Section: Australia&NZ
Russia to tell NATO Baltic buildup ‘absolutely unjustified’ (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – Russia will use rare talks with NATO next week to protest the alliance’s “absolutely unjustified” military buildup in the Baltic states, Moscow’s ambassador to Brussels said Friday, adding the alliance was using the Ukraine crisis as a pretext. …read more Source: The West...
Problems fixes all over Russia after appeals on Putin’s show
MOSCOW (AP) ” In just one day, roads of a Siberian city were repaired, swindled fishery workers got wads of cash and a child prodigy was invited to go a Crimean summer camp. The one thing that made it possible was President Vladimir… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine’s Parliament approves Poroshenko ally Volodymyr Groysman as new prime minister
In Ukraine’s most sweeping political reshuffle since its revolution two years ago, Parliament has voted to seat a close ally of the president as prime minister and handed critical ministerial posts to presidential staff members. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine recovers 4 stolen Dutch paintings
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Ukrainian officials have announced the recovery of four paintings from a trove of Dutch Golden Age art that was stolen from a Dutch museum more than a decade ago.At a Thursday briefing showing the four paintings,… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine parliament appoints pro-EU Groysman as PM (AFP)
Kiev (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine’s parliament on Thursday appointed pro-Western speaker Volodymyr Groysman as prime minister in a bid to end months of political gridlock and unlock vital aid to the war torn-state. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine parliament approves pro-EU PM
Ukraine’s parliament approves presidential ally Volodymyr Groysman for the post of Prime Minister, in the country’s biggest political shakeup since a 2014 uprising brought in a pro-Western leadership. …read more Source: ABC...
Groysman: Poroshenko protege and Ukraine’s crisis PM (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Volodymr Groysman has catapulted from being a small city mayor to Ukraine’s premier over a remarkable two-year span during which he stuck close by President Petro Poroshenko’s side. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine’s president nominates ally for prime minister
MOSCOW (AP) ” Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has nominated an ally to become prime minister in an effort to end a political impasse.Poroshenko announced in parliament on Thursday the nomination of Volodymyr Groysman, currently… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Analysis: Russian aircraft buzz US warships and the Ukraine connection
The Ukraine negotiations must not be going well for Russia. …read more Source: The National Business...
Prosecutor orders suspension of Tatar assembly in Crimea
MOSCOW (AP) ” The chief prosecutor of Crimea has ordered a suspension of the council representing the region’s Tatar ethnic minority.Tatars make up about 15 percent of the region’s nearly 2 million people and have been broadly opposed… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
