Ukraine
Arsen Avakov, former Kharkiv regional governor and the head of the Kharkiv regional branch of the Batkivschyna Party, has said he plans soon to return to Ukraine to work in parliament.
Nov. 27, 2012
Seventeen percent of voters would have voted against everybody at the
parliamentary elections on October 28, if such option had been in the
election ballots, according to the results of a public opin
Nov. 26, 2012
Ukrainian Parliament Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn believes that the election of Kyiv mayor may be held in spring of 2013.
Nov. 24, 2012
It took more than 50 years, but Ukraine has finally changed its criminal law.
Nov. 22, 2012
Svoboda Party’s success in the Oct. 28 parliamentary election came as a surprise even for its own leaders. Unsure if it would hit the 5 percent threshold for getting elected, the right-wing nationalis
Nov. 22, 2012
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has upheld its ruling on the case of former Ukrainian Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko by rejecting the Ukrainian government’s request to the Grand Chamber to
Nov. 20, 2012
Outgoing Ukrainian Emergencies Minister Viktor Baloha, who was elected an MP in a single-seat constituency in the Oct. 28 parliamentary elections, has thanked the employees of the ministry for their w
Nov. 20, 2012
Roman Vintoniv in October was better known
to parliamentary candidates as Michael Shchur, whose last name –rat in
Ukrainian – should have given them a clue with whom they were dealing.
Nov. 20, 2012
The ministers that were elected to a new parliament should decide where they will work taking into account Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych’s opinion on the issue, according to Ukrainian Prime Mi
Nov. 20, 2012
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has signed a law amending the regulations of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, reads a posting on the president’s Web site on Monday.
Nov. 19, 2012
The majority of Ukrainians and Russians support their countries’ independence but favor greater openness and friendship without visas or customs, according to an opinion poll held by the Kyiv Internat
Nov. 19, 2012
The results of the October 28 parliamentary elections in Ukraine show the success of pro-European spirit in the country, according to the President of Poland Bronislaw Komorowski. The state official n
Nov. 18, 2012
Ukraine’s jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko on Friday ended a hunger strike which she began 18 days ago in protest against alleged vote-rigging by the ruling party in the October28 parliamenta
Nov. 16, 2012
Kharkiv – Former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has said that the goal for which she went on a hunger strike has been achieved.
Nov. 16, 2012
Elena Pinchuk has been
ordered to pay more than $500,000 to a U.S. landscape design company,
which from 2004-2008 did work on a mansion in the luxurious Kyiv
suburb of Koncha Zaspa, where she and her
Nov. 16, 2012
The political parties that ran for the Ukrainian parliament in 2012
spent more than Hr 600 million on the election campaign in multi-member
constituencies, the Central Election Commission of Ukraine
Nov. 16, 2012
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