Section: Australia&NZ
Ukraine, rebels agree to pull back troops, weapons
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Representatives of Ukraine and separatist rebels have agreed to pull back troops and weapons from several areas in eastern Ukraine.Darka Olifer, spokeswoman for ex-President Leonid Kuchma representing Ukraine… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Pride and pressure as Crimea holds first Russia parliament vote (AFP)
Simferopol (AFP) – Crimea went to the polls Sunday to elect deputies to Russia’s parliament for the first time since the region was annexed by Moscow — stirring pride in some, but pushing others to protest. …read more Source: The West...
Protesters block Russian embassy in Kiev on election day
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Dozens of right-wing activists are blocking the entrance to Russia’s embassy in the Ukrainian capital, where a polling station has been set up for Russian citizens who wish to vote in their country’s parliamentary… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
US condemns Russian elections in Crimea (AFP)
Washington (AFP) – The United States “does not recognize the legitimacy” of upcoming Russian parliamentary elections planned for Crimea, the State Department said. …read more Source: The West...
Kosovo expels Russian, Ukrainian journalists (AFP)
Pristina (AFP) – Kosovo police said Friday they had expelled two journalists, a Russian and a Ukranian, who did not have entry visas. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine hands back stolen Dutch masterpieces (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – Five stolen 17th and 18th-century masterpieces were handed back to the Netherlands on Friday, foreign ministry officials said, and will soon return to a Dutch museum from where they disappeared 11 years ago. …read more Source: The West...
Kiev demands plan to make Russia heed eastern Ukraine pact
LISBON, Portugal (AP) ” Ukraine’s foreign minister says he wants an internationally agreed road map for peace in the east of his country that would prevent what he calls Russia’s backsliding on its commitments under a shaky peace… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
German, French FMs push peace bid in war-torn Ukraine (AFP)
Slavyansk-na-Kubani (Russia) (AFP) – The German and French foreign ministers made their first visit to Ukraine’s war-torn east on Thursday, saying they wanted to push a new bid for peace after a recent surge in violence. …read more Source: The West...
Putin ordered half Ukraine seized
Ukraine intelligence service publish telephone intercepts revealing a Moscow plot to seize half the country. …read more Source: THE...
Both sides report violations of cease-fire in Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) ” Separatist rebels and government troops are both reporting violations of a cease-fire that was supposed to begin in eastern Ukraine at midnight on Wednesday.Rebels on Tuesday declared a unilateral cease-fire, and the… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
