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Government survives no-confidence motion
KIEV, Dec. 3 - Ukraine's government survived a no-confidence vote in Parliament on Tuesday as President Viktor Yanukovych left on a trip to China, leaving most of Kiev’s downtown in hands of protesters. 10:52 | More |
Latest Gazprom debt payment delayed as protests paralyze government
KIEV, Dec. 3 - Ukraine will delay payment of its natural gas supply debt to Russian gas company Gazprom because of ongoing popular protests that have blocked the work of the government, an official said Tuesday.
Yevhen Bakulin, the head of the national energy company Naftogaz Ukrayiny, said the original plan was to pay the $765 million debt by December 7. 10:51 | More |
Yanukovych to sign cooperation and partnership deal with Russia
KIEV, Dec. 3 – The effectiveness of a friendship, cooperation and partnership agreement between Russia and Ukraine, which was automatically extended until April 1, 2019, is expiring and it is to be re-signed, President Viktor Yanukovych has said. 10:49 | More |
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Yanukovych to meet EU leaders at Vilnius
KIEV, Nov. 28 - The European Union told Ukraine it was risking its economic future by rejecting a free-trade deal in favor of closer ties with Russia, hours before a likely frosty encounter on Thursday evening between EU leaders and President Viktor Yanukovych, Reuters reported. 14:20 | More |
Massive protest rocks Ukraine's capital
KIEV, Dec. 1 – Hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets of the Ukrainian capital of Kiev on Sunday angered by the government’s decision to postpone integration with the European Union. 14:04 | More | |
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| Ukraine saw deflation in 2012 for 1st time in 10yrs, says government Ukraine saw deflation in 2012 for the first time in 10 years, with consumer prices going down 0.2% throughout the year.
But consumer prices grew 0.2% in December compared to November, the State Statistics Service said.More | EP resolution calls October elections ‘a step backwards’ from 2010 The European Parliament has expressed regret at the fact that, according to international observers' evaluations, the 2012 parliamentary elections in Ukraine failed to meet major international standards "and constitute a step backwards compared with the national elections in 2010."More | | Hillary: October vote ‘a step backward’ U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on November 29, 2012, sharply criticized Ukraine’s October elections and expressed concern about selective prosecution of opposition leaders.
“Ukraine’s October elections were a step backwards for democracy and we remain deeply concerned about the selective prosecution of opposition leaders,” Clinton said in a speech on Europe at the Brookings Institution.More | Regions fails to get Parliament majority President Viktor Yanukovych’s Regions Party following recent elections has failed to secure a simple majority in Parliament and will have to rely on independents and communists to form a pro-government coalition.
The Regions Party will control 185 seats in the 450-seat Parliament, while three opposition parties will control a total of 178 seats, according to figures officially released by the Central Election Commission on November 11.More |
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