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Oppositon to form single list to participate in parliamentary elections The Batkivschyna Party and the People's Rukh of Ukraine have signed an agreement on the nomination of single candidates for majority constituencies and the formation of a single party list for participating in parliamentary elections in 2012.

The Batkivschyna Party and the People's Rukh of Ukraine have signed an agreement on the nomination of single candidates for majority constituencies and the formation of a single party list for participating in parliamentary elections in 2012.
Mar 2 at 15:25 | Interfax-Ukraine
US disappointed by Lutsenko's conviction The United States is disappointed by the conviction of former Ukrainian Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko, the U.S. Mission to the OSCE has said in a statement posted on the Web site of the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine.
Mar 2 at 15:12 | Interfax-Ukraine
Kliuyev: Corruption a key reason for delay in reforms in Ukraine Corruption in Ukraine has become a major threat to national security, Secretary of the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council Andriy Kliuyev has said.
Mar 2 at 10:53 | Interfax-Ukraine
Tymoshenko writes to European People's Party leaders about Ukraine's European path BRUSSELS – Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has written a letter to leaders of the European People's Party, copies of which were handed to all participants of the EPP summit.
Mar 1 at 19:28 | Interfax-Ukraine
Azarov forecasts frequent political dirty tricks before parliamentary elections The number of political dirty tricks will noticeably increase before the parliamentary elections in Ukraine scheduled for October 2012, Ukrainian Premier Mykola Azarov has said.
Mar 1 at 18:47 | Interfax-Ukraine
Supreme Court returns criminal case against Judge Vovk for consideration The Supreme Court of Ukraine has submitted for repeat consideration a criminal case opened against Kyiv's Pechersky District Court Judge Serhiy Vovk for issuing unlawful rulings, the court reported on Thursday.
Mar 1 at 14:25 | Interfax-Ukraine
Tymoshenko allowed short meetings only in visiting room, says prison service The demand of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to allow her meetings with first deputy head of the Batkivschyna All-Ukrainian Union Oleksandr Turchynov in the room where she is currently held contradicts the current legislation, head of Kachanivska penal colony Ivan Pervushkin has said.
Feb 29 at 21:31 | Interfax-Ukraine
Court obliges prosecutors consider appeal from Tymoshenko's father-in-law Kyiv's Pechersky District Court has obliged the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine (PGO) to consider an appeal from the father-in-law of former Ukrainian Premier Yulia Tymoshenko, Hennadiy Tymoshenko, and the former chief accountant of the United Energy Systems of Ukraine (UESU) Corporation, Antonina Boliura, against the inactivity of the PGO.
Feb 29 at 18:49 | Interfax-Ukraine
PACE President calls for the release of Yuriy Lutsenko Editor's Note:The following is a statement in response to a judge's sentence of Ukraine's former Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko to four years in prison. The statement was issued by the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Jean-Claude Mignon, on Feb. 28.
Feb 28 at 18:42 | Kyiv Post
Human rights organizations urging Ukraine's senior courts to overturn Lutsenko verdict A number of human rights organizations from the countries that are members of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe have urged the high courts in Ukraine to overturn the verdict against Ukraine's foreign interior minister Yuriy Lutsenko.
Feb 28 at 18:20 | Interfax-Ukraine
EU official: Lutsenko's prosecution is politically motivated Head of the Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee Pawel Kowal has described the trial of former Ukrainian Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko as politically motivated and said he was surprised by the term to which the ex-minister was sentenced.
Feb 28 at 14:32 | Interfax-Ukraine
PACE rapporteur: Lutsenko is 'a victim of a political vendetta' A rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Marieluise Beck (Germany, the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe), has said that former Ukrainian Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko has become a victim of a political vendetta.
Feb 28 at 12:43 | Interfax-Ukraine
Lutsenko found guilty of embezzlement A Ukrainian court has imposed a four-year sentence for embezzlement and abuse of office on a former interior minister in the government of imprisoned ex-premier Yulia Tymoshenko.
Feb 28 at 07:33 | Associated Press
Tymoshenko ready to sacrifice her freedom for liberation of Ukraine, together with Lutsenko Former Ukrainian Premier Yulia Tymoshenko has thanked former Ukrainian Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko for his courage and stated that the opposition leaders are ready to sacrifice their freedom for the liberation of the state from the regime of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych.
Feb 27 at 19:38 | Interfax-Ukraine
EU disappointed at Lutsenko's sentence BRUSSELS – The European Union is disappointed at the sentence passed on former Ukrainian Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko, and views it as evidence that judicial practice in Ukraine is continuing to fall short of international standards.
Feb 27 at 18:37 | Interfax-Ukraine