Apr. 9, 2013
Despite winning rare praise from the West for freeing an opponent from jail, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych is likely to resist extra pressure and the lure of trade deals to release his fierces
Mar. 31, 2013
The eldest son of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has doubled his wealth in the past year, bucking Ukraine’s economic problems and bolstering his position among its top two hundred richest men,
Mar. 21, 2013
The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, has passed at first reading a draft instruction to schedule the elections of Kyiv mayor and deputies of Kyiv City Council for June 2, 2013.
Mar. 19, 2013
Dozens of Ukrainian MPs from the two major parties got into a fist fight in the parliament, the Verkhovna Rada. The brawl began with yelling over the language used in the chamber and ‘fascist’ accusat
Mar. 19, 2013
Parliament was briefly suspended in Ukraine on Tuesday, March 19 after fists flew in a row over Russian between the president’s party and a far-right opposition faction, threatening to extend a legisl
Mar. 19, 2013
The Central Election Commission, in its decision regarding the annulment of Serhiy Vlasenko’s parliamentary mandate, has confirmed the illegality of the decision that was earlier taken by the Higher A
Mar. 19, 2013
A scuffle occurred between people’s deputies of the Svoboda and Regions Party parliamentary factions at the parliamentary rostrum this morning while Svoboda leader Oleh Tiahnybok was speaking.
Mar. 18, 2013
Ukraine exported major conventional arms worth $1.344 billion in 2012 becoming the fourth largest arms exporter in the world, according to the data published by Stockholm International Peace Research
Mar. 18, 2013
Ukrainian airlines at present are facing tough competition on one side and a monopoly of the providers of services to air carriers from another, the head of the supervisory council of AeroSvit (Kyiv),
Mar. 15, 2013
Editor’s Note: BBC, the British public service broadcasting corporation, investigated Cupid plc, a firm that bills itself as one of the world’s top online dating services, following customer complaint
Mar. 12, 2013
The opposition will start a two-month nationwide campaign, “Rise, Ukraine!” on Thursday, March 14.
Mar. 12, 2013
Ukraine’s Higher Specialized Court for Civil and Criminal Cases has upheld a suspended five-year sentence imposed on former acting defense minister Valeriy Ivaschenko.
Mar. 7, 2013
The Verkhovna Rada Committee on State Building and Local Government has recommended that parliament schedule the elections of Kyiv mayor and members of Kyiv City Council for June 2, 2013.
Mar. 7, 2013
Ukraine’s accession to the Belarusian-Kazakh-Russian Customs Union is not under consideration at the moment, and European integration remains a priority for the country, Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volody
Mar. 5, 2013
The Higher Administrative Court of Ukraine has stripped a member of
the Party of Regions faction, Andriy Verevsky, of his seat in
parliament.
Mar. 5, 2013
MOSCOW – Russian agriculture watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor will remove German companies whose products may contain the dangerous carcinogen aflatoxin B1 from its list of suppliers to Russia.
Mar. 4, 2013
The
Ivano-Frankivsk City Council has joined the growing ranks of people who believe
authorities convicted two innocent people for murdering a 43-year-old Kyiv
judge in March 2011.
Mar. 4, 2013
Lviv – Deputy Prime Minister Kostiantyn Gryshchenko has introduced the new head of Lviv Regional State Administration, Viktor Shemchuk, to regional officials, an Interfax-Ukraine correspondent has re
Mar. 4, 2013
Leader of the Radical Party Oleh Liashko has said he intends to participate in the upcoming elections of Kyiv mayor.