KIEV, Dec. 19 – Ukraine should not try to approve its new constitution at a referendum and should rather do this by adopting amendments in Parliament, Parliamentary Speaker Volodymyr Rybak said Wednesday.
KIEV, Dec. 19 - Prime Minister Mykola Azarov within days, possibly on Tuesday, will hold talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin over lowering natural gas prices, a senior official said Monday.
KIEV, Dec. 19 - A summit intended to bring Ukraine into Europe's mainstream foundered on Monday after the EU said it would not sign a landmark political and trade deal until Kiev resolves the case of jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko.
PRAGUE (the Czech Republic), Dec. 19 - Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has said he hopes that a compromise solution will be reached at Ukrainian-Russian gas price talks.
"The negotiations that are taking place are difficult, and this is due to the fact that an extremely unequal agreement between Russia and Ukraine was signed in 2009. Under this agreement, Russia received a number of very serious advantages.
MINSK, Dec. 19 - Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko appeared headed for another five-year term in a controversial election Sunday that was quickly followed by violent late-night street clashes and accusations of vote fraud from human rights groups.
KIEV, Dec. 19 – The group led by former Parliamentary Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn on Wednesday backed the motion from the pro-Western coalition to postpone Parliamentary sessions until new lawmakers are registered to replace those appointed to the government.
KIEV, Dec. 19 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko said he will seek clarification from the Constitutional Court on whether he can dismiss Parliament if foreign or defense ministers have been sacked or budget has been repeatedly vetoed.
KIEV, Dec. 19 ??“ Parliament, led by the pro-government coalition, ignored key demands from President Viktor Yushchenko on Tuesday when it had voted to approve the 2007 budget, a senior aide to the president said.
