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Tymoshenko faces old foe in runoff election Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yanukovich and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko will face each other in a presidential runoff on Feb. 7 and official results from Sunday's first round point to a close contest.
Jan 19, 2010 at 00:29 | Reuters
Economic policies of Ukraine's election front-runners Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yanukovich and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko will face each other in a run-off presidential election on Feb. 7 and official results from Sunday's first round suggest a close contest ahead.
Jan 19, 2010 at 00:24 | Reuters
Tigipko's Zaporizhia team cries vote rigging The winners of the first round of Ukraine's presidential ballot received up to 10% of the vote through rigging, said the chief of the Zaporizhia election headquarters of presidential candidate Sergiy Tigipko, Oleksandr Ilchuk.
Jan 18, 2010 at 21:54 | Interfax-Ukraine
OSCE to send same number of observers to monitor Ukraine's runoff The number of OSCE monitors who will observe the February 7 presidential runoff in Ukraine will be the same as during the first round of the election.
Jan 18, 2010 at 20:19 | Interfax-Ukraine
Yanukovych leads Tymoshenko by more than 10% margin with 97.66% of ballots counted With 97.66% of the votes from local election commissions counted, Victor Yanukovych won 35.36% of the vote in the Ukrainian presidential election, while Yulia Tymoshenko won 25.01%, the Ukrainian Central Election Commission has said.
Jan 18, 2010 at 19:47 | Interfax-Ukraine
UPDATED: Yanukovych ready to include parts of programs of other presidential candidates into his program Leader of the Regions Party Victor Yanukovych has said he is ready to include some points of the programs of the presidential candidates who failed to win through to the second round into his program, and to realize them after the second round of the presidential election.
Jan 18, 2010 at 18:53 | Interfax-Ukraine
Ukraine's final presidential ballot could be close Voters in the first round of Ukraine's presidential election gave opposition leader Victor Yanukoyvch, the 2004 Orange Revolution's chief target, a big lead over his rival, Orange heroine and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.
Jan 18, 2010 at 18:48 | Interfax-Ukraine
Canada to send 200 additional observers for second round of election Canada plans to send another 200 observers for the second round of the presidential election in Ukraine in addition to the 70 who observed the first round on behalf of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights.
Jan 18, 2010 at 18:43 | Interfax-Ukraine
OSCE observers: Ukraine's election laws should be brought in line with international norms OSCE observers have said that the election laws of Ukraine must be improved and brought in line with the international norms and standards, Heidi Tagliavini, the head of the election observation mission of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, has said.
Jan 18, 2010 at 18:36 | Interfax-Ukraine
European Commission hails successful holding of first round of Ukraine's presidential election Brussels, January 18 (Interfax-Ukraine) - The European Commission has welcomed the success of the first round of the presidential elections in Ukraine on Jan. 17, 2010.
Jan 18, 2010 at 18:15 | Interfax-Ukraine
ENEMO: No pressure and threats during first round of presidential election in Ukraine The first round of presidential election in Ukraine saw no pressure or threats on voters, and no centralized use of administrative resources to influence the vote, according to a mission of the European Network of Election Monitoring Organizations (ENEMO).
Jan 18, 2010 at 17:45 | Interfax-Ukraine
Tymoshenko's headquarters not to challenge election result The election headquarters of presidential candidate and current Prime Minster Yulia Tymoshenko will not challenge the Jan. 17 election results in court, though it said 3% of the vote was rigged.
Jan 18, 2010 at 17:37 | Interfax-Ukraine
European Parliament: Good election in Ukraine to bring Kyiv closer to EU The free and democratic first round of the presidential election in Ukraine could bring Ukraine closer to the European Union, head of the European Parliament monitoring delegation Pavel Koval has said.
Jan 18, 2010 at 17:36 | Interfax-Ukraine
Despite problems, election met international democratic standards Representatives of the international organization For Fair Elections monitoring the presidential election in Ukraine said the first round met international standards.
Jan 18, 2010 at 17:34 | Interfax-Ukraine
International Republican Institute: Electoral standards at presidential election in Ukraine generally met The January 17 presidential election in Ukraine generally met international standards and Ukrainian legislation, Jim Colby, a former U.S. congressman and member of the International Republic Institute (IRI) delegation of monitors, told a press conference in Kyiv on Jan. 18.
Jan 18, 2010 at 17:29 | Interfax-Ukraine