Section: Australia&NZ
Germany, France see progress in Ukraine peace talks (Reuters)
BERLIN (Reuters) – Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists have agreed to complete a withdrawal of heavy weaponry from their frontlines in eastern Ukraine, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter St… …read more Source: The West...
Top diplomats welcome calm in Ukraine conflict (AFP)
Berlin (AFP) – Top diplomats hailed progress in halting the bloodshed in eastern Ukraine but called after talks in Berlin Friday for more progress on the political front. …read more Source: The West...
Rebels accuse Ukrainian government of using heavy weaponry
MOSCOW (AP) ” Separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine have accused government forces of shelling residential areas under their control with heavy artillery.The uptick in fighting, reported by both side in the past few days, comes as… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine snubs free travel to Europe over anti-gay law (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s parliament Thursday scuppered the ex-Soviet country’s chances of visa-free travel to most EU nations by blocking legislation that would have banned discrimination against gays in the workplace. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine rebels complete small arms withdrawal (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine’s pro-Russian insurgents said Thursday they had withdrawn all of their smaller weapons from a deadly buffer zone in the ex-Soviet state’s separatist east. …read more Source: The West...
Sniper tries to kill prosecutor
A sniper has tried to assassinate Ukraine’s state prosecutor, days after he ordered the arrest of an oligarch’s deputy. …read more Source: THE...
Ukraine’s rebel center in limbo as fighting dies down
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) ” The fighting has subsided, but Donetsk is quickly sinking into the past ” a shabby Soviet-like state of empty streets and deprivation. Huge portraits of Josef Stalin hanging in the city center only reinforce… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Top diplomats to meet Friday on Ukraine crisis (AFP)
Berlin (AFP) – Top diplomats from Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France will meet Friday in Berlin for fresh talks on the conflict plaguing eastern Ukraine, a German foreign ministry spokeswoman said on Wednesday. …read more Source: The West...
Weapons pullback in eastern Ukraine in jeopardy
MOSCOW (AP) ” Ukrainian government forces and Russia-backed rebels in the east of the country are threatening to stop the ongoing weapons withdrawal if their positions continue to come under attack.Olexander Turchynov, chairman… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Czechs to ease rules for Ukrainians to get jobs
PRAGUE (AP) ” The Czech Republic is ready to ease rules for well-qualified Ukrainians to get a work permit.Foreign Minister Lubomir Zaoralek says the program’s first stage will make it easier for some 500 university and high school… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
