Section: Australia&NZ
Ex-NATO chief urges allies to boost help for Ukraine (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – NATO members should step up efforts to help Ukraine in its conflict, the alliance’s former chief said Wednesday, warning that a Russian proposal for a peacekeeping force was a “Trojan horse”. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine detains two top defence officials in graft case (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s anti-corruption bureau said Wednesday it had detained a deputy defence minister and another top military official for allegedly embezzling millions in state funding through an illegal oil-purchase scheme. …read more Source: The West...
US tightens financial sanctions on Russian banks, energy firms (AFP)
Washington (AFP) – The US Treasury Friday announced tighter financial sanctions on Russian banks and energy firms because of Moscow’s continued interference in Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine rekindles war on top tycoon Kolomoyskiy (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – A Kiev court has frozen four rail assets of billionaire Igor Kolomoyskiy in a long-running corruption case that led to the state’s eventual takeover of Ukraine’s largest private bank. …read more Source: The West...
UN AND UKRAINE: WHAT’S NEXT? – ООН І УКРАЇНА: ЩО Ж ДАЛІ?
UN General Assembly, New York. Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko has repeated his call for a full United Nations peacekeeping mission, telling the world body that such a mission should be authorized to patrol Ukraine’s border with Russia. We remain convinced that the full-fledged UN peacekeeping operation is the only viable...
14th YALTA EUROPEAN STRATEGY ANNUAL MEETING : “IS THIS A NEW WORLD? AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR UKRAINE?” – 14-a ЯЛТИНСЬКA ЄВРОПЕЙСЬКA СТРАТЕГІЯ: «ЧИ ЦЕ Є НОВИЙ СВІТ? І ЩО ВІН ОЗНАЧАЄ ДЛЯ УКРАЇНИ?»
Over 350 leading politicians, diplomats, businessmen, civil activists and experts from 34 countries will take part in the conference organized by the international forum YES in partnership with the Victor Pinchuk Foundation.Victor Pinchuk, founder and member of the Board of Yalta European Strategy: The YES meeting is a place for global and...
UKRAINE – AUSTRALIA: PARLIAMENTARY FRIENDSHIP GROUP HAS BEEN FORMED – УКРАЇНА – АВСТРАЛІЯ: НОВА ДРУЖНЯ ПАРЛАМЕНСЬКА ГРУПА СФОРМОВАНА
Bogdan Rudnytski interviewed His Excellency the Ambassador of Ukraine to Australia Dr Mykola Kulinich. We spoke about the reactivation of the Australia – Ukraine Parliamentary Friendship Group (AUPG) and much more…A friendship group between Australia and Ukraine has been formed in the Australian Federal Parliament of the 45th convocation....
Russia hands Crimean Tatar leader 2-year sentence (AFP)
Simferopol (AFP) – A court in Moscow-annexed Crimea on Wednesday sentenced leading Crimean Tatar activist Ilmi Umerov to two years in a penal colony on charges of “separatism”. …read more Source: The West...
Conflict leaves blind in rebel-held Ukraine stuck in dark (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Partially sighted Georgiy Lukyanov makes his way through the ageing lathes in the factory where he works in rebel-held eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
UKRAINE – AUSTRALIA: PARLIAMENTARY FRIENDSHIP GROUP HAS BEEN FORMED
Bogdan Rudnytski interviewed His Excellency the Ambassador of Ukraine to Australia Dr Mykola Kulinich. We spoke about the reactivation of the Australia – Ukraine Parliamentary Friendship Group (AUPG) and much more… A friendship group between Australia and Ukraine has been formed in the Australian Federal Parliament of the 45th...
