Section: The United Kingdom
Ukraine acts against corruption, protests mar election run-up
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine on Tuesday voted sweeping laws to stamp out corruption and curb Soviet-era state surveillance of political life as its pro-Western leaders acted to meet the demands of its future European partners before an election. …read more Source:...
Violent clashes in Kiev over demands for recognition for nationalist partisans
Unrest coincides with key votes on anti-corruption measures aimed at kick-starting Ukrainian economyClashes broke out on Tuesday between demonstrators and police in front of Ukraines parliament in Kiev as deputies inside repeatedly voted down proposals to recognise a contentious second world war-era Ukrainian partisan group as national...
Russian hackers targeted Nato PCs
Russian hackers repackaged and re-used an old bug to gain access to computers in Nato, western governments and Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Ukraine far right battles police
Ukrainian nationalists hurl smoke canisters and stones at police in Kiev during a rally over World War II anti-Soviet independence fighters. …read more Source:...
Protesters clash with police in Ukraine capital, throw smoke bombs
KIEV (Reuters) – A few thousand protesters clashed with police on Tuesday outside the Ukrainian parliament, throwing stones and smoke bombs and firing with air guns through the building’s windows. …read more Source:...
Ukraine parliament approves Poroshenko’s choice for defense minister
KIEV (Reuters) – The Ukrainian parliament on Tuesday approved National Guard chief Stepan Poltorak as new defense minister following his nomination by President Petro Poroshenko. …read more Source:...
MH17 victims families face lengthy battle for compensation
Australian law firm says families could receive as much as $10m each as it urges the government to join with other nations to fight for reparationsThree months after the shooting down of a civilian airliner over eastern Ukraine, the families of the 298 victims face a complex and lengthy journey towards compensation. One leading law firm...
Russian hackers target NATO, Ukraine and others: iSight
BOSTON (Reuters) – Russian hackers exploited a bug in Microsoft Windows and other software to spy on computers used by NATO, the European Union, Ukraine and companies in the energy and telecommunications sectors, according to cyber intelligence firm iSight Partners. …read more Source:...
Tony Abbotts threat to shirtfront Putin immature, Russian official says
Embassy official says Australian-Russian relations at a historic low and Abbott more interested in muscle flexing than investigating MH17 Tony Abbotts threat to shirtfront Vladimir Putin has been labelled as immature by a Russian embassy official, who pointed out while Abbott may be a fit cyclist, the Russian president was a judo champion....
Quotation quiz: was it Tony Abbott or Vladimir Putin? Who said what?
Australia’s prime minister, Tony Abbott, has been shaping up to the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, ahead of the G20 in Brisbane next month, saying he is going “shirtfront” him. But do these two macho leaders have more in common than they realise? Can you tell who uttered what? … …read more Source: The...
