Section: Australia&NZ
Far-right Ukraine fighters create political party (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Members of a controversial Ukrainian far-right nationalist group that has battled pro-Russian rebels in the country’s east announced on Friday they were creating a political party. …read more Source: The West...
Merkel: 4-way Ukraine talks next week still an option
BERLIN (AP) ” German Chancellor Angela Merkel remains open to holding top-level talks with Ukraine, Russia and France on the conflict in eastern Ukraine next week.Senior officials from the four countries were in the Belarus capital… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
NYC exhibition features Ukrainian and Romanian textiles
NEW YORK (AP) ” A Manhattan exhibition features rich textiles with intricate embroidery designs from the Carpathian Mountains of Ukraine and Romania. “Carpathian Echoes” at the Ukrainian Museum looks at the home… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
France urges ‘roadmap’ for Ukraine peace (AFP)
Paris (AFP) – French President Francois Hollande called on all parties in the Ukraine conflict to draw up a roadmap to end the crisis, after talks with his Ukrainian counterpart on Thursday. …read more Source: The West...
France, Germany, Russia discuss Ukraine summit but no date set (AFP)
Paris (AFP) – French President Francois Hollande spoke Wednesday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin about organising a summit on the Ukraine conflict, French officials said. …read more Source: The West...
Serbia: Putin friend Timchenko is named honorary consul
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) ” Serbia on Wednesday named Russian President Vladimir Putin’s billionaire friend ” a man who is on a U.S. sanctions list over Ukraine ” as the Balkan country’s honorary consul in St. Petersburg.The office… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Amid tensions, Putin, Hollande, Merkel to hold Ukraine talks
PARIS (AP) ” Despite growing diplomatic tensions over Syria, the leaders of Russia, France and Germany may meet “very soon” in Berlin to revive peace efforts for Ukraine.Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone Wednesday… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
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Ðbout Ukraine and Ukrainians under Russian aggression(Про кілька цікавих акцентів із життя України та українців у час російської аґресії) …read more Source:...
ABOUT UKRAINIANS AROUND THE WORLD AND UKRAINE UNDER RUSSIAN AGGRESSION
Bogdan Rudnytski interviewed Stefan Romaniw, Chairman of the Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations (AFUO) and Secretary-General of the Ukrainian World Congress. We talked about the Ukrainian World Congress, the war in East Ukraine, Ukra…(Богдан Рудницький веде розмову із Генеральним Секретарем Світового Конґресу Українців (СКУ)...
Ukrainian war prisoners languish in limbo on both sides
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Just three days after Ukrainian soldier Oleksandr Lazarenko was taken prisoner in the war in Ukraine’s east, a peace agreement was signed under which the sides agreed to an “all-for-all” prisoner exchange. A year… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
