Section: Australia&NZ
Pro-West parties, nationalists win Ukraine vote (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Pro-Western and nationalist parties swept Ukraine’s parliamentary election Sunday, exit polls showed, in a boost for President Petro Poroshenko’s anti-corruption reforms and attempts to end a war with pro-Russian rebels. …read more Source: The West...
Pro-West, nationalist parties win Ukraine vote: exit polls (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Pro-Western and nationalist parties scored a crushing victory on Sunday in Ukraine’s snap parliamentary polls, which were boycotted by pro-Russian rebels in the separatist east, exit polls showed. …read more Source: The West...
AP NewsAlert
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) Exit polls: Pro-Western parties leading Ukraine parliamentary vote in political earthquake. …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine votes against backdrop of war, corruption (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – A divided Ukraine voted Sunday in parliamentary elections that President Petro Poroshenko hopes will show support for his pro-Western reforms and plans to negotiate with pro-Russian insurgents. …read more Source: The West...
Fear and loathing as Ukraine’s frontline city votes (AFP)
Mariupol (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine’s parliamentary polls Sunday were meant to help bring a shattered nation together, but in the frontline city of Mariupol, interior designer Natalia is in no mood for reconciliation. …read more Source: The West...
Austrian drones fly high, over Ukraine and beyond (AFP)
Wiener Neustadt (Austria) (AFP) – In the middle of the Austrian countryside, a few sleek, high-tech drones sit in a bright production hall, ready for missions over Ukraine, the Mediterranean or the Middle East. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine opts for a Western future
WAR-weary Ukrainians are voting for a new parliament with a likely alliance of pro-Western and nationalist forces. …read more Source: THE...
Snap elections for Ukraine parliament
Millions of Ukrainians have headed to the polls in snap elections for a new parliament. …read more Source: ABC...
Divided Ukraine votes under shadow of war (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – A divided Ukraine voted Sunday in parliamentary elections expected to back President Petro Poroshenko’s pro-Western reforms and test support for his plan to negotiate with pro-Russian insurgents threatening to break up the country. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine holds parliamentary election
Ukraine is holding its first parliamentary election since the former Moscow-backed leader Viktor Yanukovich was ousted in February and replaced by a pro-Western government. …read more Source: Radio New...
