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NOC President Bubka: Results of Ukrainian Olympic team in Vancouver were expected

16:12

04.03.2010

President of the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Ukraine Serhiy Bubka has said the results of the Ukrainians Olympic team during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver were expected.

Court rejects appeal of Zvarych against Yuschenko, Nalyvaichenko, and Medvedko

14:20

04.03.2010

Lviv Circuit Administrative Court has rejected an appeal lodged by Ihor Zvarych, the former head of Lviv Administrative Appeals Court, against ex-president of Ukraine Viktor Yuschenko and the heads of Ukraine's Security Service and Prosecutor General's Office, Tetiana Turchyna, the press secretary of Zvarych's legal team has told the Lviv Portal Internet site.

Parliament backs at first reading bill of amendments to coalition formation procedure

12:48

04.03.2010

The Ukrainian parliament has voted at first reading for a bill of amendments to the coalition formation procedure.

Cabinet: Turchynov will fulfill premier's duties until new government is formed

12:30

04.03.2010

First Vice Premier Oleksandr Turchynov has been empowered to fulfill the prime minister's duties until a new government is formed, the media liaisons office of the government's secretariat reported on Thursday.

Shakhtar Donetsk 5th in IFFHS ranking, Dynamo Kyiv 51st

10:10

04.03.2010

FC Shakhtar Donetsk remains among the world's top five clubs according to the latest ranking of the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS).

Lviv legislature urging European Parliament to annul resolution denouncing Bandera award

21:08

03.03.2010

Lviv regional council has adopted an address to the European Parliament requesting it to review clause 20 of its resolution on the situation in Ukraine, which urges the Ukrainian authorities to reconsider the decision on conferring the title Hero of Ukraine on Stepan Bandera, the leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, the title of Hero of Ukraine.

Dismissal of Tymoshenko's government to help reform system of power, says Yanukovych

20:18

03.03.2010

Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych has described the dismissal of the government lead by Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko as a progress on the path of reforming the system of power.

Yanukovych urges parliamentary factions to form new coalition to avoid early elections

19:07

03.03.2010

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has called on parliamentary political factions to build a new majority coalition as soon as possible in order to avoid snap parliamentary elections.

Ukraine's Acting Premier Tymoshenko to take a vacation, First Vice-Premier Turchynov to head government

18:02

03.03.2010

Ukraine's Acting Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko intends to go on vacation, whereas Acting First Deputy Premier Oleksandr Turchynov will head the government, a source from the government told Interfax-Ukraine on Wednesday.

Regions Party expects to form new coalition within week

16:42

03.03.2010

MP Vadym Kolesnichenko of the Regions Party faction predicts that a new coalition will be formed within a week.