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Yanukovych Asks Constitutional Court to Rule on Coalition LawBy Daryna KrasnolutskaMarch 10 (Bloomberg) -- Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych will ask the Constitutional Court to rule on a law allowing parliamentary coalitions to be formed based on individual lawmaker affiliations instead of party groups. The law, initiated by Yanukovych’s party, was adopted yesterday by the Kiev-based

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March 10, 2010, 6:41 AM EST By Daryna KrasnolutskaMarch 10 (Bloomberg) -- Ukrainian shares rallied for a seventh day, pushing the benchmark PFTS Index to its highest level since June 2008, as Viktor Yanukovych moves toward forming a government after winning last month’s election.The PFTS index added 3.1 percent, extending its longest winning streak since November.Shares are rising as Yanukovych

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Regional press news - this story published 10 March 2010by holdthefrontpage staffA campaign has been launched to put the diaries of a revered Welsh journalist on display in his home town.Gareth Jones, of the Western Mail, came to prominence in the early 1930s when he told the world of the famine Stalin inflicted upon the people of the Ukraine in which an estimated 10m people died.His reports on

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Thu Mar 4, 2010 12:00pm GMT* EU expects stability, energy system reform in Ukraine* EU says Ukraine should resume talks with IMF, pass budgetBy Marcin GrajewskiBRUSSELS, March 4 (Reuters) - The European Union is ready to deepen its ties with Ukraine in the areas of trade, energy, visas and others, if the country's new authorities push ahead with reforms, the bloc's senior official said on

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March 03, 2010By Pavel KordubanViktor Yanukovych was inaugurated as Ukraine’s new president on February 25. His first steps and statements have proved reminiscent of President Leonid Kuchma’s (1994-2004) first term. Yanukovych selected Kuchma’s former secretary as the head of his administration and demonstrated that in foreign policy he will revive the multi-vectored approach of the Kuchma era,

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By Roman Olearchyk in KievPublished: March 3 2010 02:00 | Last updated: March 3 2010 02:00http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dd864302-2663-11df-aff3-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1Ukraine's governing coalition formally collapsed yesterday, setting the stage for fresh alliance talks that could help the country's new president, Viktor Yanukovich, consolidate his grip on power by forming a government loyal

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Mon Mar 1, 8:12 am ETBRUSSELS (AFP) – European integration is a priority for Ukraine's foreign policy, the country's new president said on Monday as he sought to reassure Europe by tempering his pro-Russia image."For Ukraine, European integration is a key foreign policy priority," President Viktor Yanukovych told a joint press conference with EU Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso.Yanukovych

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Five years after the Orange Revolution ousted him from power, Ukraine's pro-Moscow opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych has been sworn in as president.Trumpets blared inside Ukraine's parliament building this morning as a confident-looking Yanukovych prepared to take the oath of office after winning a close election earlier this month.He takes over for Viktor Yushchenko.The inauguration ends a

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Event takes place despite allegations of voter fraudViktor Yanukovych was inaugurated as Ukraine's president Thursday, despite allegations by his rival of voter fraud, five years after massive protests of voter fraud thwarted his first bid at the office.Yanukovych took the oath of office in the Verkhovna Rada, in Kiev. The Ukrainian parliament has been the scene of intense manoeuvring over the

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Kiev, February 25, Interfax - Ukraine's next president Viktor Yanukovich has received a blessing from Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia at the Kiev Laura of the Caves ahead of the official inauguration ceremony."May God bless you in your accession to power," the Patriarch told the president-elect.The Church Primate stressed the importance of establishing friendly relations between “

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Paul Goble Vienna, February 22 – Moscow has demanded that incoming Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich among other things end Kyiv’s contacts with the CIA and allow the FSB to return to Crimea, part of a more general effort by Russia to exploit the election outcome in Ukraine and an indication of what will be at stake there in the coming months.In an article in today’s issue of “Vlast’,”

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ANDREW RETTMANEUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - Ukraine's new leader, Viktor Yanukovch, is planning to visit the EU capital next week. However, the bloc is unlikely to reward him with an early deal on visa-free travel.The president elect is in talks with the office of EU foreign relations chief Catherine Ashton to come to Brussels on Monday (1 March), three days following his inauguration in Kiev and more

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23 February 2010BBCUKBUkrainian nationalist and rightist forces have expressed indignation at Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill's visit to Kiev in order to attend the inauguration of president-elect Viktor Yanukovych on 25 February.The Ukrainian news agency UNIAN at 1437 gmt on 22 February reported that the UNA-UNSD (Ukrainian National Assembly - Ukrainian National Self-Defence)

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Ethan S. Burger, 19 February 2010 http://www.opendemocracy.net/od-russia/ethan-s-burger/could-partition-solve-ukraine%E2%80%99s-problemsIn the light of Ukraine’s election result, Ethan S. Burger offers a proposal for the creation of a new Ukrainian state. Partition would do more than better reflect the country’s national/ethnic composition, he suggests. It could also make the country economically

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We are a nation with a European identity, but we have historic cultural and economic ties to Russia as well. We can benefit from both.http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704804204575069251843839386.html?KEYWORDS=YanukovychBy VIKTOR YANUKOVYCHOver the past month, Ukraine has demonstrated twice that it cherishes the values of democracy and the belief that it is important for people to

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By YURAS KARMANAUThe Associated PressWednesday, February 17, 2010; 9:26 AM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/17/AR2010021700888.htmlKIEV, Ukraine -- Ukraine's presidential election results giving the victory to Russia-friendly Viktor Yanukovych were suspended Wednesday pending review of his rival's appeal.Ukraine's Administrative Court said it would rule on Prime

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by Mark Ames http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123803942February 17, 2010 If you've been wondering what ever happened to that wonderful Orange Revolution in Ukraine — because let's face it, it was probably the last feel-good moment America collectively experienced in an otherwise bummer-packed decade — Sunday's presidential elections in the former Soviet republic provided the

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Why his victory may actually be good news for Ukraine.By Owen Matthews | Newsweek Web ExclusiveFeb 10, 2010 Bad news first: Viktor Yanukovych, the winner of last Sunday’s presidential election in Ukraine, is a notoriously inarticulate twice-convicted felon who is backed by a clique of powerful businessmen with alleged mafia ties. He's also the candidate backed by Moscow in the 2004 presidential

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By Simon Shuster, The Associated PressKYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine's embattled Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko appeared in public for the first time in days Thursday but still resisted calls to concede defeat in the presidential election and resign her post.Tymoshenko, looking tense but determined, appeared before the media for the first time since Sunday's election to chair a government meeting. She

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By Pavel Polityuk and Matt RobinsoKIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's opposition leader Viktor Yanukovich headed for a slender victory on Monday in a bitterly contested presidential election but rival Yulia Tymoshenko refused to concede.Yanukovich, 59, a beefy ex-mechanic who wants better ties with Moscow, claimed victory and called on Tymoshenko, 49, to resign as prime minister.With almost 80 percent of

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Ukraine, February 5, 2010The outcome of Sunday's Ukrainian run-off vote will likely improve ties between Moscow and Kiev, leaving Poland and the Czech Republic isolated in their fear of Russia. Germany holds the key to easing those concerns.It has become an annual tradition in Europe. Each winter since 2006, Russia has turned off natural gas supplies to Ukraine, which, in turn, has siphoned off

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Rent-a-Crowd Entrepreneurs Find People Fast to Cheer or Jeer for $4 an HourKIEV, Ukraine—Want to ensure a bigger draw for your lackluster candidate? In Ukraine, just contact Vladimir Boyko and he'll rent you a crowd.Mr. Boyko says his company, Easy Work, has assembled a database of several thousand students and can mobilize them on a day's notice to turn up at demonstrations anywhere in Kiev,

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Yanukovych won handily in the first round of voting last month, 35 percent to 25 percent. Tymoshenko is expected to close at least some of the gap by picking up votes splintered among candidates in the first round.Political observers say that Tymoshenko isn't likely to concede the race easily."Regardless of what the gap between them is - one and a half percent or 10 percent - she will not accept

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Lviv, Ukraine | February 03, 2010As the two candidates in Ukraine's presidential runoff escalate an acrimonious war of words, the campaign is showing an even uglier side on the streets. In this western Ukrainian stronghold of support for the Orange Revolution five years ago, circulating leaflets carry a photo of its heroine, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, under the words "Don't Vote for That

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