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Yushchenko: Ukraine reviving as modern political nation Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko congratulated Ukrainians on Unity Day and laid flowers at the monuments to Taras Shevchenko and Mykhailo Hrushevsky in Kyiv on Jan. 22.
Jan 22, 2010 at 13:52 | Interfax-Ukraine
Speaker closes fifth session of Ukrainian parliament The fifth session of the Ukrainian parliament of the sixth convocation has been closed.
Jan 22, 2010 at 13:35 | Interfax-Ukraine
Eurasian Home: The first round of the presidential elections in Ukraine The first conclusion drawn from the preliminary results of the first round of the presidential elections in Ukraine is that the outcome of virtually all public opinion polls was true. It means that Ukraine’s sociology is highly developed and the Ukrainian experts, with the rare exception, are independent. An effort was made to hold a politically committed exit poll – in the interests of Yulia Tymoshenko.Read the story here.
Jan 22, 2010 at 13:22
CIS mission head:  No need to increase number of foreign monitors in Ukrainian elections Moscow, January 22 (Interfax) - There is no need to increase the number of foreign monitors observing the second round of presidential elections in Ukraine to take place on Feb. 7, said Alexander Torshin the head of a monitoring mission from the CIS Inter-Parliamentary Assembly.
Jan 22, 2010 at 12:47 | Interfax-Ukraine
Tigipko says he could agree to become premier under new president Serhiy Tigipko, who came third in the first round of Ukraine's presidential election, has said he does not rule out that he could consider an offer to take up the post of prime minister.
Jan 22, 2010 at 12:21 | Interfax-Ukraine
CEC: Possible appeals against Jan. 17 election result not to affect preparations for run-off Possible appeals against the result of the Jan. 17 presidential election in Ukraine will not affect the preparations for the second round of the election scheduled for Feb. 7, Central Election Commission Deputy Chairman Andriy Mahera has said.
Jan 21, 2010 at 21:39 | Interfax-Ukraine
CEC to announce official result of the Jan. 17 ballot early next week The Central Election Commission may announce the official result of the first round of the presidential election by the end of this week or early next week.
Jan 21, 2010 at 19:14 | Interfax-Ukraine
Ukraine's parliament refuses to appoint Karpuntsov member of Central Election Commission The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, has refused to appoint presidential nominee Valeriy Karpuntsov as a member of the Central Election Commission (CEC) to replace Anatoliy Pysarenko, who was dismissed earlier.
Jan 21, 2010 at 18:51 | Interfax-Ukraine
Yanukovych: Tymoshenko has zero chance to defeat me Presidential candidate Victor Yanukovych on Jan. 21 said talks between Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and ex-presidential candidates Serhiy Tigipko and Arseniy Yatsenyuk to cooperate before the runoff on Feb. 7 have ended in failure.
Jan 21, 2010 at 17:52 | Staff and wire reports
Expert: Yanukovych to prefer economic issues in foreign policy, while Tymoshenko's policy would be more pragmatic Leader of the Regions Party Victor Yanukovych will pay more attention to economic issues in his foreign policy if he wins in the second round of the presidential election on February 7, Director of Institute for Political Analysis and International Research Serhiy Tolstov has said at a press conference in Kyiv on Jan. 21.
Jan 21, 2010 at 16:58 | Interfax-Ukraine
CEC gets 185 out of 225 official returns from electoral districts The Central Election Commission (CEC) had received 185 out of 225 official returns from district election commissions as of 1300 on Jan. 21, the commission's press service has told Interfax-Ukraine.
Jan 21, 2010 at 16:32 | Interfax-Ukraine
Poll: residents of regional centers inclined to support Yanukovych in presidential run-off The residents of the regional centers of Ukraine, including Kyiv and Simferopol, will favor Victor Yanukovych in the second round of the presidential election, according to a poll.
Jan 21, 2010 at 15:42 | Interfax-Ukraine
BYT to strengthen work of regional headquarters before second round of election The Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko will strengthen the work of its regional headquarters during the election campaigning before the second round of the presidential election, a top bloc official has said.
Jan 21, 2010 at 15:35 | Interfax-Ukraine
CEC gets over two thirds of official returns from district election commissions The Central Election Commission had received over two thirds of the official returns from district election commissions as of 1100 on Jan. 21, the commission's press service has told Interfax-Ukraine.
Jan 21, 2010 at 15:01 | Interfax-Ukraine
BYT: Court obliges CEC to consider registration of Georgian observers Kyiv Administrative Court of Appeals onJan. 20declared illegal the actions of the Central Election Commission (CEC) in refusing to take a decision on the registration of Georgian observers.
Jan 21, 2010 at 14:39 | Interfax-Ukraine