Section: Australia&NZ
Putin meets Erdogan to strengthen Russia-Turkey ties (AFP)
Ankara (AFP) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday held talks in Ankara with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin aimed at boosting trade and strengthening relations, despite sharp differences over the crises in Syria and Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Dutch transport downed airliner for investigation
AMSTERDAM (AP) ” Dutch authorities say they are loading wreckage recovered from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in eastern Ukraine onto trucks and transporting it to the Netherlands for investigation.Flight 17 was… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
MH17 wreckage to be reassembled at Dutch military base
Wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 recovered from its crash site in eastern Ukraine will be reassembled for an investigation at a military base in the Netherlands, Dutch authorities say. …read more Source: ABC...
Erdogan hosts Putin to tighten Turkey-Russia alliance (AFP)
Ankara (AFP) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday was to hold talks in Ankara with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to strengthen ties which have survived sharp differences over the Syria and Ukraine crises. …read more Source: The West...
War-hit Ukraine schools turns to Web for education
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) ” Like most children his age, Denis Akimov spends hours daily on his computer surfing the Internet. It isn’t just for fun.As schools are forced to limit operations in the conflict-battered eastern Ukrainian… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine gets loan to modernize gas pipelines
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Ukraine has secured a 150 million euro ($187 million) loan to modernize its section of the natural gas pipeline used to deliver gas from Russia to Europe.Ukrainian Prime Minister Asreniy Yatsenyuk said Tuesday… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russian ruble takes a nosedive on low oil prices
MOSCOW (AP) ” Russia’s ruble hit a new all-time low on Moscow, dropping more than 3 percent as declining oil prices and the conflict in eastern Ukraine are weighing in on the Russian economy.The Russian currency traded 52 rubles… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Pro-European parties narrowly win Moldova polls (AFP)
Chisinau (AFP) – Pro-European parties edged out those backing closer ties with Russia in weekend parliamentary elections in ex-Soviet Moldova, which took place against the backdrop of the bloody conflict in neighbouring Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
MH17 victim’s mother ‘suing Ukraine’
The mother of a German woman killed when?Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was downed over eastern Ukraine?in July is suing authorities in Ukraine in the European Court of Human Rights for failing to close their airspace, a German newspaper has reported. …read more Source:...
Mother of MH17 plane crash victim ‘suing Ukraine in European court’
The mother of a German woman killed when Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was downed over eastern Ukraine in July is suing the Ukrainian authorities at the European Court of Human Rights. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
