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Regions Party to organize protest rallies in all Ukrainian regions on March 27 with up to 100,000 protesters expected

19:48

26.03.2009

Protest rallies led by the Regions Party will take place in all Ukrainian regions and the city of Kyiv on March 27.

Russian ambassador slams signing of declaration on Ukraine's GTS modernization

19:04

26.03.2009

Russian Ambassador to Ukraine Viktor Chernomyrdin has criticized the declaration on the modernization of the Ukrainian gas transportation system signed by Ukraine and the European Union.

Svoboda member heads Ternopil regional council

18:02

26.03.2009

A member of the Svoboda All-Ukrainian Association, Oleksiy Kaida, has been elected chairman of Ternopil regional council.

Yuschenko proposes PGO set up separate division for combating unlawful seizure of enterprises

17:11

26.03.2009

Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko has asked the prosecutor general to consider a proposal to set up a separate division at the Prosecutor General's Office for fighting unlawful takeovers and seizures of enterprises.

Tymoshenko attended Embassy of God church, says Kyiv mayor

16:05

26.03.2009

Kyiv Mayor Leonid Chernovetsky has said that Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko attended the services of the Embassy of God church.

Ukraine's leadership, NBU to discuss resumption of IMF mission's work on Friday, says presidential press secretary

15:01

26.03.2009

Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn and National Bank of Ukraine Governor Volodymyr Stelmakh will on Friday hold a regular meeting on coordinating the activities of all branches of power to tackle the economic crisis.

Chernovetsky plans to run for president of Ukraine

14:15

26.03.2009

Kyiv Mayor Leonid Chernovetsky has said he plans to participate in the forthcoming presidential elections.

Over 2,000 minibus drivers on strike in central Kyiv

13:16

26.03.2009

Over 2,000 minibuses have appeared in the central area of Kyiv, with their drivers protesting against the actions of Kyiv officials, according to the press service of the Interior Ministry Head Department in Kyiv.

Problems of Interior troops should be solved immediately, says Yuschenko

11:56

26.03.2009

The Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko says he plans t to solve the problems faced by the Interior Ministry troops, particularly funding-related issues.

Around 2,000 people want Kyiv mayor's dismissal outside city administration

10:40

26.03.2009

Around 2,000 people are picketing the Kyiv City State Administration on Thursday, protesting against the policies conducted by the city authorities in the field of entrepreneurship, and demanding that Leonid Chernovetsky be dismissed as Kyiv's mayor.

Ukraine ready to participate in creation of new collective security system in Europe, says premier

10:00

26.03.2009

Ukraine is ready to participate in strengthening the current and creating a new collective security system in Europe, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said at a forum of the Japanese business and political elite in Tokyo on Thursday.

Kharkiv city council calling on president, government, parliament to resign

20:32

25.03.2009

The Kharkiv city council, where Ukraine's opposition Party of Regions holds an overwhelming majority of seats, on Wednesday urged the president and government to resign and parliament to dissolve itself due to being allegedly incapable of handling the effects of the world financial crisis on the country.

Regions Party calls for uniting interests of EU, Russia in modernizing Ukraine's GTS

18:15

25.03.2009

Regions Party Leader Viktor Yanukovych believes that Ukraine will take full advantage of the modernization of its gas transportation system when both the European Union and Russia have an interest in it.

Ukrainian vice-speaker believes Belarus should become full member of Eastern Partnership

17:03

25.03.2009

Verkhovna Rada Deputy Chairman Mykola Tomenko has said that Belarus should become a fully-fledged member of the Eastern Partnership program proposed by the European Union.

EU needs Eastern Partnership no less than Ukraine does, says Foreign Ministry official

16:03

25.03.2009

The officials of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry have said that the Eastern Partnership initiative is no less important to the European Union than it is to Ukraine.