Section: Australia&NZ
8 Ukrainian troops killed, 16 hurt in war-torn east Ukraine
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) ” A Ukrainian military spokesman says eight troops have been killed and 16 wounded in war-torn eastern Ukraine in the past 24 hours.The death toll released by the National Security and Defense Council on Wednesday… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Dutch to remember MH17 victims a year on
Dutch flags will fly at half-mast as families remember those killed when flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine a year ago, with all efforts now focused on catching those responsible. …read more Source:...
Canada and Ukraine sign free trade agreement
CHELSEA, Quebec (AP) ” Canada has reached a trade agreement with Ukraine that will see a near-elimination of duties on goods coming into Canada from Ukraine.Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced the free trade agreement… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Barack Obama prods Ukraine on economic reforms
Barack Obama has urged Ukraine to follow through with tough economic reforms in order to meet its commitments to the International Monetary Fund. …read more Source:...
Barack Obama prods Ukraine on economic reforms
Barack Obama has urged Ukraine to follow through with tough economic reforms in order to meet its commitments to the International Monetary Fund. …read more Source:...
Ukraine PM says reforms continue despite ‘lunatic’ lawmakers
WASHINGTON (AP) ” Ukraine’s prime minister is pushing back against a pair of forces threatening to undermine his fragile government.Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk is likening members of parliament who want to roll back economic… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukrainian pilot held in Russia faces 25 years in jail (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russian investigators said Monday that a Ukrainian pilot controversially detained in Moscow faces up to 25 years in prison for her alleged involvement in the killing of two Russian journalists. …read more Source: The West...
General: US considering training for Ukrainian army
WASHINGTON (AP) ” The commander of U.S. Army forces in Europe says the United States is considering a plan to train Ukrainian army soldiers beginning in late November.In remarks to reporters at the Pentagon, Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Poroshenko faces new security crisis in western Ukraine (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – President Petro Poroshenko confronted a fresh crisis Monday as a deadly standoff continued between interior ministry units and armed Ukrainian ultranationalists in a western enclave near Hungary. …read more Source: The West...
Lithuania to remove remaining Soviet-era statues in capital
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) ” Lithuania is removing all the Soviet statues remaining in its capital, prompted by renewed calls to take down the symbols of an oppressive Soviet occupation amid the Ukraine crisis.The spokesman of the… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
