Section: Australia&NZ
Ukraine bans films featuring blacklisted Russian actors
MOSCOW (AP) ” Ukraine says it has banned the screening of films featuring Russian actors included on a blacklist.It said this weekend the 14 Russian actors, singers and other cultural figures on the blacklist pose a threat to national… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine: 4 OSCE vehicles destroyed in apparent arson
MOSCOW (AP) ” The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s mission in eastern Ukraine says four of its armored cars were destroyed in an apparent arson attack.It was unclear who carried out the attack in Donetsk, the… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine bidding to become breadbasket of Europe again (AFP)
MALA DIVYTSA (Ukraine) (AFP) – Oleksandr Verzhykhovskiy slips a crisp stalk of wheat through his fingers and surveys the sun-drenched fields that once made war-torn Ukraine the “breadbasket of Europe” — and now embody its economic hopes. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine: turning economic basket case into breadbasket (AFP)
MALA DIVYTSA (Ukraine) (AFP) – Oleksandr Verzhykhovskiy slips a crisp stalk of wheat through his fingers and surveys the sun-drenched fields that once made war-torn Ukraine the “breadbasket of Europe” — and now embody its economic hopes. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine slaps broadcast ban on 13 pro-Russian artists, including Depardieu (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine on Saturday named 13 pro-Russian actors and singers whose work would be banned from TV, radio and cinema, including France’s Gerard Depardieu. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine slaps broadcast ban on 13 Russian artists, including Depardieu (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine on Saturday named 13 pro-Russian actors and singers whose work would be banned from TV, radio and cinema, including France’s Gerard Depardieu. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine says one soldier killed in clashes in separatist east (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine on Saturday reported the death of one soldier as clashes with pro-Russian separatists continue in the country’s war-torn east despite a shaky truce. …read more Source: The West...
Several foreigners held hostage, eight killed in Mali hotel attack (AFP)
Bamako (AFP) – A Ukrainian hostage managed to escape from the “four or five terrorists” who were still barricaded inside the hotel in Sevare, telling soldiers that he had been with three South Africans and a Russian when the shooting began. …read more Source: The West...
Ukrainian hostage escapes Mali hotel siege: military (AFP)
Bamako (AFP) – A Ukrainian escaped from a hotel hostage standoff in Mali Friday, telling soldiers that three South Africans and a Russian were with him when gunmen stormed the building. …read more Source: The West...
Hollande counts cost of warship deal with Russia
President Francois Hollande has resolved a spat with Russia over the future of two advanced warships Moscow ordered from France before its annexation of Crimea poisoned relations with the West.After seven months of negotiations,… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
