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A colleague of former Ukrainian Premier Yulia Tymoshenko, Andriy
Shkil, who did not win a seat in the new parliament under the
Batkivschyna United Opposition lists and who has been deprived of deputy
Dec. 18, 2012
Ukraine’s law enacting a
100 percent ban on indoor smoking in public places – including
cafes, bars and restaurants – took effect on Dec. 16.
Dec. 17, 2012
Batkivschyna, UDAR and Svoboda parties have agreed to set up an opposition council that will coordinate their activities in the Verkhovna Rada, the leader of the Batkivschyna United Opposition, Arseni
Dec. 17, 2012
KHARKIV – MP Arsen
Avakov of the Batkivschyna Party has said he doubts that the Verkhovna
Rada will vote to strip him of his immunity from prosecution, if
requested by the General Prosecutor’s Office.
Dec. 17, 2012
Ukraine could cooperate with both the Customs Union and the European
Union at the same time, Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has said.
Dec. 17, 2012
There would have been fewer fights in the
Ukrainian parliament if more women were among the deputies. At least female
parliamentarians were not seen taking part in the multiple brawls that marked
the
Dec. 14, 2012
The Batkivschyna faction is planning to cooperate with the Svoboda faction against the regime of President Viktor Yanukovych, although they have ideological differences.
Dec. 13, 2012
The Verkhovna Rada of the seventh convocation has elected a member of
the Regions Party, Volodymyr Rybak, as chairman of the parliament.
Dec. 13, 2012
After hours
of squabbling and haggling between lawmakers of the new parliament, a prominent
member of the Party of Regions was elected Speaker – his deputy
on Dec. 13, indicating that a new loose maj
Dec. 13, 2012
The faction of Vitali Klitschko’s UDAR Party submitted its first draft laws on the first day of the work of the Verkhovna Rada of the seventh convocation, including on the election of deputies of Kyiv
Dec. 13, 2012
Naked women and broken fences. Several brawls and plenty of insults. Watching the first day of the new parliament is almost like watching a reality show.
Dec. 12, 2012
Former Economic Development and Food Minister Petro Poroshenko has said that he is not going to enter any faction.
Dec. 12, 2012
UDAR Party leader Vitali Klitschko has been elected to lead the party’s faction in the parliament.
Dec. 12, 2012
Deputy Oleksandr Yefremov, who is presiding at the opening session of the Verkhovna Rada of the seventh convocation, has named the parliamentary factions.
Dec. 12, 2012
The faction of the Batkivschyna United Opposition in parliament has said that Oleksandr Tabalov and his son, Andriy Tabalov, did not take the MP oath, so they are not MPs.
Dec. 12, 2012
Members of the women’s movement Femen tried to break into the building
of the parliament before the opening of the first sitting of the
Verkhovna Rada of the seventh convocation.
Dec. 12, 2012
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Ukrainian forces repelled a major Russian offensive in Kursk, destroying a battalion, 28 armored vehicles, and inflicting over 200 casualties on Russia.
Nov. 12