Section: Australia&NZ
UN: Polio outbreak in Ukraine is a state of emergency
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” The World Health Organization is urging Ukraine’s health ministry to declare a state of emergency due to a polio outbreak, a move meant to prompt more action from the government in Kiev.In September, Ukraine… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
With fighting easing, landmines still haunt east Ukraine (AFP)
Shyrokyne (Ukraine) (AFP) – It has been 10 months since Igor last visited his home in the eastern no man’s land of war-shattered Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Ukrainian president pardons Russian in prisoner exchange
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” President Petro Poroshenko has pardoned a Russian citizen arrested in eastern Ukraine and exchanged him for a Ukrainian serviceman held by Russian-backed separatists.Poroshenko announced the exchange on his… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia causing ‘environmental disaster’ in Ukraine: Poroshenko (AFP)
Le Bourget (France) (AFP) – Russia risks causing an “environmental disaster” in eastern Ukraine with its support for rebel forces, President Petro Poroshenko told a UN climate conference in Paris on Monday. …read more Source: The West...
‘Toxic trio’ of emerging markets suddenly smelling of roses (Reuters)
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Labelled the emerging market “toxic trio” until not so long ago, the high-yielding bonds of Ukraine, Argentina and Venezuela have come up smelling of ro… …read more Source: The West...
Dutch policeman held for online sale of MH17 ‘souvenirs’ (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – Dutch police have suspended an officer who tried to sell online souvenirs said to have come from the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 shot down over war-torn Ukraine last year. …read more Source: The West...
Melbourne: OzUke 2015
GALA DINNER WITH KEYNOTE ADDRESS: OzUke2015 – the inaugural Australia-Ukraine bilateral relations forum was held on November 25 and 26 at the Rydges on Swanston in Melbourne. The Australia-Ukraine Chamber of Commerce was established in …(GALA DINNER WITH KEYNOTE ADDRESS: OzUke2015 – the inaugural Australia-Ukraine bilateral...
Frontline Ukraine port votes in delayed local poll (AFP)
Mariupol (Ukraine) (AFP) – Voters in the east Ukrainian government-held port of Mariupol on Sunday cast their ballots in a delayed local elections after an earlier poll was scrapped in the strategic frontline city. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine remembers victims of Stalin-era famine (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine on Saturday held a day of mourning for the millions of victims of a Soviet-era famine, with President Petro Poroshenko describing it as an episode in the “war waged by Russia against Ukraine.” …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine leaves sabotaged power lines to Russian-annexed Crimea in mud (Reuters)
By Pavel Polityuk CHAPLINKA, Ukraine (Reuters) – Five days after saboteurs blew up power lines in southern Ukraine plunging Russian-annexed Crimea into an energy crisis, all four damage… …read more Source: The West...
