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03.10.2008, 10:47
Ukraine’s President Viktor Yushchenko is ready to sign a decree to dissolve the country’s parliament. This has become possible after major political parties failed to meet the 30-day deadline to create a new coalition.
08.10.2008, 09:14
Political party leaders in Ukraine have reportedly given their support for calling an early general election.
08.10.2008, 16:02
Ukraine’s President Viktor Yuschenko has given party leaders more time to find a way out of the ongoing political crisis. The country has been caught up in political deadlock since the ruling coalition between Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko's bloc and th
11.10.2008, 05:32
Ethnic Russians living in Ukraine’s Crimea region have spoken out against a campaign by Kiev urging people to give up their dual citizenship. The government wants people to decide between holding a Russian passport or a Ukrainian one. But local people hav
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
16.10.2008, 13:37
Ukraine’s government has approved the bill to fund an election, according to the country’s Finance Minister, Viktor Pinzenyk.
08.11.2008, 12:19
Ukraine’s WBC Heavyweight Champion Vitaly Klitchko has become the latest victim of the world economic crisis – after losing his job as an adviser to the country’s president. Viktor Yushchenko fired all 17 of his aides in a move to reduce govern
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.
08.10.2008, 04:26
Ukraine’s president and parliament are striving to find a way out of the political deadlock. The parties failed to form a new ruling coalition by the deadline set by the president, and now Viktor Yushchenko has the constitutional power to dissolve the Rad
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: 29 October, 2008, 16:47
Legislators in Ukraine have voted against a bill on ballot funding. So the battle over the early election continues.
