Section: Australia&NZ
Macron to host Putin for May 29 talks on Syria, Ukraine (AFP)
Paris (AFP) – French President Emmanuel Macron will host Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin next week as the countries look to reset strained relations, notably over Syria and Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
YES, THIS IS A CARMEN WITH DMYTRO POPOV NOT TO BE MISSED…
Bogdan Rudnytski interviewed the Ukrainian tenor Dmytro Popov, who was a prize winner at Plácido Domingos 2007 Operalia World Contest in Paris. Mr Popov made several significant debuts: 22 years old artist at the Kyiv National Opera, after at …(Богдан Рудницький веде розмову із сучасною українською зіркою-тенором Дмитром Поповим, котрий у...
Ukraine delays vote on religious bill outraging Russia (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s parliament on Thursday postponed a vote on a religious bill that has outraged Russia because it suggests imposing severe restrictions on the branch of the Orthodox Church headed by the Moscow patriarchate. …read more Source: The West...
Two police hurt in attack on LGBT rally in Ukraine (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Two Ukrainian policemen were hospitalised after they tried to disperse about 30 young men who attacked a rally by gay and transgender rights activists in the eastern city of Kharkiv, law enforcement officials said Thursday. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine shelves corruption bill angering West (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian lawmakers bowed Wednesday to International Monetary Fund pressure and shelved a highly-controversial bill that critics feared would have defanged the former Soviet republic’s vital fight against corruption. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine puts brakes on corruption bill angering West (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s lawmakers Wednesday put the brakes on a bill that has triggered concern from its Western allies for hampering anti-corruption efforts in the graft-riddled former Soviet republic. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine’s presidential office says website attacked by Russia (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – The Ukrainian presidential administration said its website had been attacked by Russia in apparent retaliation for Kiev’s decision to block prominent Russian social networks. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine to block access to Russia’s social media websites
MOSCOW (AP) ” In another round of sanctions in response to Russia’s annexation of Crimea, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says he will block access to Russia’s most popular social media websites and search engines.Poroshenko’s… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
US political chaos is a return on Moscow’s investment
Russia has yet to collect much of what it hoped for from the Trump Administration, including the lifting of US sanctions and recognition of its annexation of Crimea.But the Kremlin has got a different return on its effort to help… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Eurovision winner greeted by ecstatic Portuguese nation
LISBON (AP) ” Eurovision winner Salvador Sobral was greeted as a national hero upon his return home to Portugal on Sunday, a day after winning the song contest in Ukraine’s capital.The 27-year-old Sobral was a virtual unknown before… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
