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Yuschenko slams Medvedev for improper attitude to Ukrainian famine

Kyiv, November 20 – Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko believes that Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has shown "an improper attitude towards the tragedy of the Ukrainian people" of 1932-1933, and sees this position as disrespectful to the millions of people who died.  Full Story
Today, 16:33 | Interfax-Ukraine

Yanukovych: Ukrainian parliament negotiating possible govt reconfiguration

Moscow, November 20 (Interfax) - Political groups in the Ukrainian parliament are negotiating not only a candidate for speaker but also a possible reconfiguration of the government, Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych told the media in Moscow on Thursday.   Full Story  
Today, 15:14 | Interfax-Ukraine

Medvedev orders Gazprom to collect gas debt from Ukraine

Moscow, November 20 (Interfax) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller to collect the Ukrainian gas debt.   Full Story  
Today, 15:07 | Interfax-Ukraine

Yanukovych: Ukraine seriously damaged relations with Russia through its position on Russian-Georgian conflict

Moscow, November 20 (Interfax-Ukraine) - Regions Party Leader Viktor Yanukovych has said that the position of the Ukrainian authorities during the Russian-Georgian conflict did considerable damage to Ukrainian-Russian relations, while speaking at a break during the congress of the United Russia party in Moscow on Thursday.   Full Story  
Today, 14:54 | Interfax-Ukraine

Yanukovych: Ukraine might need Russian assistance in tackling crisis

Moscow, November 20 (Interfax-Ukraine) - Regions Party Leader Viktor Yanukovych has said that under conditions of global economic turmoil, Russian assistance might come in handy for Ukraine.   Full Story  
Today, 14:29 | Interfax-Ukraine

Tymoshenko sure parliament will be unblocked in two weeks

Kyiv, November 20 (Interfax-Ukraine) - Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has said she is sure that the Verkhovna Rada will start to work again in two weeks, speaking at session with the heads of regional administrations in Kyiv on Thursday.   Full Story   Today, 13:18

Police block way to migrants from Southeast Asia, Africa to West Europe

On November 15, police officers liquidated the transnational group, which organized the channel for illegal migration of residents of Southeast Asia and Africa to the countries of Western Europe, Mykhailo Andrienko, head of the interior ministry's human trafficking department, told a news briefing.   Full Story  
Today, 12:23 | Ukrainian News

OUPSD MP Pliusch calls on Regions Party, BYT to form majority in parliament

Kyiv, November 20 (Interfax-Ukraine) - The factions of the Regions Party and the Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko should form a majority in the Verkhovna Rada, Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense Bloc MP Ivan Pliusch has said.   Full Story  
Today, 12:18 | Interfax-Ukraine

Lytvyn denies recalling of his candidacy for speaker

Chairman of the Lytvyn Bloc faction at the Verkhovna Rada, Volodymyr Lytvyn, has denied the recalling of his candidacy for the post of the parliament speaker, he told the press.   Full Story  
Today, 12:10 | Ukrainian News

Parliament finally backs proposal for MPs to work in committees on Thursday and Friday

Kyiv, November 20 (Interfax-Ukraine) - The plenary meeting of the Verkhovna Rada closed on Thursday, and parliament will hold its next meeting on Tuesday, December 2.   Full Story  
Today, 11:57 | Interfax-Ukraine

Rada refuses vote on question on speaker's election

Kyiv, November 20 (Interfax-Ukraine) - The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, rejected a proposal to consider the question of the speaker's election on Thursday.   Full Story  
Today, 11:19 | Interfax-Ukraine Archive