Section: Australia&NZ
MH17: ‘They have grieving families to account to’: McCully
Ministers from countries that suffered the heaviest losses from the shooting down of flight MH17 over Ukraine a year ago are gathering in New York in solidarity as they seek formal action from the Security Council early tomorrow…. …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Bishop pushes for criminal tribunal to investigate downing of MH17
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop steps up efforts to bring to justice those who shot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine last year, pushing for an international criminal tribunal to investigate the incident. …read more Source: ABC...
Foreign monitors come under ‘targeted’ fire in Ukraine (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Western monitors of Ukraine’s tattered truce on Tuesday reported coming under “targeted” fire that has forced them to rethink their future operations in the war-torn former Soviet state. …read more Source: The West...
NATO eastward expansion would be ‘catastrophic’: Russian official (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – NATO enlargement into Ukraine and Georgia would have “catastrophic consequences” for Europe, Russia’s envoy to NATO warned Tuesday in a television interview, as relations between Moscow and the West sink to Cold War-era lows. …read more Source: The West...
Reports: Ukraine bans Depardieu for 5 years
MOSCOW (AP) ” Local news reports say Ukraine has banned actor Gerard Depardieu from entering the country for five years.Depardieu in 2013 took Russian citizenship in a bid to escape high taxes in his native France. He has recently… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Scholars drawn to conflict zones stoke college safety debate
BOSTON (AP) ” Some U.S. colleges with overseas-study programs won’t touch Ukraine. Tufts University, on the other hand, is drawn to the turmoil in the former Soviet republic, which the U.S. State Department deemed dangerous for travel.The… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Nelson family survives fatal holiday crash in Ukraine
A Nelson family on holiday in the Ukraine has survived a head-on car crash that killed at least two people. …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s richest man warns of aid blockade in the east
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” The biggest supplier of aid to rebel-controlled eastern Ukraine says its mission could fold in two days’ time if rebels continue to block its convoys.A charity foundation owned by Ukraine’s richest man, Rinat… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine claims Russian officer detained
MOSCOW (AP) ” Ukraine’s border guards service says it has detained a Russian officer who was driving a truck packed with weapons including rocket-propelled grenades.There was no immediate comment from the Russian military, but the… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
IMF agrees to disburse $1.7 billion to Ukraine (Reuters)
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Saturday the International Monetary Fund had decided to disburse a second tranche of financial aid worth $1.7 billion. “Ukr… …read more Source: The West...
