Section: Australia&NZ
Ukraine parliament backs crucial debt write-off deal (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s parliament on Thursday backed a crucial debt restructuring agreement that will save Kiev billions of dollars and keep the war-torn country from falling into an unmanaged default. …read more Source: The West...
Poland’s pro-defense forces hold first nationwide rally
WARSAW, Poland (AP) ” Hundreds of members of pro-defense forces have marched in downtown Warsaw to show their readiness to defend Poland if needed, amid concerns over the conflict in neighboring Ukraine and Russia’s role in it.The… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Crimea human rights ‘deteriorated radically’ since Russia seizure (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Human rights on the Crimea peninsula seized by Russia from Ukraine in March 2014 have “deteriorated radically” since Moscow’s takeover, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) said Thursday. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine slammed for banning dozens of foreign reporters (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine faced global media condemnation Thursday for banning dozens of foreign reporters as it expanded sanctions against Russia for its actions in the war-torn former Soviet state. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine bars 3 BBC journalists from entering Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) ” Ukraine has barred a few dozen reporters, including three BBC journalists, from entering the country as an unspecified security threat.Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko late on Wednesday signed a sanctions list… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine expands list of sanctions against Russia (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday expanded a list of sanctions against Russian companies and individuals held responsible for the ex-Soviet state’s eastern uprising and for Moscow’s annexation of Crimea. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine campaigns to strip Russia of UN veto power (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine redoubled its long-shot bid Wednesday to see Russia stripped of its veto power on the UN Security Council when the global body’s General Assembly meets in the coming weeks. …read more Source: The West...
Russia jails two for pro-Ukrainian graffiti (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – A Russian court on Wednesday sentenced two young men to prison sentences for painting Soviet statues in the colours of the Ukrainian flag and daubing pro-Kiev graffiti. …read more Source: The West...
International monitors: Cease-fire in eastern Ukraine holds
MOSCOW (AP) ” International observers in eastern Ukraine say that a cease-fire there has been holding for two weeks now.More than 8,000 people have been killed in fighting between Russia-backed separatist rebels and Ukrainian government… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia puts Ukrainians on trial for Chechnya killings (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Two Ukrainians went on trial in Russia on Tuesday accused of murdering dozens of Russian soldiers in Chechnya in the 1990s while fighting with separatists in a nationalist hit squad. …read more Source: The West...
