Section: Australia&NZ
Safety pins: a pointed show of solidarity after Trump election (AFP)
Washington (AFP) – People have long used ribbons, flowers, colors or badges to symbolize political causes, from the carnations of Portugal’s 1974 revolution to the orange ribbons of Ukraine’s 2004 revolution to the gel wristbands now worn to promote almost any charity. …read more Source: The West...
Georgia’s ex-president vows to force early Ukraine elections (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Georgia’s pro-Western former president Mikheil Saakashvili on Friday announced plans to create a new opposition movement in Ukraine that aims to topple the current leadership and force early elections. …read more Source: The West...
Saakashvili declares push for early elections in Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) ” Mikhail Saakashvili, the former Georgian president who has resigned as governor of Ukraine’s Odessa region, says he will push for early elections in the country.Saakashvili said Friday that his goal is to hold “early… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine hopes for US support under Donald Trump (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko congratulated US president-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday, expressing hoping that Washington will maintain its support for Kiev after he moves to the White House. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine pushes UN to step up scrutiny of Crimea (AFP)
United Nations (United States) (AFP) – Ukraine on Tuesday launched a bid at the United Nations to condemn rights abuses in Crimea and press Russia to allow UN monitors to visit the territory. …read more Source: The West...
Khodorkovsky urges UK to sanction Russian elites (AFP)
London (AFP) – Former oil tycoon and Kremlin foe Mikhail Khodorkovsky on Tuesday urged British MPs to punish corrupt Russian officials with assets in Britain, saying broader sanctions on Russia did not work. …read more Source: The West...
EU adds to Crimea sanctions blacklist (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – The European Union has added several people, including some recently elected to Russia’s parliament, to its sanctions blacklist for their role in supporting Moscow’s seizure of Crimea from Ukraine, officials said Tuesday. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko says Saakashvilli could join opposition
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) ” Ukraine’s president has suggested former Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili is stepping down as governor of Odessa region to boost his own political career.Petro Poroshenko said in Slovenia Tuesday… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia says Crimea-Turkey ferry service restored
MOSCOW (AP) ” A Russian deputy says that a boat service has been restored between Turkey and the Crimean region annexed by the Kremlin.Russian State Duma deputy Ruslan Balbek wrote Tuesday on Facebook that the Varyag ship arrived… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
UKRAINIAN STEPS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION
The President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko: Society has the right to know that. We shouldnt struggle against rich men, as somebody may guess. We should struggle against criminals who take apartments, cars, villas, planes being civil servants.(Президент України Петро Порошенко підкреслив, що суспільство має знати те, звідки у службовців такі великі...
