Ukraine
The Communist Party of Ukraine and the Party of Regions have not concluded any
agreements concerning the support of Mykola Azarov’s candidacy for prime
minister’s post, Communist Party faction leader
Dec. 28, 2012
Ukraine’s most watched television channel, Inter, is preparing to surprise next year. A long-time backer of President Viktor Yanukovych and his government, it is preparing to change its programming p
Dec. 27, 2012
Over half of Ukrainians are against granting official status to the Russian language, according to a survey conducted by the Rating Sociological Group this autumn.
Dec. 27, 2012
The leader of the Svoboda parliamentary faction, Oleh Tiahnybok, has denied the existence of anti-Semitism in his party.
Dec. 27, 2012
The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, has formed 29 committees and
an ad hoc supervisory board and approved their composition.
Dec. 25, 2012
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine terminated on Tuesday MP’s powers of Leonid Kozhara, Oleksandr Lavrynovych, and Dmytro Tabachnyk.
Dec. 25, 2012
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has formed the new Ministry of Revenues and Duties on the basis of the State Tax Service and the State Customs Service and appointed former Chairman of the State
Dec. 24, 2012
The UDAR Party, headed by Vitali Klitschko, and the United National Movement Party, led by Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, which switched to the opposition after the last parliamentary electi
Dec. 24, 2012
On Monday President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych named ministers of the new government and signed a decree on some issues of fulfilling tasks and powers imposed on the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
Dec. 24, 2012
European integration is more advantageous to Ukraine than accession to the Customs Union, MP Sergiy Tigipko has said.
Dec. 22, 2012
Sergiy Tigipko has said he is not planning to work in the government of Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov.
Dec. 22, 2012
Eight fancy and modern South Korean-made high-speed Hyundai Rotem trains, purchased for $30 million apiece this year, are turning out to be lemons, some passengers say, with frequent breakdowns amid o
Dec. 21, 2012
Hyundai Company has offered its apologies to Ukrainian passengers for discomfort during the use of South Korean high-speed trains and the company has started working on the liquidation of malfunctions
Dec. 21, 2012
When Eugenia Tymoshenko celebrates the New Year, her mother will still be in prison and her father in exile.
Dec. 20, 2012
Almost a half of Ukrainians (46%) support the country’s accession to the Customs Union, and 62% think that a national referendum should be called to decide on the issue.
Dec. 20, 2012
A colleague of former Ukrainian Premier Yulia Tymoshenko, Andriy
Shkil, who did not win a seat in the new parliament under the
Batkivschyna United Opposition lists and who has been deprived of deputy
Dec. 18, 2012