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We must give up populism to fight crisis, says Yuschenko

17:10

13.03.2009

Ukraine needs to take practical, not populist measures to tackle the economic crisis, Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko has said.

Yanukovych proposes simultaneous parliamentary, presidential elections

16:50

13.03.2009

Regions Party leader Viktor Yanukovych believes that early parliamentary and presidential elections should be held simultaneously in Ukraine as soon as possible.

Tymoshenko, Putin to chair interstate commission meeting on economic cooperation in Moscow on March 27, says source

16:35

13.03.2009

The Ukrainian-Russian interstate commission on economic cooperation is to meet in Moscow on March 27, a source in the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry told Interfax-Ukraine on Friday.

Kyiv mayor back from leave early

14:39

13.03.2009

Kyiv Mayor Leonid Chernovetsky was back at his desk as of March 10, ending his annual leave early, the mayor has said in a statement.

Rada investigating commission considers it necessary to examine mental and physical state of Kyiv mayor

12:56

13.03.2009

A temporary commission of the Verkhovna Rada on the issues of investigating violations of legislation by the officials of Kyiv city state administration and Kyiv city council has come to the conclusion it is necessary to examine the mental and physical state of Kyiv Mayor Leonid Chernovetsky, the commission has told Interfax-Ukraine.

Presidential elections in Ukraine to take place on January 17, 2010, Baloha says

11:59

13.03.2009

The next presidential elections in Ukraine should take place on January 17, 2010, and acting Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko is not intending to appeal to the Constitutional Court on the issue, Viktor Baloha, the head of the presidential secretariat, has said in an interview with the Kommersant-Ukraine newspaper, published of Friday.

Moscow and Kyiv to start establishing good relations from scratch, Baloha says

10:42

13.03.2009

Viktor Baloha, the head of the Ukrainian presidential secretariat, lays the responsibility for worsening of Ukrainian-Russian relations upon the foreign ministers of the two countries and offers Moscow and Kyiv to turn over a new leaf.

BYT says union Party of Regions highly improbable

21:21

12.03.2009

The deputy leader of Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko faction, Andriy Portnov, has said that the union of his political force with the Party of Regions is highly improbable.

BYT votes could help complete constitutional reform, says Regions Party MP

20:10

12.03.2009

The joint voting of the Party of Regions and the Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko in the parliament could help complete the constitutional reform, one of the Party of Regions leaders MP Andriy Kliuyev believes.

Interior minister against raising speed limits on Ukraine's motorways

19:02

12.03.2009

Ukraine's Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko has said he is against raising speed limits on the country's motorways.