Section: Australia&NZ
IMF chief tells Ukraine to fix graft or lose vital aid (AFP)
Washington (AFP) – IMF chief Christine Lagarde warned Ukraine on Wednesday that its stalled fight against corruption and inability to push through required restructuring measures were jeopardising the future of the Fund’s rescue plan. …read more Source: The West...
3 people killed by land mine in eastern Ukraine
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) ” At least three people have been killed in eastern Ukraine when a bus hit a land mine in a no man’s land between separatist rebels and government troops.The Kiev-controlled prosecutor’s office for the Donetsk… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Four killed as passenger bus hits mine in east Ukraine (AFP)
Marinka (Ukraine) (AFP) – Four people were killed on Wednesday when a passenger minibus hit a mine in eastern Ukraine during a relative calm in fighting, officials said. …read more Source: The West...
IMF chief warns Ukraine over slow pace of reform
MOSCOW (AP) ” The head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, has warned Ukraine it would be unable to keep supporting it financially if the country doesn’t step up its reforms efforts.Ukraine relies on funding from… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine risks losing IMF support over stalled reforms – Lagarde (Reuters)
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine must enact promised reforms and root out corruption or risk losing the support of the International Monetary Fund, its head, Christine Lagarde, said in a statement on Wednesda… …read more Source: The West...
Between mines and mortars: stranded lives in eastern Ukraine (AFP)
Zaitseve (Ukraine) (AFP) – Imagine picking your way through a minefield to go to work every day. …read more Source: The West...
Suspension of Turkey flights costs Russian airports heavily
MOSCOW (AP) ” A top official at Russia’s busiest airport says the halt or reduction of flights to Turkey, Ukraine and Egypt over the past three months has cost the country’s airports six billion rubles ($77 million).Denis Nuzhdin,… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
US intelligence chief warns on Russian moves
WASHINGTON (AP) ” Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper is telling the Senate Armed Services Committee that Russia’s aggressive military intervention in Ukraine and other moves could put Moscow and the U.S. “into another… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia helps Ukraine battle town rebuild, villages struggle
NIKISHYNE, Ukraine (AP) ” Polina Demyanenko’s quaint white-and-green house still bears the scars of one of the fiercest battles of Ukraine’s war. The roof is gone, the windows broken and the walls shredded by shrapnel.”Everything… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine authorities announce find of arms linked to 2014 protest (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian investigators said Saturday they had found a cache of 24 guns implicated in a bloody crackdown on pro-EU demonstrators in February 2014 that led to the downfall of the country’s pro-Russian leader. …read more Source: The West...
