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Putin expects improvement in Russian-Ukrainian relations

17:57

15.02.2010

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin expressed optimism on Monday saying relations with Ukraine look set to improve under Viktor Yanukovych.

Yuschenko asking court to swiftly consider appeals against election returns

17:17

15.02.2010

Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko has asked the Higher Administrative Court of Ukraine to hear appeals concerning the election returns by candidates for Ukraine's presidency swiftly and according to the law, the president's press service reported.

Tymoshenko's team to challenge election returns on Tuesday, demand live broadcast of court's sitting

16:28

15.02.2010

The election headquarters of Ukrainian presidential contender Yulia Tymoshenko will lodge an appeal with the Higher Administrative Court, challenging the Central Election Commission's decision to announce the run-off vote returns and will demand the live broadcasting of the hearings, headquarters' chief Oleksandr Turchynov said.

BYT to challenge result of presidential election at Higher Administrative Court no later than Tuesday

14:00

15.02.2010

The Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko (BYT) will lodge an appeal at the Higher Administrative Court of Ukraine (HACU) on Monday or Tuesday against the result of the presidential election in Ukraine, BYT faction head Ivan Kyrylenko has said.

Political scientists: Tymoshenko has no chance of challenging official result of presidential election

13:50

15.02.2010

Ukrainian political scientists have said that the possibility of challenging the official result of the presidential election is unlikely, Director of Kyiv Center for Political and Conflict Studies Mykhailo Pohrebynsky has said.

Parliament speaker proposes conducting presidential inauguration on February 25

11:49

15.02.2010

Ukrainian Parliament Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn has proposed that parliament pass a resolution on holding a ceremonial parliament meeting on the presidential inauguration on February 25.

Medvedev congratulates Yanukovych on election, invites to Russia

11:10

15.02.2010

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has sent a message of greetings to Viktor Yanukovych on being elected the president of Ukraine, the Kremlin reports.

Yanukovych officially declared winner of Ukrainian presidential election

16:16

14.02.2010

The Central Election Commission has declared Viktor Yanukovych as the elected Ukrainian president.

Ukrainian sportsmen take part in Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Vancouver

14:34

13.02.2010

Ukrainian athletes took part in an opening ceremony of Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver.

Three Ukrainians on two tucks strand into snow drift in Russia, says Foreign Ministry

13:25

13.02.2010

Three Ukrainian citizens, who were shipping fruit on two trucks, have stranded into snowdrift in Russia due to bad weather, the press service of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has reported.

OU-PSD proposes postponing local elections until autumn

19:28

12.02.2010

Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense (OU-PSD) MP Oksana Bilozir has proposed postponing until this autumn the elections to the local councils, as well as the election of city mayors and village heads, the parliamentarian's press service reported on Friday.

Regions Party expects CEC to announce official result of presidential election this weekend

16:30

12.02.2010

The Regions Party expects that the Central Election Commission (CEC) will announce the official result of Ukraine's presidential election on Saturday or Sunday and declare Viktor Yanukovych its winner, Regions Party Deputy Head Anna Herman has said.

Chief Russian Rabbi hoping Yanukovych will continue speaking against glorification of Nazism

15:26

12.02.2010

Russia's chief rabbi Berl Lazar has said he is hoping that Viktor Yanukovych, who was announced the winner of the Ukrainian presidential election, will continue to defend tolerance and speak out against "aggressive nationalism" in Ukraine.

Parliament approves law on state administration in sphere of topographic, geodesic and cartographic activity

15:26

12.02.2010

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has approved a law aimed at improving state administration in the sphere of topographic, geodesic and cartographic activity.

CEC receives official returns from all 225 district election commissions

14:12

12.02.2010

The Central Election Commission of Ukraine has received original copies of the February 7 presidential election run-off vote returns from all 225 district election commissions, however the returns from eight local commissions still have to be checked.