Section: Australia&NZ
Poland tensions with Ukraine and EU “Kremlin plan”: Tusk (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – European Council President Donald Tusk on Sunday questioned whether tensions between Poland’s rightwing government with Ukraine and the EU is a “Kremlin plan”. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine seeks distance from Moscow with new Christmas holiday (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian lawmakers on Thursday voted for a new public holiday on 25 December in a move which they said would allow the country to distance itself from Russia, which celebrates Orthodox Christmas in January. …read more Source: The West...
Putin to intervene in Ukraine prisoner swap (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said he would hold talks with the leaders of eastern Ukraine’s self-proclaimed pro-Russian republics, in a rare public move to get involved in a prisoner exchange deal with Kiev. …read more Source: The West...
THE UKRAINIAN COMMUNITY IN VICTORIA: DILEMMA – УКРАЇНСЬКА СПІЛЬНОТА ВІКТОРІЇ: ДИЛЕМА НОВА ЧИ СТАРА
THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION OF UKRAINIANS IN VICTORIA (AUV), Ukrainian House, Essendon, 12 November 2017 – Деякі штрихи і витяги із річного звіту Украви Української Громади Вікторії на 70-х загальних зборах, зокрема Голови пана Славка Когута 12 листопада 2017-го року. Ессендон, Український Народний Дім. Radio Liberty BBC...
SBS UKRAINIAN: NEW DAY AND TIME – УКРАЇНОМОВНА ПРОГРАМА РАДІО SBS ВИХОДИТИМЕ ЩОЧЕТВЕРГА О 15:00
The current SBS Ukrainian Program will move from SBS Radio 3 Tuesday from 4-5pm (a digital only service) to SBS Radio 2 on Thursday from 3 to 4pm (a digital service AND an analogue radio service) from 23 November 2017. – Перегляд радіопрограм телерадіокомпанія SBS розпочала майже 12 місяців тому із загальнодоступної консультації із...
Tensions rise between Serbia, Ukraine over ‘mercenaries’ (AFP)
Belgrade (AFP) – Serbia has summoned its ambassador to Kiev for consultations after Ukraine raised concerns over Serbian “mercenaries” fighting on the side of pro-Russian rebels in its conflict-torn east. …read more Source: The West...
Tensions rise between Serbia, Ukraine over ‘mercenaries’ (AFP)
Belgrade (AFP) – Serbia has summoned its ambassador to Kiev for consultations after Ukraine raised concerns over Serbian “mercenaries” fighting on the side of pro-Russian rebels in its conflict-torn east. …read more Source: The West...
POLITICAL INTRIGUES OR CRIMINAL
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) on October 31 arrested Oleksandr Avakov, the son of Interior Minister Arsen Avakov, in Kyiv in a corruption case. The NABU said in a statement that it had arrested a former deputy interior minister, a representative of a firm that won a contract to supply backpacks to the Interior Ministry,...
Ukraine court frees interior minister’s son in graft case (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – A Kiev court on Wednesday released from detention the son of the powerful interior minister in an embezzlement case seen as a test of Ukraine’s commitment to tackling corruption in the highest echelons of power. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine court frees interior minister’s son in graft case (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – A Kiev court on Wednesday released from detention the son of the powerful interior minister in an embezzlement case seen as a test of Ukraine’s commitment to tackling corruption in the highest echelons of power. …read more Source: The West...
