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BYT: Court obliges CEC to consider registration of Georgian observers
12:05
21.01.2010Kyiv Administrative Court of Appeals on Wednesday declared illegal the actions of the Central Election Commission (CEC) in refusing to take a decision on the registration of Georgian observers.
Parliament speaker to appeal to court if president fails to nominate new CEC member on Thursday
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21.01.2010Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn has said he will file an appeal in the courts if President Viktor Yuschenko does not nominate a new member of the Central Election Commission (CEC) on Thursday to replace Anatoliy Pysarenko, who was dismissed earlier.
CEC gets over half of official returns from electoral districts
18:50
20.01.2010The Central Election Commission (CEC) has received 124 out of 225 official returns from district election commissions as of 1730 on Wednesday, the commission's press service has told Interfax-Ukraine.
Ukraine to give NATO its view of participation in alliance's rapid response force
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20.01.2010Ukraine will submit its proposals to NATO regarding its participation in the alliance's rapid response force at a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission at the level of the chiefs of staff on January 26.
Pollsters predict smaller gap in support for Yanukovych, Tymoshenko in presidential run-off vote
16:32
20.01.2010The gap between presidential candidates Viktor Yanukovych and Yulia Tymoshenko will close significantly in the second round of the presidential election on February 7, and they may each have a fifty-fifty chance of winning the run-off vote, according to the pollsters of the Yaremenko Ukrainian Institute of Social Studies.
If elected, Tymoshenko to offer post of PM to Tigipko
16:00
20.01.2010Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who will face Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych in the second round of the presidential election on February 7, has said that if she is elected president she will offer the post of prime minister to Sergiy Tigipko.
Yanukovych includes some promises unrealized by Tymoshenko in his program
14:19
20.01.2010Leader of the Regions Party Viktor Yanukovych has assured supporters of Yulia Tymoshenko that he will fulfill all the promises that were given but not realized by the premier.
Yuschenko believes national idea theme was not defeated in election
13:07
20.01.2010Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko believes the national idea theme was not defeated in the first round of the presidential elections on January 17.
Tigipko in talks with Tymoshenko, Yanukovych, not backing either yet
11:55
20.01.2010Ukrainian banker and presidential candidate Sergiy Tigipko, who came third in the January 17 president ballot in Ukraine, said that he has had talks with the presidential candidates going to the run-off election, Viktor Yanukovych and Yulia Tymoshenko, but that he hasn't decided to support either of them.
Tymoshenko hopes 60% of voters who made democratic choice will give another chance to Ukraine during runoff
11:21
20.01.2010Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has expressed hope that 60% of the voters who voted in the first round of the presidential election for a democratic choice will give Ukraine hope and chance in the runoff election.
Death toll from Ukraine hospital blast stands at 16 - official
09:11
20.01.2010The bodies of 16 people have been found under the rubble of a hospital in Luhansk in eastern Ukraine following a Monday explosion that partially demolished the building, Ukrainian emergency spokesman Ihor Krol told Interfax on Wednesday.
CEC planning to announce returns of first round of Ukraine's presidential election within 3 days after receipt of all protocols
20:08
19.01.2010The Central Election Commission (CEC) will make every effort to announce the official returns of the presidential election in Ukraine within three days after the commission receives original copies of returns from all the district election commissions.
One of suspects in criminal case on Luhansk hospital explosion detained, says PGO
19:34
19.01.2010The police have detained head of health and safety department of Luhansk city hospital No. 7, who is suspected of violation of safety regulations, which resulted in fatalities, the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office reported.
Yanukovych says he's ready to cooperate with first round losers who support reform in Ukraine
14:30
19.01.2010Candidate for the Ukrainian presidency and Regions Party leader Viktor Yanukovych has said he is ready to cooperate with those candidates who failed to win through to the February 7 presidential runoff vote who have called for their country to be reformed.
Yanukovych leads Tymoshenko by more than 10% margin with 99.95% of ballots counted
14:15
19.01.2010With 99.95% of the votes from district election commissions counted, Viktor Yanukovych won 35.33% of the vote in the Ukrainian presidential election, while Yulia Tymoshenko won 25.05%.
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