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Ukraine's foreign minister hopes for effective, fruitful cooperation with new European Commission

03:32

12.02.2010

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Petro Poroshenko has said he hopes for effective and fruitful cooperation with the new staff of the European Commission.

Sarkozy says France ready to help Yanukovych resolve problems in Ukraine

03:15

12.02.2010

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has congratulated Viktor Yanukovych on winning the presidential election in Ukraine, the media in Paris reported on Thursday.

Ukraine's nominal GDP shrinks by 4% in 2009, says central bank

00:31

12.02.2010

Ukraine's nominal gross domestic product (GDP) shrank by 4%, in 2009, down from UAH 949.864 billion in 2008, said Valeriy Lytvytsky, the head of the group of advisors to the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) governor.

BYT not excluding court rulings after release of official result of presidential election

00:11

12.02.2010

The Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko (BYT) does not rule out that after the official announcement by the Central Election Commission (CEC) of the official result of the run-off presidential election in Ukraine, certain courts will issue rulings regarding the holding of the election.

Regions Party: Kaczynski congratulates Yanukovych on winning presidential polls

20:03

11.02.2010

Polish President Lech Kaczynski, in a phone conversation on Thursday, congratulated Regions Party leader Viktor Yanukovych on success achieved in Ukraine's presidential election.

German president congratulates Yanukovych on election victory, says Regions Party

19:11

11.02.2010

German President Horst Koehler has congratulated Regions Party leader Viktor Yanukovych on winning the presidential election in Ukraine, the Regions Party's press service has reported.

Regions Party calls Tymoshenko most effective opposition figure in Ukraine

16:00

11.02.2010

Incumbent Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was and will be Ukraine's most effective opposition politician and she will not allow Regions Party leader Viktor Yanukovych not to fulfill his election promises at the presidential post, Regions Party Deputy Head Borys Kolesnikov has said.

Finance Ministry asking cabinet to cancel decision to transfer liabilities and assets of Nadra Bank to Rodovid Bank

13:02

11.02.2010

The Ukrainian Finance Ministry has proposed to cancel a cabinet resolution of December 23, 2009 on the transfer of liabilities and assets of Nadra Bank to Rodovid Bank (both based in Kyiv).

Ukraine's presidential election important for region as a whole, says European Commissioner

10:46

11.02.2010

The European Commission has confirms its positive assessment of the presidential election in Ukraine and said that Ukraine's democracy is continuing its process of consolidation.

European Parliament expects balanced policy from Yanukovych

18:50

10.02.2010

Pawel Kowal, the head of the European Parliament's election observation mission, who also chairs the delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee, has said that following the presidential election in Ukraine, the ball, in the sphere of relations between Kyiv and Brussels, is in the European Union's court.

Yanukovych invites Turkish prime minister to attend his presidential inauguration

17:40

10.02.2010

Viktor Yanukovych, who has won the presidential election in Ukraine, has invited Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan to attend his inauguration.

Turchynov: vote rigging in favor of Yanukovych was systematic, large-scale

15:40

10.02.2010

Oleksandr Turchynov, the head of Yulia Tymoshenko's campaign headquarters, has claimed that there was systematic and large-scale vote rigging in the February 7 run-off presidential election in Ukraine.

Yanukovych urges Tymoshenko to resign

14:38

10.02.2010

Leader of the Regions Party Viktor Yanukovych has called on current Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to resign and go into opposition.

Tymoshenko might announce recognition of election result, go into opposition, says MP

12:42

10.02.2010

Ukrainian presidential candidate and incumbent Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko may on Wednesday or Thursday announce that she recognizes the presidential election result and that she will go into opposition, according to a member of her BYT parliamentary faction, MP Sviatoslav Oliynyk.

With 100% of ballots counted, Yanukovych gets 48.95% of votes, Tymoshenko 45.47%

12:36

10.02.2010

With 100% of the electronic returns from district election commissions processed, Viktor Yanukovych has won 48.95% of the vote (12,481,268 votes) in the February 7 run-off presidential election, while Yulia Tymoshenko received 45.47% (11,593,340 votes).