KIEV, Dec. 16 – President Viktor Yushchenko on Tuesday lost control over his Our Ukraine-People’s Self-defense group in Parliament after a majority of its lawmakers signed an agreement creating a coalition with Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.
KIEV, Dec. 13 - President Viktor Yushchenko has said he is confident that Parliament will appoint its leadership and form a new government by the end of this year.
CHERKASSY, Dec. 14 - Incitement by local politicians belonging to “Orange Revolution” parties was a likely contributor to an act of anti-Semitic vandalism in Cherkassy, according to the Lviv office of the Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union (UCSJ, a watchdog group.
KIEV, Dec. 15 – President Viktor Yushchenko on Saturday defended his nominations to the government, responding to growing concerns within his party, Our Ukraine-People’s Self-defense, which has been seeking to have greater influence on the appointments.
KIEV, Dec. 14 – Five parties in Parliament signed a compromise agreement on Friday allowing the vote to approve Yulia Tymoshenko as Ukraine’s new prime minister to proceed on Tuesday using a show of hands.
KIEV, Dec. 15 ??“ Ukraine??™s presidential election Dec. 26 will be disrupted unless President Leonid Kuchma signs within days a law allowing two companies to print ballots, a senior official warned Wednesday.
KIEV, Dec. 15 ??“ Thousands of people are being recruited throughout Ukrainian regions to march on the capital of Kiev on Dec. 26 to support Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych.
KIEV, Dec. 15 ??“ President Leonid Kuchma was taking steps Wednesday to shield from prosecution a top security service official whose name had been recently mentioned in investigation of poisoning of Ukrainian opposition leader.
KIEV, Dec. 16 ??“ As part of the compromise to defuse Ukraine??™s political crisis, President Leonid Kuchma promised to fire Internal Affairs Minister Mykola Bilokon, but never delivered on the promise, opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko said.
