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Disabled ‘condemned to life in institutions’
Growing numbers of disabled children in Ukraine are reportedly being condemned to life in institutions blighted by neglect and abuse. ||| Kiev, Ukraine – An international rights group says growing numbers of disabled children in Ukraine are being condemned to life in orphanages and institutions blighted by neglect and abuse.Disability...
Ukrainian Fighter Pilot’s Case More About Politics, Less About Law, Says Attorney
When Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine captured a fighter pilot loyal to Kyiv in June 2014, they got more than they bargained for. Nearly a year later, Nadiya Savchenko is on trial in Russia, and at the center of an international imbroglio. “This isn’t an ordinary case,” Russian attorney Mark Feygin said at the Atlantic Council...
Out of the Abyss: Anders Åslund Sees Hope for Ukrainian Economy
Ukraine: What Went Wrong and How to Fix It, the new book by Anders Åslund of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, presents so compelling an argument that—even before publication on April 17—it has already persuaded the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Western nations to adopt a $40 billion economic stabilization program for...
The Dutch team of investigators to renew search at MH17 crash site in Eastern Ukraine
The Dutch-led team of investigators that consists of 30-persons and includes five Malaysian investigators and one Australian has gained access to the area in Eastern Ukraine where most of the debris fell. The mission starts on Thursday, April 16, 2015, and is expected to last “a few weeks”, depending on the situation. The team’s...
Pro-Russian journalist Oles Buzyna shot dead in Kyiv
Interior Minister adviser Anton Herashchenko reported that pro-Russian journalist and writer Oles Buzyna has been shot dead on Thursday afternoon, April 16, 2015, by shots from a passing car, near his house on Dehtiarivska Street in Kyiv. PHOTO Magnolia TV Oles Buzyna in 2012 ran for a seat in Parliament on the Russian party ticket and till March...
MH370 search zone to be extended
Government ministers said that they would extend the search for missing Flight 370 if the wreckage is not found in the current search area. ||| Sydney – Government ministers from Australia, China and Malaysia on Thursday said that they would extend the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 by an additional 60 000 sq kilometres...
China Economy To Slow, Hurting Australia: IMF
The news that Australia faces a $30 billion revenue hit over the next four years as a result of lower iron ore prices, combined with a slowdown in China’s growth, spells bad news for the Australian economy. This report looks at predictions for the wider global economy. A crackdown on cheap credit in China is expected to help reduce the rate...
Russia should stop fueling conflict in Ukraine – U.S. General Philip Breedlove
NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander, Breedlove, said on his official Twitter, after was released report Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30 (Kyiv time), 13 April 2015: “Concerned by renewed fighting in Ukraine. Vital all sides pull back verifiably, Russia stops fuelling...
The cease-fire is violated in Eastern Ukraine despite the agreements of so-called ‘Normandy Four’
Pro-Russian terrorists continue shelling, despite the agreements of foreign ministers from Ukraine (Pavlo Klimkin), France (Laurent Fabius), Russia (Sergei Lavrov) and Germany (Frank-Walter Steinmeier) who met in Berlin to discuss a fragile ceasefire in Eastern Ukraine, a recent flare up in fighting after a period of relative calm, Russian...
Canada joins a training mission to help Ukraine because “almost every day, Ukrainian soldiers and civilians continue to die” – Ukraine’s chargé d’affaires in Canada M.Shevchenko
As it was announced earlier, Canada will send troops to Ukraine in “non-combat role” and in such way will help Ukraine’s military in the struggle against pro-Russian terrorists in Eastern Ukraine. Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Tuesday, April 14, 2015, that 200 troops will be deployed, to deliver military training for Ukrainian...