Section: Australia&NZ
Thousands attend Kiev gay pride march opposed by ultra-nationalists (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – More than two thousand people took part in Kiev’s gay pride event on Sunday amid a heavy police presence as nationalist protesters tried to halt the event and burned a rainbow flag. …read more Source: The West...
Ukrainian reporter feared captured by rebels in separatist east (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – A senior Human Rights Watch activist on Saturday said she fears pro-Moscow rebels have captured a Ukrainian reporter and blogger missing for two weeks in the country’s eastern war zone. …read more Source: The West...
Kiwi tourists among first to stay at new hostel in Chernobyl, the most radioactive place on Earth
The Ukrainian government has opened a hostel within the Chernobyl contamination zone, giving holidaymakers the chance to explore the epicentre of history’s most devastating nuclear accident. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian civilian death toll on the rise in rebel east: UN (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Civilian casualties this spring from the conflict in eastern Ukraine have risen by nearly 50 percent over the winter months, a UN report published Tuesday said. …read more Source: The West...
UKRAINE HAS A EUROPEAN HISTORY, UKRAINE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM…
Bogdan Rudnytski interviewed historian Volodymyr Viatrovych, Director, Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance. (Богдан Рудницький веде розмову із відомим істориком Володимиром Вятровичем, директором Українського інституту національної памяті.) …read more Source:...
Ukraine says seven soldiers killed in clashes in rebel east (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Seven Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in just three days in renewed fighting with pro-Russian rebels in the east of the country, the military said Monday. …read more Source: The West...
Ukrainians cheer on first day of visa-free EU travel (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainians were on Sunday celebrating the first day of visa-free access to the European Union, with hundreds crossing the border as President Petro Poroshenko proclaimed a dramatic “breakaway” from Moscow. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine MPs back NATO application push (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s parliament on Thursday voted to back attempts by the crisis-torn ex-Soviet nation to seek NATO membership, a move set to heighten tensions with Russia. …read more Source: The West...
Accord reached for MH17 relatives to watch victims’ final hours (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – Relatives of those killed when flight MH17 was downed over Ukraine in mid-2014 were given the green light Thursday to view final images of victims as they boarded the ill-fated flight. …read more Source: The West...
1 dead, 7 injured in fighting in eastern Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) ” The Ukrainian government says at least one soldier was killed and seven others were injured in an apparent uptick in fighting in the country’s east.Fighting between government forces and Russia-backed separatists has… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
