Section: Australia&NZ
THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST 2017 IN KYIV
The official opening ceremony was held on Sunday evening. At the beginning of the event the guests were congratulated by First Lady of Ukraine Maryna Poroshenko, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klichko and Executive Supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest Jon…(7 травня у Києві відбулася офіційна церемонія відкриття міжнародного пісенного конкурсу...
Could the Chernobyl disaster pave the way for life on Mars?
The 1986 disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine saw high doses of radiation blasted into the surrounding area.The long-term effects on living organisms are of high interest to scientists in a range of applications,… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
In Ukraine, feeling grows that the east is lost to Russia
MINSK, Belarus (AP) ” Leonid Androv, an electrician from Kiev, was drafted into the Ukrainian army and spent a year fighting Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine after the conflict broke out in 2014. Now, like many other Ukrainians,… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Tillerson, Lavrov to meet this week in Washington (AFP)
Washington (AFP) – US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will meet in Washington on Wednesday with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov to discuss issues including the conflict in Ukraine and how to end the war in Syria, the State Department said. …read more Source: The West...
Armed man ‘sexually harassed’ female monitor in rebel Ukraine: OSCE (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – A female member of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe mission monitoring the conflict in eastern Ukraine was “sexually harassed” by an armed man in rebel territory, the group confirmed Sunday. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine lets Yanukovych testify by video in treason trial (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – A Kiev court on Thursday adjourned the treason trial of deposed president Viktor Yanukovych in order to let him testify by video link from his hideout in Russia. …read more Source: The West...
Five killed in Ukraine’s deadliest 24 hours since Easter truce (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Four Ukrainian soldiers and a civilian were killed in the deadliest 24-hour period in Ukraine’s eastern separatist war zone since the start of an Easter truce, officials said Wednesday. …read more Source: The West...
The Latest: Putin to discuss Ukraine, Syria with Merkel
MOSCOW (AP) ” The Latest on German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin (all times local):2:40 p.m.Russian President Vladimir Putin has told German Chancellor Angela Merkel that he hopes they… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Germany’s Merkel arrives in Russia for talks with Putin
MOSCOW (AP) ” German Chancellor Angela Merkel has arrived in Russia for talks with President Vladimir Putin expected to focus on the unresolved conflict in Ukraine and the civil war in Syria.Merkel traveled to the Black Sea city… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
New lease of life for Ukraine’s war-torn mountain observatory (AFP)
Chornogora mountain rescue post (Ukraine) (AFP) – Perched spectacularly 2,000 metres up on a snowcapped peak in Ukraine’s Carpathian Mountains, the Bilyi Slon observatory has stood empty and battered by the elements for some seven decades. …read more Source: The West...
