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Ukraine's parliament at first reading on Tuesday adopted a bill on amendments to the law "On insurance" (new version), which was initiated by head of the subcommittee for controls and legal provision of the financial services market of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Banking, Tax and Customs Policy, Andriy Pinchuk (Regions Party faction). 3 days ago at 14:55 | Interfax-Ukraine |
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Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has said some European policymakers advised him to allow former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko travel abroad for medical treatment, which he insisted he cannot do. May 19 at 12:11 | Interfax-Ukraine |
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The European integration of Ukraine was one of the key issues discussed during the meetings of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych at the NATO summit in Chicago. 3 days ago at 14:09 | Interfax-Ukraine |
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Ukraine's ruling party has triggered violent protests with a move to upgrade the official role of the Russian language - a sensitive issue in the former Soviet republic and one which opponents say will effectively split the country. Yesterday at 16:39 | Reuters |
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Doctor Lutz Harms (Charite Clinic, Germany), who was in charge of treatment of former Ukrainian Premier Yulia Tymoshenko, has said that Tymoshenko's state of health improved and that she may start to walk this week, according to the Komsomolskaya Pravda v Ukraine newspaper. May 22 at 13:57 | Interfax-Ukraine |
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Valentyn Nalyvaichenko has resigned from the chairmanship of the political council of the Our Ukraine Party and quit the party, his press service reported on Thursday. 2 days ago at 10:40 | Interfax-Ukraine |
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U.S. Sen. James Inhofe, a Republican from Oklahoma, says the United States should impose a visa ban on Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, General Prosecutor Viktor Pshkonka and other officials responsible for the imprisonment of ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. Inhofe also demanded Tymoshenko's immediate release, charging that Yanukovych has caste a "wide net of political intimidation over Ukraine’s political system." “The conviction orchestrated by the current administration was conducted under recycled Soviet-era codes, and is a poorly veiled effort to dispose of a political rival,"Inhofe said. Yesterday at 15:32 | Brian Bonner |
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Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has said that he worked in senior executive posts not to climb up the ladder, but in order to make a difference in the area he was responsible for. May 19 at 17:05 | Interfax-Ukraine |
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The head of the Regions Party parliamentary faction, Oleksandr Yefremov, has said that the faction's bill on languages provides decision of the language issue following the example of civilized European states, according to the party's press service. Yesterday at 10:32 | Interfax-Ukraine |
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The U.S. State Department released its annual human rights reports on each nation in the world on May 24. About Ukraine, the State Department concludes: "The most serious human rights development during the year was the politically motivated detention, trial, and conviction of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, along with selective prosecutions of other senior members of her government." Here is the link to the full report and the first part of the text is also below. Yesterday at 17:05 | Kyiv Post Staff |
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Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych intends to create his charitable foundation to assist those, who are in need of assistance. May 19 at 17:03 | Interfax-Ukraine |
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KHARKIV - Jailed former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who is in the hospital currently, is feeling better but remains seriously ill, and it is still unclear when she will be able to walk unassisted, a physician said on May 24. 2 days ago at 17:21 | Interfax-Ukraine |
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Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has instructed Ukrainian Premier Mykola Azarov to dismiss ministers that are impeding the reform implementation process. 2 days ago at 12:28 | Interfax-Ukraine |
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Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, Volodymyr Lytvyn has stated that a brawl that took place in the session hall on May 24 showed that "parliamentarianism has been completely destroyed in the country" and called for calling early elections. Yesterday at 11:30 | Interfax-Ukraine |
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European officials who met this week with imprisoned former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said Thursday that authorities are impinging on her privacy. May 19 at 10:49 | Associated Press |