Section: Australia&NZ
Ukraine votes to overhaul parliament
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) Voters in Ukraine headed to the polls Sunday to elect a new parliament, overhauling a legislature tainted by its association with ousted President Viktor Yanukovych.While around 36 million people have been registered… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine set to pick pro-Western parliament
War-weary Ukrainians are set to pick a pro-Western and nationalist-leaning parliament on Sunday that should give President Petro Poroshenko a mandate to end separatist conflict in the east, but may inject new tension into ties with Russia. …read more Source:...
Ukrainians temper hopes as they head to polls
The elections will probably bring a cadre of new faces to power, further upending Ukraine’s chaotic political system. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine votes for new Parliament
President Petro Poroshenko’s party is expected to come in first in Ukranian parliamentary elections but is likely to fall short of an absolute majority. …read more Source:...
Ukraine set to vote for pro-Western future
Ukrainians are set to vote in parliamentary elections overshadowed by a bloody pro-Russian uprising in the east. …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s president calls for support ahead of poll
Ukraine’s president Petro Poroshenko has called on citizens to elect a majority in Sunday’s poll to see through a pro-Europe reform agenda and break with the Soviet past. …read more Source: ABC...
Ukraine set to vote for pro-Western future (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainians were to vote Sunday in parliamentary elections overshadowed by a bloody pro-Russian uprising in the east, but described by President Petro Poroshenko as a historic chance to set the country on a pro-Western path. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine pauses before decisive vote
MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) Ukraine is bracing for decisive parliamentary elections against the backdrop of unrest in regions roiled by conflict between government troops and pro-Russian separatist forces.Campaigning material was taken… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Bitter mood on eve of Ukraine’s election (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – The mood in Maidan Square, epicentre of Ukraine’s democracy revolution, was as bitter on the eve of Sunday’s parliamentary elections as the suddenly freezing October wind. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine readies to vote under shadow of war (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian leaders made final appeals to voters ahead of snap parliamentary elections Sunday that are intended to give impetus to democratic reforms, but are overshadowed by deepening conflict with Russia and pro-Russian rebels. …read more Source: The West...
