after the collapse of pricing talks.Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said Russia halted the supply at 10 a.m. Moscow time on Wednesday because Ukraine… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia halts gas supply to Ukraine after collapse of pricing talks
MOSCOW (AP) ” Russia halts gas supply to Ukraine after collapse of pricing talks. …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia-US ties alive and well at Iran nuclear talks
VIENNA (AP) ” Russia-U.S. relations are at a post-Cold War low just about everywhere, except at the Iran nuclear talks.Despite a chill over the Ukraine crisis that has spread to almost every element of their relationship, Moscow… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia fails to clinch deal on gas supplies to Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) ” Talks on Russian gas supplies to Ukraine have failed to reach an agreement on future supplies.The two countries have fought several gas price wars in past years, and gas disputes exacerbated after Russia’s annexation… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Investigators still have no suspects in downing of MH17
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) ” The Dutch prosecutor leading an international criminal investigation into the downing last year of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine’s battlefields said Tuesday the probe has not yet identified… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
