Section: Australia&NZ
Merkel visit to Russia lined up: Kremlin (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel is due to visit Moscow for talks with President Vladimir Putin set to cover the crisis in Ukraine, the Kremlin said Wednesday. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine announces economic blockade of rebel-held territory
MOSCOW (AP) ” Ukraine’s Security and Defense Council has announced a full transport blockade on rebel-held areas in the east of the country that is likely to cause severe economic disruption.The president of Security and Defense… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine may arrest Russia’s wheelchair-confined Eurovision singer Yulia Samoylova
Ukraine said Monday that it may bar Russia’s contestant from entering, on the grounds that she illegally toured Crimea after Moscow annexed the peninsula in 2014. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
UKRAINE AGAINST RUSSIA AT THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
Kyiv accuses Russia of violating UN conventions against terrorism and discrimination by supporting groups in eastern Ukraine and Crimea. Moscow seized control of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in March 2014 and has supported separatists in eastern Uk…(Міжнародний суд в Гаазі розглядає позов, поданий Україною до Росії в середині січня...
Ukraine to ban Russian Eurovision entry
Eurovision 2017 : Yulia Samoylova, chanteuse handicapée, représentera la Russie https://t.co/rbP7yr9z4O pic.twitter.com/vFSbXqvj7c— TV Magazine (@TVMAG) March 13, 2017 This year’s Eurovision Song Contest host Ukraine may ban Russia’s competitor from entering the country following reports the singer has visited Crimea since the...
EU extends Russia sanctions over Ukraine for 6 more months
BRUSSELS (AP) ” The European Union has extended for six months sanctions against 150 Russia-linked people over the territorial disputes in eastern Ukraine.The EU said in a statement Monday that the asset freezes and travel bans… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Two Ukrainian soldiers killed, 16 wounded in fresh fighting (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s army reported Saturday two soldiers killed in clashes with Russian-backed rebels, in a new uptick in violence across eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Putin tells German FM he wants better ties
MOSCOW (AP) ” Russian President Vladimir Putin has told the visiting German foreign minister that he would like to improve ties between the two countries that were soured by the Ukraine crisis.Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
France says Russia sanctions to remain in place
PARIS (AP) ” France’s foreign minister says sanctions on Russia cannot be lifted until there is progress in Ukraine.The European Union sanctions were imposed on Russia for backing separatists in eastern Ukraine. Fighting has killed… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Couple ‘held in the UAE for sex outside marriage’
A South African man and his Ukrainian fiancée were detained in Abu Dhabi after a doctor discovered that the woman was pregnant, a relative says.Emlyn Culverwell, 29, and Iryna Nohai, 27, were reportedly arrested for unlawful sex… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
