Section: Australia&NZ
Ukraine: separatist leaders can get only temporary immunity
MOSCOW (AP) ” Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin has indicated that Kiev would be willing to offer only temporary immunity for any separatist leaders running in the upcoming elections in the east.Klimkin said in comments carried… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Poroshenko says ‘real truce’ has begun in Ukraine (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – President Petro Poroshenko said on Wednesday a “real truce” had begun in Ukraine but that a long-lasting peace with pro-Russian insurgents would still take some time. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine crisis a key issue in Canada’s election (AFP)
Montreal (AFP) – Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s hard line against Moscow’s aggression in Ukraine has earned him support from Canada’s Ukrainian diaspora, a group that could be pivotal as he seeks a fourth mandate on October 19. …read more Source: The West...
In key concession, Ukraine rebels delay polls until 2016 (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine’s pro-Russian insurgents took a big step toward political reconciliation Tuesday by announcing they will push back disputed local elections into next year in line with Western demands. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine rebels to delay elections
MOSCOW (AP) ” Officials of the eastern Ukraine regions under the control of Russia-backed separatists say they will postpone local elections that were to be held in the next several weeks, an issue that had impeded progress toward… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine rebels delay local elections until 2016 (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine’s pro-Russian insurgents in the separatist provinces of Lugansk and Donetsk said in a joint statement Tuesday that they were pushing back local elections to next year in line with Western demands. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine moves toward allowing foreigners in military
MOSCOW (AP) ” Ukraine’s parliament has passed a measure that would allow foreigners to serve in its armed forces.The legislation, which cleared a final reading on Tuesday, comes as tensions persist with Russia over the separatist… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
THE NEW AMBASSADOR OF UKRAINE TO AUSTRALIA HIS EXCELLENCY MYKOLA KULINICH
Ludmyla Pavlenko interviewed His Excellency Mykola Kulinich, who is the new Ambassador of Ukraine to Australia…(Людмила Павленко веде розмову із Високодостойним Миколою Кулінічем, якого Президент України Високодостойний Петро Порошенко призначив на посаду надзвичайного і Повноважного Посла України в Австралії. Незадовго пан Кулініч прибуде...
Ukraine insists Russia must cede border by end of year (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – President Petro Poroshenko has stressed that Ukraine must regain control of its eastern border by the end of December even if full implementation of a February peace deal with Russia is delayed until 2016. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine says Russia must cede border by end of year (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – President Petro Poroshenko has stressed Ukraine must regain control of its eastern border with Russia despite an apparent agreement to push back the implementation of a February peace deal into next year. …read more Source: The West...
