Section: Australia&NZ
Ukraine takes Russia to UN court over rebel funding, Crimea
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) ” Ukraine is taking Russia to the United Nations’ highest judicial body, accusing Moscow of financing separatist rebels and racially discriminating against ethnic Tartars and Ukrainians in the annexed Crimean… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine to accuse Russia of ‘terrorism’ in top UN court (AFP)
The Hague (AFP) – Kiev will seek to convince the UN’s top court Monday that Moscow is “sponsoring terrorism” in a bloody conflict involving separatist pro-Russian rebels, as tensions escalate in war-torn eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Czar bust in Crimea reportedly appears to shed tears
MOSCOW (AP) ” Russian news reports say curious and pious people are visiting a bust of the last czar in the Crimean capital after reports spread that the sculpture appeared to be weeping.The bust of Nicholas II was erected near… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
EU extends sanctions against ex-Ukraine president: source (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – The European Union on Friday extended sanctions against former Ukraine president Viktor Yanukovych for embezzling state funds just before pro-EU protests ousted him in 2014, an EU source said Friday. …read more Source: The West...
Russia, NATO in first high-level military talks since freeze (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Senior Russian and NATO military chiefs on Friday held their first phone talks since ties between the two sides collapsed over the crisis in Ukraine, the defence ministry in Moscow said. …read more Source: The West...
EU extends sanctions against 15 Ukrainians over corruption
BRUSSELS (AP) ” The European Union has extended for a year sanctions against 15 people in Ukraine accused of misusing state funds.The EU said in a statement Friday that the asset freezes are being prolonged for people “identified… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
EU member countries endorse visa-free entry for Ukrainians
BRUSSELS (AP) ” European Union member countries have backed a proposal to allow Ukrainian citizens into the bloc for short stays without visas.Ambassadors of EU member states on Thursday endorsed an agreement reached by negotiators… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Gas explosion kills eight in Ukraine (AAP)
At least eight miners have been killed and 20 remain unaccounted for after a methane explosion at a coal mine in Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Gas explosion kills at least eight miners in western Ukraine
At least eight miners were killed in a methane gas explosion in a coal mine in western Ukraine’s Lviv region, the Ukrainian emergencies service said. …read more Source:...
Deadly blast rips through Ukraine coal mine (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – A deadly methane gas explosion tore through a coal mine in western Ukraine on Thursday, killing at least eight miners in the latest pit disaster to hit the ex-Soviet state. …read more Source: The West...
