Section: Australia&NZ
Russia’s PM Medvedev orders legal action against Ukraine over debt – agencies (Reuters)
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Monday ordered its government to prepare legal action against Ukraine if it does not repay $3 billion debt, Russian news agencies reported…. …read more Source: The West...
EU envoys agree extension of Russia sanctions until mid-2016 (Reuters)
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union envoys on Friday agreed a six-month rollover of the bloc’s economic sanctions on Russia, diplomats said, extending the measures on energy, banking and defence secto… …read more Source: The West...
Children take seats at Ukraine’s often-rowdy parliament
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” The Ukrainian parliament, better known for its frequent fistfights, on Friday replaced its rowdy deputies with children ” but only for one day.Heated debates at the Verkhovna Rada in Kiev have in the past spilled… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
EU’s Juncker recommends visa-free travel to Ukraine, Georgia, Kosovo (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker recommended Friday the EU should offer visa-free travel to Ukraine, Georgia and Kosovo, all three locked in bitter disputes with Russia. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine says it won’t repay Russian debt due by weekend
MOSCOW (AP) ” Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk says his country won’t repay a $3 billion debt owed to Russia by this weekend.Yatsenyuk announced at a televised government session on Friday a “moratorium” on any debt repayments… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine prime minister says his country won’t repay $3 billion debt owed to Russia by weekend
MOSCOW (AP) ” Ukraine prime minister says his country won’t repay $3 billion debt owed to Russia by weekend. …read more Source: The New Zealand...
World’s refugees exceed record 60 million (AAP)
Wars in Syria, Ukraine and Yemen have driven a mass movement of people, with the world’s refugees and displaced exceeding a record 60 million, the UN says. …read more Source: The West...
Putin denies ‘regular’ Russian troops are in Ukraine (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – President Vladimir Putin insisted Thursday that Russia has no regular troops in eastern Ukraine but admitted that some people have been carrying out certain military tasks there. …read more Source: The West...
Vladimir Putin says Donald Trump is ‘a very lively man, talented without doubt’
In a wide-ranging news conference, Putin also hinted – for the first time – that Russian military advisers are active in Ukraine. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Poroshenko: Russia boosting military in Ukraine’s east
BRUSSELS (AP) ” Ukraine’s leader has accused Russia of increasing its military presence in eastern Ukraine, hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin said he wanted to see the armed conflict there ended as quickly as possible.During… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
