Section: Australia&NZ
NZ faced tough talks in Russia on Ukraine, Syria and Helen Clark
New Zealand urged Russia to do more on international conflict and discussed trade sanctions over tensions in Ukraine, during bilateral talks this week. …read more Source:...
EU’s Tusk says Russia ‘unreliable’ on Ukraine (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – EU president Donald Tusk on Wednesday said he and Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko believed Russia’s account of recent events in the strife-torn east of the country was “unreliable”. …read more Source: The West...
Ukrainian protesters accuse prosecutors of abetting corruption (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian activists on Wednesday held a protest in central Kiev accusing the country’s powerful prosecutors of obstructing a newly formed national agency that has exposed massive official corruption. …read more Source: The West...
AP Sources: Manafort tied to undisclosed foreign lobbying
WASHINGTON (AP) ” An Associated Press investigation finds that Donald Trump’s campaign chairman helped a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine secretly route at least $2.2 million to two prominent Washington lobbying firms. The project… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Trump campaign chief Manafort: Dark knight of lobbyists (AFP)
New York (AFP) – Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s campaign chairman who was thrust into the headlines this week in connection with a Ukrainian corruption investigation, is a formidable Republican strategist who spent years lobbying for rogues and dictators. …read more Source: The West...
Hollande warns against ‘escalation’ of Ukraine conflict (AFP)
Paris (AFP) – French President Francois Hollande warned Tuesday against any “escalation” of the Ukraine conflict after telephone talks with his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. …read more Source: The West...
THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF UKRAINIAN INDEPENDENCE AND UKRAINE-AUSTRALIA RELATIONS
Bogdan Rudnytski interviewed The Honourable Dr Mykola Kulinich, the Ambassador of Ukraine in Australia (Богдан Рудницький веде розмову із високодостойним д-ром Миколою Кулінічем, Надзвичайним і Повноважним Послом України в Австралії. ) …read more Source:...
Trump campaign chief hits back at Ukraine claims
Donald Trump’s campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, has been named in a corruption investigation in Ukraine, where officials are trying to track illegal payments from a pro-Russian political party that once hired the Washington-based… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Clinton team questions Trump’s ties to Russia
Hillary Clinton’s campaign is questioning Donald Trump’s top political aide’s ties to a pro-Kremlin political party in the Ukraine and claiming it is further evidence of the Republican nominee’s cozy relationship with Russia.The… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Clinton team questions Trump’s ties to Russia
Hillary Clinton’s campaign is questioning Donald Trump’s top political aide’s ties to a pro-Kremlin political party in the Ukraine and claiming it is further evidence of the Republican nominee’s cozy relationship with Russia.The… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
