Section: Australia&NZ
Hungary would block EU sanctions on Poland: Orban (AFP)
Budapest (AFP) – Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a key ally of Warsaw’s conservative government, said Friday that Budapest would move to block any EU sanctions on Poland. …read more Source: The West...
Orthodox faithful mark Christmas with services, celebration
MOSCOW (AP) ” For much of the Orthodox Christian world, Thursday is celebrated as Christmas Day. Believers in Russia, Ukraine, and parts of Eastern Europe and the Middle East flocked to churches for the holiday.Some Orthodox churches… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine into Hopman Cup final (AFP)
PERTH (AUSTRALIA) (AFP) – Ukraine advanced to their second Hopman Cup final with a 2-1 win over Australia Gold in Perth on Thursday. …read more Source: The West...
Cyberattack on Ukraine power provider prompts US utilities to review defences
Following reports that 80,000 customers of a Western Ukraine utility lost power for six hours following a cyber attack, a quasi-governmental US electric industry group last week advised members to review network defences. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Igor Sergun, chief of Russian military intelligence, dies at 58
Russian and Ukrainian media and blogs rife with conspiracy theories about death of general being linked to the conflict in Ukraine. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Coca-Cola blames ad agency for map showing Crimea as part of Russia (Reuters)
MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) – U.S. drinks firm Coca-Cola on Wednesday blamed a marketing agency for a map used in an online advertising campaign that showed Crimea to be part of Russia and whic… …read more Source: The West...
IT experts say Ukraine blackout caused by a cyberattack (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – A power failure that plunged parts of western Ukraine into the dark last month was caused by a cyberattack, IT experts said Tuesday, and one source called it a world first. …read more Source: The West...
Eastern Ukrainian villages change hands despite truce (AFP)
Pavlopil (Ukraine) (AFP) – Clashes between pro-Russian rebels and government forces in eastern Ukraine have dwindled but villages in the buffer zone around the frontline have been surreptitiously changing hands, raising fears that the tenuous ceasefire could unravel. …read more Source: The West...
Dutch investigators to study citizen journalism probe into MH17 (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – Dutch prosecutors said Sunday they would “seriously study” claims by citizen journalists to have identified Russian soldiers implicated in the crash of flight MH17, shot down over eastern Ukraine in July 2014. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine to ban array of Russian food imports
MOSCOW (AP) ” Ukraine says it will introduce a wide-ranging ban on food imports from Russia in a week, a response to Russia’s ban on food products from Ukraine.The decree published on Ukraine’s government website on Saturday said… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
