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AFP Photo / Sergei Supinsky 12.11.2008, 11:48

Fists fly in Ukrainian parliament

Ukrainian politics descended into farce on Wednesday when MPs resorted to throwing punches in the chamber. The row broke out over the dismissal of Parliamentary Speaker, Arseny Yatsenyuk. He was eventually sacked when 233 MPs voted to remove him, with 226

(L-R) ex-Dinamo Kiev football players Kakha Kaladze and Andrey Shevchenko, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko 19.11.2008, 10:54

Yushchenko ‘poisoning’: where do AC Milan stars come in?

While President Yushchenko is still licking his wounds over the never-ending political games in Ukraine, an on-going investigation into his poisoning – if it indeed was a poisoning as he insists it was – has taken an unexpected turn.

19.11.2008, 13:58

Ukraine cuts funding to feed army

Facing an uneasy decision to choose between new weapons and keeping soldiers fed and clothed the head of Ukrainian Defence Ministry Yury Yekhanurov has chosen the latter.

AFP Photo / Alexander Khudoteply 25.11.2008, 07:05

Ukraine agrees to pay part of gas debt

The Ukrainian gas company, Naftonaz, has agreed to pay a portion of the $2.4 billion gas debt it owes to Gazprom by December 1. That is according to officials at the Russian energy giant. The announcement came shortly after Dmitry Medvedev instructed Gazp

09.12.2008, 16:40

Ukraine sees new coalition

Politicians in Ukraine have formed a new three-way majority coalition, made up of blocs led by the Prime Minister, the President and the new parliamentary speaker Vladimir Litvin.

22.11.2008, 20:04

Remembering famine - but when does mourning become too lavish?

With Ukraine suffering from the global financial crisis, officials in Kiev have been criticised for spending $23m on marking the 75th anniversary of the Great Famine of the 1930s.

Election can wait, Yushchenko tells bankrupt Ukraine

Published: 01 December, 2008, 16:36


Ukraine’s President Viktor Yushchenko has refused to hold early parliamentary elections due to the economic crisis, the head of the presidential secretariat said in an interview with Kiev’s ITCV TV channel.

 
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