Section: Australia&NZ
Ukraine appoints young woman to lead purge of bureaucrats
A 23-year-old law graduate has been appointed to lead a campaign in Ukraine to purge officials tainted by corruption of the ousted regime – the second woman in her early 20s with little experience appointed to a top job in the past week. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian teacher held for trying to sell schoolgirl, 13 (AFP)
Kharkiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – A school teacher on Wednesday appeared in court in Ukraine after allegedly trying to sell a 13-year-old schoolgirl under her care for more than $10,000. …read more Source: The West...
Germany, France propose Ukraine meeting in Minsk next week
BERLIN (AP) ” Germany’s foreign minister says he and his French counterpart have proposed a meeting next Tuesday with their Russian and Ukrainian colleagues to discuss peace efforts in eastern Ukraine.Frank-Walter Steinmeier told… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine appoints young woman to lead purge of bureaucrats
MINSK, Belarus (AP) ” Ukraine’s justice minister has appointed a 23-year-old law graduate to lead a campaign to purge of officials tainted by corruption of the ousted regime.The so-called lustration was a key demand of anti-government… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Dead Tararua trampers named
One of two trampers who died during an overnight walk in the Tararua Range at the weekend was a married Ukrainian man with two children. …read more Source: Otago Daily...
Fake honors student gets more jail time before deportation
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) ” A 24-year-old Ukrainian man who lied about his name and age to attend a Pennsylvania high school has been ordered to spend 11 to 23 months in jail for having sex with a 15-year-old classmate and stealing a public… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia accuses Ukraine of abducting two soldiers in Crimea (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia has accused Ukraine of abducting two Russian servicemen on the annexed Crimea peninsula, but Kiev said it had merely detained two Ukrainian army deserters. …read more Source: The West...
Russia accuses Ukraine of arresting 2 servicemen from Crimea
MOSCOW (AP) ” Russia’s Defense Ministry says Ukrainian security services have arrested two Russian servicemen.The ministry said Ukrainian agents whisked the two servicemen from Crimea into the Mykolaiv region Sunday. In Monday’s… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine says ‘no’ to Russia on pro-EU revolt anniversary (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine on Monday marked the third anniversary of the start of its pro-EU revolution with President Petro Poroshenko’s firm rejection of “the Russian world”. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine says ‘no’ to Russia on pro-EU revolt anniversary (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine on Monday marked the third anniversary of the start of its pro-EU revolution with President Petro Poroshenko’s firm rejection of “the Russian world”. …read more Source: The West...
