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Ukrainian speaker announces break up of majority coalition in parliament

12:10

02.03.2010

Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn on Tuesday announced the termination of the parliamentary coalition.

Ukraine's foreign minister calls on politicians to unite to pursue European integration

10:42

02.03.2010

Ukrainian politicians should unite to pursue the idea of European integration, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Petro Poroshenko said.

Herman: Yanukovych's first national trip as president will be to Kaniv

20:30

01.03.2010

Viktor Yanukovych's first national trip as Ukrainian president could be to the town of Kaniv in Cherkasy region on March 9, Deputy Head of Ukraine's Presidential Administration Hanna Herman said in Brussels on Monday.

Yanukovych says Buzek praised his intention to resume pragmatic relations with Russia

19:22

01.03.2010

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has said that European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek praised his intentions to resume relations with "important international players" and, first and foremost, with Russia.

OU-PSD faction proposes Ukraine apply for EU membership

18:50

01.03.2010

Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense Bloc MP Mykola Katerynchuk has registered in parliament a bill on Ukraine's applying for membership of the European Union.

Government dismisses Moskal as deputy interior minister, chief of Interior Ministry's office in Crimea

16:57

01.03.2010

The Ukrainian government on Monday dismissed Hennadiy Moskal as deputy interior minister and chief of the Interior Ministry's office in Crimea, Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers Petro Krupko has said.

Yanukovych congratulates Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I on birthday

15:35

01.03.2010

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has congratulated Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the head of the Orthodox Church of Constantinople, on his 70th birthday.

Ex-MP Lozinsky detained in Kyiv, says Prosecutor General's Office

12:37

01.03.2010

Officers of the Prosecutor General's Office and Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) have detained former MP Viktor Lozinsky, who is a suspect in a murder case, the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office have told Interfax-Ukraine.

Tymoshenko demands parliament should consider her government's dismissal on March 2

10:43

01.03.2010

Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko demands that the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, debate a draft resolution on no confidence in her government at its Tuesday's meeting.

President Yanukovych leaves to Brussels for first official foreign visit

09:27

01.03.2010

Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych left on Monday morning for Brussels to meet European Union leaders during his first official foreign visit.

Ukrainian foreign minister meets with counterpart from Congo

15:07

27.02.2010

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko met on Friday with Foreign Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo Alexis Thambwe Mwamba, who arrived in Ukraine to attend the inauguration of Ukraine's new president Viktor Yanukovych.

Time of experiments with early parliamentary elections in Ukraine has gone, deputy speaker says

13:55

27.02.2010

Ukraine's parliament will be elected within the timeframes envisaged by the Constitution, first deputy chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Oleksandr Lavrynovych of the Party of Regions has said.

Stavniychuk resigns as deputy head of presidential secretariat

13:02

27.02.2010

Deputy head of the presidential secretariat of Ukraine's ex-president Viktor Yuschenko Maryna Stavniychuk has resigned.

Ukraine not facing default at present, says presidential administration official

12:15

27.02.2010

First deputy head of Ukraine's presidential administration Iryna Akimova said that Ukraine is not currently facing default.

Yanukovych in Moscow to discuss gas issues - Akimova

02:03

27.02.2010

First Deputy Head of Presidential Administration of Ukraine Iryna Akimova not exclude that the president during his visit to Moscow to discuss gas issues.