Section: Australia&NZ
Deadly avalanche hits school group in French Alps
Two French schoolchildren and a Ukrainian tourist have been killed in an avalanche at a ski resort in the French Alps. …read more Source: Radio New...
Negotiators vow to enforce cease-fire in eastern Ukraine
MINSK, Belarus (AP) ” Representatives of Russia and Ukraine have pledged to make a new effort to enforce a shaky cease-fire in eastern Ukraine and exchange prisoners.OSCE envoy Martin Sajdik says the parties agreed to make a new… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine, pro-Russia rebels agree new truce deal (AFP)
Minsk (AFP) – Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels agreed a new truce deal Wednesday that goes into immediate effect and replaces one broken just hours after its signature at the end of last month. …read more Source: The West...
French authorities say at least 3 dead in Alps avalanche – 1 Ukrainian and 2 high schoolers
PARIS (AP) ” French authorities say at least 3 dead in Alps avalanche – 1 Ukrainian and 2 high schoolers. …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Protests launched across Ukraine against Russian cigarettes (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Hundreds of activists in several Ukrainian cities blockaded on Tuesday the cigarette distribution centres owned by a Russian tycoon with alleged links to ousted pro-Moscow president Viktor Yanukovych. …read more Source: The West...
Interview with Mykola Kulinich Ukrainian Ambussador
Oksana Bobechko interviewed Dr. Mykola A. Kulinich, Ambassador of Ukraine in Australia. Plans for the future.(Інтерв’ю з Миколою Кулінічем новопризначеним надзвичайним і повноважним послом України в Австралії. Погляд в минуле та плани на майбутнє. ) …read more Source:...
Western sanctions ‘severely’ harming Russia: Putin (AFP)
Berlin (AFP) – President Vladimir Putin acknowledged Monday in an interview with German daily Bild that Western economic sanctions over the Ukraine crisis are affecting Russia. …read more Source: The West...
India sentences 35 crew of US anti-piracy ship (AFP)
Chennai (India) (AFP) – An Indian court Monday sentenced 35 sailors, including several from Britain, Estonia and Ukraine, for illegally entering Indian waters carrying weapons aboard a US-operated anti-piracy boat in 2013. …read more Source: The West...
Two Ukrainian troops, two rebels first killed in east in 2016 (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Two Ukrainian soldiers and two rebels have been killed in eastern Ukraine, marking the first deaths this year in the war-torn region, Kiev and breakway officials said Sunday in separate tolls. …read more Source: The West...
Dutch ‘no’ to Kiev-EU accord could trip crisis: Juncker (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker urged Dutch voters Saturday not to oppose an EU cooperation deal with Ukraine, saying such a move “could open the doors to a continental crisis”. …read more Source: The West...
