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Tymoshenko accuses Chernovetsky of corrupt use of funds of Kyiv residents
17:06
12.12.2008Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has accused Kyiv Mayor Leonid Chernovetsky of using corrupt schemes to divert payments of Kyiv residents for heat and water supplies.
Tymoshenko orders checks of situation with Oranta
16:00
12.12.2008Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has insisted that checks be immediately conducted with the financial state of Kyiv-based national joint-stock insurance company Oranta.
Kazakh ambassador in Ukraine calls for more active relations between parliaments
14:59
12.12.2008Kazakh Ambassador to Ukraine and Moldova Amangeldy Zhumabaev voiced hope that the appointment of Verkhovna Rada Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn to the speaker's post would boost the development of inter-parliamentary relations while speaking at a meeting with Lytvyn on Friday, the Verkhovna Rada press service has reported.
Yuschenko against OU-PSD joining coalition, says Zvarych
13:44
12.12.2008Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko is against the Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense Bloc's joining the coalition between the BYT, the Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense Bloc and the Bloc of Lytvyn, OUPSD MP Roman Zvarych told the journalists on Friday.
Ukraine's parliament increases this year's budget by UAH 13 billion for pensioners
12:31
12.12.2008The Verkhovna Rada has passed a government bill on amendments to the state budget for 2008 about the provision of an additional UAH 5.2 billion for advance financing of pensions in January of 2009 and UAH 1.4 billion to raise the minimum pensions for coal miners.
Konovaliuk wants Prosecutor's Office to investigate participation of Ukrainian military specialists on Georgia's side in Russian-Georgian conflict
11:24
12.12.2008The head of Verkhovna Rada temporary commission investigating sales of Ukrainian weapons to Georgia, Valeriy Konovaliuk (the Regions Party), repeated claims that Ukrainian military specialists participated in the Russian-Georgian conflict in August 2008 on the Georgia's side while speaking in an interview to the 2000 weekly published on Friday.
PM again seeking to place responsibility on others and 'remain unstained,' Yanukovych says
19:03
11.12.2008Regions Party Leader Viktor Yanukovych has said that the authorities, instead of working effectively, are trying to place their responsibilities on the shoulders of others.
New cycle of confrontation brewing between president, premier, says expert
18:14
11.12.2008The developments of December 9, when newly elected Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn announced the creation of a coalition comprising the Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko, the Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense Bloc, and the Bloc of Lytvyn, "opened a new stage in confrontation between the premier and the president," Director of the Penta Center for Political Studies Andriy Yermolayev has said.
Opposition urges cut of expenditure on presidential secretariat, parliament and government
17:17
11.12.2008The Regions Party faction has called for an urgent cut in spending on the presidential secretariat, the Verkhovna Rada and the Cabinet of Ministers, Regions Party Leader Viktor Yanukovych said at an opening of the opposition government on Thursday.
Yuschenko calls for judges to restore confidence in judicial branch of power
15:59
11.12.2008Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko has called for judges who were appointed to their posts for the first time to restore confidence in the country's judicial branch of power.
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