Section: Australia&NZ
Ukraine MP claims ex-president’s party secretly paid ex-Trump aide $750,000 (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – An Ukrainian MP alleged Tuesday that the party of ousted president Viktor Yanukovych secretly paid former Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort $750,000 via an offshore shell company. …read more Source: The West...
Romania to send 120 air defense troops to Poland
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) ” Romania’s president says the country will send 120 air defense troops to support NATO’s presence in Poland amid unease about Russia’s interventions in Ukraine.Speaking after a meeting of the country’s top… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine lawmaker: Manafort tried to hide $750,000 payment
MOSCOW (AP) ” A Ukrainian lawmaker has published a document that he said ties Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, to attempts to hide a $750,000 payment from a pro-Russia political party.Jason Maloni, a spokesman… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Blockade of rebel-held east forecast to hurt Ukraine economy
MOSCOW (AP) ” Ukraine’s central bank says a trade blockade of rebel-held regions in the east is hurting the economy.The National Bank of Ukraine says it has slashed its estimate for economic growth in 2017 to 1.9 percent from the… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
CELEBRATION OF THE 203rd ANNIVERSARY OF TARAS SHEVCHENKO’S BIRTH
Ukrainians in Australia marks the 203rd anniversary of the birth of Ukraines Bard, Taras Shevchenko. Though he lived only 47 years, he produced poetry and artwork that is cherished around the world and his dedication to the Ukrainian cause will re…(Українці Австралії та їх нашадки відзначили 203-тю річницю з дня народження Великого Кобзаря....
UKRAINE: BLOCKADE OR POLITICAL INTRIGUE
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko approved the decision of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council on the termination of cargo transportation with Donbass areas not controlled by Kyiv. “Implement the decision of the National Security an…(16 березня президент України Петро Порошенко ввів у дію рішення Ради національної...
STUDENTS AWARDS AND PRIZES
On Sunday, 19th March, 2017, excellent students in Ukrainian Studies receive prizes in recognition of their achievements he recipients of the 2016 Monash Rudewych Year 12 Ukrainian Language Scholarships and Encouragement Awards were announced in M…(Нагороди, іменні стипендії та премії панства М.і В.Рудевичів, студентам Лекторату...
AUSTRALIA: ACTIONS OF SOLIDARITY WITH UKRAINE
On Sunday, 19th March 2017, the members of the Ukrainian community of Victoria held a patriotic action of solidarity with Ukraine to marks the 100 years since the beginning of the Ukrainian revolution of 1917-1921 years, the third anniversary of t…() …read more Source:...
Japan and Russia hold talks on security, territorial dispute
TOKYO (AP) ” The foreign and defense ministers from Japan and Russia are meeting in Tokyo for the first “two-plus-two” talks since Russia’s annexation of Ukraine.Monday’s one-day meeting comes as the sides work to end a decades-long… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Dutch families plant first trees at MH17 memorial park (AFP)
Vijfhuizen (Netherlands) (AFP) – Relatives of those killed when flight MH17 was downed over Ukraine in mid-2014, on Saturday planted the first trees in a Dutch memorial park not far from where the ill-fated plane departed. …read more Source: The West...
