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Lytvyn not ruling out repeat of mass protests in 2010

18:20

14.01.2010

Verkhovna Rada Chairman and presidential candidate Volodymyr Lytvyn has said he does not rule out a repeat of the presidential election scenario of 2004 in 2010.

Interior Ministry denies claims of involvement of men dressed as police in scuffle near government

17:40

14.01.2010

The Ukrainian Interior Ministry's collegium has denied allegations by presidential candidate and Regions Party leader Viktor Yanukovych that men dressed as police officers were involved in a scuffle with participants in a protest held outside the building of the Cabinet of Ministers on Wednesday.

Decline in flu and acute respiratory infection rate seen in Ukraine, says chief sanitary inspector

13:37

14.01.2010

There has been a decline in the influenza and acute respiratory infection rate in Ukraine, First Deputy Health Minister and Ukraine's Chief Sanitary Inspector Oleksandr Bilovol said at a sitting of the parliament on Wednesday.

Presidential candidate Tigipko spends UAH 90 m on his election campaign

12:04

14.01.2010

Presidential Candidate Sergiy Tigipko has spent UAH 90 million on his election campaign, he announced on Wednesday at a press conference dedicated to the results of his election campaign.

Ukraine's parliament closes its special meeting

10:58

14.01.2010

Thursday's special meeting of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, has closed.

Ukraine's Foreign Ministry, OSCE's observers to keep in contact during presidential election

10:10

14.01.2010

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Petro Poroshenko has met with the head of a monitoring mission of the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) for Ukraine's presidential election, Swiss diplomat Heidi Tagliavini.

CEC could register Georgian observers on Thursday after court ruling

18:00

13.01.2010

Kyiv's Administrative Court of Appeals has obliged the Central Election Commission (CEC) to reconsider the registration of international official observers from Georgia, CEC Deputy Head Andriy Mahera has told Interfax-Ukraine.

Yuschenko describes CEC's refusal to register Georgian observers as 'yellow card' for democracy

16:30

13.01.2010

Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko has said that the Central Election Commission's (CEC) refusal to register Georgian observers for the January 17 presidential election in Ukraine is a "yellow card" for Ukrainian democracy.

Yuschenko: Absence of funds could disrupt work of election commissions

16:20

13.01.2010

Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko has said he fears that the absence of funds on election day could disrupt the work of certain election commissions.

NBU asks banks to set currency rates cautiously

14:40

13.01.2010

The National Bank of Ukraine has drawn bank heads' attention to the need to cautiously set rates of foreign currency sale and purchase while performing operations with the bank's clients and other banks.

Tymoshenko accuses Regions Party of preparing to rig presidential election

12:41

13.01.2010

Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who is running for president, has said that large-scale falsification of the presidential election is planned by her principal opponent in the presidential race - Regions Party leader Viktor Yanukovych.

Special meeting starts in Ukrainian parliament

10:17

13.01.2010

A special meeting has started in the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament.

Government reshuffles deputy head of Ukrzaliznytsia, head of Donetsk Railways

09:43

13.01.2010

Ukraine's government has transferred Borys Ostapchuk from the pos of deputy head of the State Railway Administration of Ukraine, also known as Ukrzaliznytsia, to the post of head of Donetsk Railways on January 6.

Yuschenko calls on Tymoshenko, Regions Party, Communist Party to amend law on presidential election

18:00

12.01.2010

Incumbent Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko, who is running for a second term, has called on Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, the Regions Party and the Communist Party to urgently amend the Ukrainian law on presidential elections.

Lytvyn calls for adoption of law on Ukrainian president

17:30

12.01.2010

Ukrainian Parliament Speaker and presidential candidate Volodymyr Lytvyn has called for the adoption of a law on the Ukrainian president.