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Lytvyn: Communist Martyniuk could become parliament's first vice speaker

20:23

11.03.2010

Communist Party MP Adam Martyniuk could become the first deputy chairman of the Ukrainian parliament, Parliament Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn has said.

Ukraine will meet all obligations to peacekeeping missions - Yanukovych

18:02

11.03.2010

Ukraine will meet all of its international obligations to commit its servicemen to international peacekeeping operations, said Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych.

Worst times are gone with appointment of new government - Yanukovych

16:25

11.03.2010

The new Ukrainian government will stop the destruction, President Viktor Yanukovych said in an address posted on his Web site on Thursday.

Parliament approves new cabinet

12:50

11.03.2010

The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, approved the new cabinet on Thursday.

Azarov becomes Ukrainian prime minister

12:23

11.03.2010

Ukraine's parliament has named Mykola Azarov as prime minister.

Businessman wounded in shooting in center of Kyiv

12:04

11.03.2010

Unknown persons have fired shots at a car in Pechersk district in Kyiv, and a businessman in the car was wounded.

Yanukovych nominates Khroshkovsky as SBU head

11:17

11.03.2010

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has registered in parliament a draft resolution on the appointment of Valeriy Khroshkovsky to the post of the SBU head.

Speaker announces creation of Stability and Reforms coalition comprising of 235 MPs

10:25

11.03.2010

The Stability and Reforms coalition has been created in the parliament, comprising 235 lawmakers.

Our Ukraine- People's Self Defense faction goes to opposition, says faction leader

10:11

11.03.2010

The leader of the Our Ukraine- People's Self Defense faction Mykola Martynenko has said that his faction is going to opposition.

Lavrynovych: Regions Party, Communists, Bloc of Lytvyn ready to form coalition

21:00

10.03.2010

The parliamentary factions of the Regions Party, the Communist Party and the Bloc of Lytvyn have taken decisions to form a coalition with other MPs, Parliament First Vice Speaker Oleksandr Lavrynovych of the Regions Party has said.

Tymoshenko: Individual membership of coalition will delegitimize power in Ukraine

19:00

10.03.2010

The signing of a law allowing individual MPs to gain membership of a parliamentary coalition is the beginning of the de-legitimization of power, BYT leader Yulia Tymoshenko has said.

Yuschenko now has granddaughter, Varvara

18:19

10.03.2010

The son of third Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko, Andriy, now has a daughter, the Our Ukraine Party reported on its Web site on Wednesday.

Yanukovych signs law changing coalition formation procedure

17:30

10.03.2010

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has signed amendments to the law on the Verkhovna Rada's regulations foreseeing that a parliamentary coalition can be formed by factions and certain MPs, the presidential press service has reported.

Yuschenko: European Parliament has 'historical complex' with respect to Bandera

16:27

10.03.2010

The European Parliament has "a historical complex" with respect to Stepan Bandera, one of the leaders of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, former Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko said at a meeting with intellectuals in Lviv on Wednesday.

Yuschenko calls for Yanukovych to veto amendments to law on parliament's regulations

12:52

10.03.2010

Our Ukraine party leader Viktor Yuschenko has sent a letter to Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych with a request that he veto amendments to the law on regulations of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the party's press service reported on Wednesday.