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Pshonka: Over 4,000 Ukrainians to be exempt from criminal liability due to decriminalization
13:43
27.01.2012Over 4,000 Ukrainians will be exempt from criminal liability after the decriminalization of certain economic offences, Ukrainian Prosecutor General Viktor Pshonka has said.
Prosecutor general: Tymoshenko could be questioned in 'Lazarenko case'
11:56
27.01.2012Ukrainian Prosecutor General Viktor Pshonka has said that after former Ukrainian Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko returns from the United States, investigators will question former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko as part of the "Lazarenko case."
PACE threatens sanctions if Kyiv fails to meet its demands
09:25
27.01.2012The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has supported an amendment to its resolution on the functioning of democratic institutions in Ukraine, which proposes introducing sanctions against Ukraine if the Ukrainian authorities do not meet the assembly's demands outlined in the resolution.
Yanukovych: Kyiv, Baku to sign documents on cooperation in energy sector
19:01
26.01.2012Kyiv and Baku are preparing to sign two documents on cooperation in the energy sector, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has said.
EU not considering sanctions against Kyiv and not freezing financial technical assistance
17:35
26.01.2012The European Union is not considering the introduction of sanctions against Ukraine and is not freezing its financial technical assistance.
Tigipko: Talks between Ukraine and IMF to continue in two or three weeks
15:23
26.01.2012The talks between Ukraine and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will continue in two or three weeks, Deputy Prime Minister and Social Policy Minister Sergiy Tigipko has said.
Military rescue most valuables from fire in Bolhrad cathedral, says Defense Ministry
14:59
26.01.2012The military of the twelfth light armored infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine based in Bolhrad in Odesa region are assisting in the cleanup following a fire in the Transfiguration Cathedral in the center of the city, the Defense Ministry's media liaisons department reported.
Thirteen amendments introduced to PACE draft resolution on Ukraine
13:44
26.01.2012A total of 15 amendments were proposed to the draft resolution of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) entitled "The functioning of democratic institutions in Ukraine," 13 of them were supported by the PACE Monitoring Committee.
Tymoshenko's defense team appealing against conviction in gas case, says lawyer
12:23
26.01.2012The defense team of former Ukrainian Premier Yulia Tymoshenko on Thursday morning appealed to the Higher Specialized Court on Civil and Criminal Cases against her conviction in the gas case, in which she was sentenced to seven years in prison, Tymoshenko's ex-lawyer Oleksandr Plakhotniuk has told Interfax-Ukraine.
Ukrainian president appoints new ambassadors to Mexico, Pakistan, Cambodia
20:47
25.01.2012Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has signed decrees appointing Ruslan Spirin Ukraine's Ambassador to Mexico, Oleksiy Shovkoplias Ukraine's Ambassador to Cambodia, and Volodymyr Lakomov Ukraine's Ambassador to Pakistan.
PACE recommends election threshold be lowered, electoral blocs allowed in law on elections to Rada, according to draft resolution
19:44
25.01.2012The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in its draft resolution on Ukraine has recommended that the election threshold be lowered and the prohibition on electoral blocs be removed from the electoral legislation before the next parliamentary elections.
New CoE human rights commissioner to visit Ukraine to examine Tymoshenko's case
17:50
25.01.2012Newly elected Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe Nils Muiznieks (Latvia) has announced his intention to visit Ukraine to examine the criminal case against former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.
Chornobyl cleanup workers in Kharkiv go on indefinite protest
14:31
25.01.2012About a hundred Chornobyl cleanup workers went on a protest at Freedom Square in central Kharkiv on Wednesday demanding that the provisions of the Ukrainian law on the status and social protection of citizens affected by the Chornobyl disaster be observed.
Ukraine to be reducing imports of natural gas - PM Azarov
10:33
25.01.2012Ukraine is determined to pursue an energy independence and efficiency course and will be consistently reducing the amount of natural gas imported from abroad, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said.
Composition of Ukrainian delegation to PACE to remain unchanged, says head of PACE committee
17:59
24.01.2012The composition of the Ukrainian delegation to the PACE remains unchanged, and the question of its powers has been resolved, Head of the PACE Committee on Rules of Procedures, Immunities and Institutional Affairs Egidijus Vareikis has said.
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