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11.10.2008, 13:06
A court in Ukraine has backed Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko’s legal bid to block a snap parliamentary election. Timoshenko is aiming to stop the vote going ahead after the collapse of the governing coalition. The final decision, however, rests with the
30.10.2008, 17:44
Ukraine is passing a series of economic reforms required by the International Monetary Fund to secure a $US 16.5 billion loan. Given the ongoing political crisis, the question is whether the country will be able to manage the aid properly to curb the fina
01.12.2008, 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.
09.12.2008, 16:40
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.
09.10.2008, 18:58
Ukraine’s President Yushchenko has dissolved the country's parliament – just a year after it was formed. He made this announcement during a televised address to the nation.
Published: 12 November, 2008, 11:48
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
