Section: Australia&NZ
Ukraine and EU ratify landmark pact
THE Ukrainian and European parliaments last night simultaneously ratified a landmark pact. …read more Source: THE...
Ukraine lawmakers ratify landmark deal with Europe
Ukraine has moved to resolve months of crisis by strengthening ties to Europe and loosening some controls over the country’s rebellious eastern regions where it has been fighting Russian-backed separatists.The actions by lawmakers… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia threatens to send more troops to Crimea over NATO military exercise near its border
Russia has threatened to send more troops to its newly-annexed territory of Crimea after NATO began exercises in western Ukraine. …read more Source: ABC...
Ukraine’s self-rule offer slows rebel independence drive (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s push for peace with pro-Russian insurgents appeared to pass its first test Tuesday when most agreed to study his limited self-rule offer while defending their demands for full independence. …read more Source: The West...
Ruble plunges to new lows, authorities tell Russians not to panic
Russian authorities told people not to panic on Tuesday as the battered ruble plunged to record lows, floored by tensions with the West over Ukraine, new sanctions and falling oil prices. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukrainian politician gets dumped in a garbage bin by angry mob
Video emerged Tuesday from Kiev of an angry mob frog-marching a member of parliament and literally dumping him in the garbage. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Netherlands ups defence spending in wake of downed MH17 (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – The Netherlands is to increase defence spending after being hard hit by global conflicts including the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine, King Willem-Alexander said on Tuesday. …read more Source: The West...
Russia to deploy reinforcements to Crimea area (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russia is to reinforce its troop deployments in annexed Crimea and southern Russia because of the worsening crisis in Ukraine and the buildup of foreign forces nearby, the country’s defence minister said on Tuesday. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine ratifies landmark EU pact, offers self-rule in east (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian lawmakers on Tuesday ratified a landmark EU pact and adopted laws granting self-rule to the east in crucial votes that will shape the future of the splintered former Soviet state. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine ratifies landmark EU pact, offers rebels self-rule (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian lawmakers ratified a landmark EU pact Tuesday that steers the ex-Soviet state closer to the West, and pledged autonomy for pro-Russian rebels waging war in the east. …read more Source: The West...
