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Poll: Seven parties, blocs could win seats in parliament if early elections held If early parliamentary elections were to be held, the Regions Party, the Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko, the Front for Change, the Bloc of Volodymyr Lytvyn, the Bloc of Left and Center-Left Forces, the Svoboda Association, and Our Ukraine would win seats in the Verkhovna Rada, according to a survey carried out by the Ukrainian Sociological Service October 23 through November 1.
Nov 4, 2009 at 14:59 | Interfax-Ukraine
Presidential candidate Vasyl Protyvsikh submits deposit of Hr 2.5 million to CEC Ukrainian citizen Vasyl Protyvsikh (whose surname translates as "Against-everyone") has submitted to the Central Election Commission (CEC) a deposit of UAH 2.5 million, an amount required for him to be registered as presidential candidate, the commission's press service told Interfax-Ukraine on Wednesday.
Nov 4, 2009 at 11:30 | Interfax-Ukraine
Most Ukrainians expect rigging in presidential election Eighty-two percent of Ukraine's citizens, polled recently, are expecting vote rigging in the presidential election in January 2010. And 83% said politicians would challenge the election returns, head of the Rating pollster Oleksiy Antypovych announced on Tuesday. Only 8.5% of those polled said elections would go without rigging and litigation.
Nov 4, 2009 at 09:45 | Interfax-Ukraine
Speaker says flu epidemic in Ukraine will end after presidential campaign Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn has said that the problem with the flu epidemic in Ukraine is being politicized.
Nov 3, 2009 at 12:50 | Interfax-Ukraine
The Central Election Commission declined on Monday to register four applicants as presidential candidates. The candidates haven't supplied all the documents required for registration and election deposits, the Central Election Commission said.
Nov 3, 2009 at 08:58
Yuschenko: Ukraine will welcome OSCE observers at its presidential elections Ukraine will welcome the presence of observers from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) at the country's elections, Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko said at a meeting with the President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Joao Soares in Kyiv on Monday.
Nov 2, 2009 at 19:18 | Interfax-Ukraine
Ukraine has 14 presidential contenders to date The Central Election Commission (CEC) has registered one of the leaders of the Free Democrats Party, Mykhailo Brodsky, and a member of Kyiv city council, Oleksandr Pabat, as candidates for Ukraine's presidency.
Nov 2, 2009 at 17:45 | Interfax-Ukraine
Experts: Flu epidemic could affect stock market The flu epidemic in Ukraine could influence the stock market, increase political tensions and affect industrial output in November, experts say.
Nov 2, 2009 at 15:49
The signing of a law on the increase of social standards by the Ukrainian president brings to a minimum the likelihood of the allocation of a fourth tranche of the IMF's Stand-By credit this year, according to the senior analyst at Kyiv-based Phoenix Capital Investment Company, Andriy Nesteruk.
Nov 2, 2009 at 13:07 | Interfax-Ukraine
Presidential secretariat hopes IMF will accept president's arguments on signing law on increase of social standards First Deputy Head of the Presidential Secretariat Oleksandr Shlapak has expressed hope that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will accept the arguments of the Ukrainian president on the signing of a law on the increase of social standards, Shlapak said at a briefing in Kyiv on October 30.
Nov 2, 2009 at 12:48
Lytvyn against idea of holding parliament meetings 'in masks' Ukrainian Parliament Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn has spoken out against MPs wearing facemasks during plenary meetings of parliament.
Nov 2, 2009 at 12:45
President instructs prosecutor to investigate a government decision to give cash to private company Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko has given the Prosecutor General's Office 24 hours to answer why funds meant for recapitalization of leading Ukrainian banks were sent to OJSC Selmi (Sumy ELeсtron Microscopes, earlier Sumy-based Electron industrial amalgamation), which is under control of a Russian state structure.
Nov 2, 2009 at 11:59 | Interfax-Ukraine
Parliament workers queue for their medicines in Rada drugstore Employees of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, are queuing up for medicines at the parliament's drugstores.
Nov 2, 2009 at 11:34 | Interfax-Ukraine