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Azarov: Ukraine wants fair process on Tymoshenko's appeal Ukraine wants to see a fair court process in the appeal of former Ukrainian Premier Yulia Tymoshenko against her sentence in the gas case, Ukrainian Premier Mykola Azarov has said.
Yesterday at 18:18 | Interfax-Ukraine
Kravchuk supports national referendum on amending constitution Ukraine's first president (1991-1994) and the head of the Constitutional Assembly, Leonid Kravchuk, has said he supports holding a nationwide referendum on amendments to the constitution.
Yesterday at 15:36 | Interfax-Ukraine
Ukraine’s upcoming elections: A pivotal moment Editor’s note: The following is testimony given before a congressional hearing on May 17 by Stephen B. Nix, director of the Eurasia Division at the International Republican Institute. IRI is a pro-democracy NGO affiliated with the U.S. Republican party. It has been active in democracy building initiatives in Ukraine and other developing democracies. The hearing, entitled "Ukraine’s upcoming elections: A pivotal moment," was held within the framework of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, a congressionally mandated commission also known as the U.S. Helsinki Commission. Republican Rep. Chris Smith of New Jersey is Chairman of the commission. Others giving testimony during the hearing include: David Kramer, head of Freedom House; Katie Fox, Deputy Director of Eurasia for the National Democratic Institute; and Gavin Weise, Deputy Director for Europe and Asia at the International Foundation for Electoral Systems, better known as IFES.
2 days ago at 22:28 | Kyiv Post
Ukrainian experts share criticism of Ukraine reflected in European report A number of Ukrainian experts completely agree with the criticism expressed in the report of the European Commission on the implementation of the European Neighborhood Policy in Ukraine for 2011.
2 days ago at 19:27 | Interfax-Ukraine
Doctors' recommendation for Tymoshenko not to attend trials sent to court The conclusions of experts from the Health Ministry of Ukraine, who did not recommend that former Ukrainian Premier Yulia Tymoshenko be transported to the building of the Court of Appeals of Kharkiv region, where a hearing on her case will take place on May 21, has been sent to court, the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine said.
2 days ago at 19:20 | Interfax-Ukraine
Khoroshkovsky not to stand in parliamentary elections First Vice Premier of Ukraine Valeriy Khoroshkovsky will not stand for election in the upcoming parliamentary polls.
2 days ago at 18:45 | Interfax-Ukraine
Europe official says Tymoshenko needs more privacy A European official says Ukrainian authorities are impinging on the privacy of imprisoned former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.
2 days ago at 18:06 | Associated Press
Azarov: Ukraine never contrasted EU with Eurasian Union The importance of Ukraine's cooperation with the European Union should not be contrasted with that of its relationship with the Eurasian Union, said Ukraine's Prime Minister Mykola Azarov.
2 days ago at 17:56 | Interfax-Ukraine
Yanukovych: Tymoshenko case won't be solved before completion of legal processes Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has said that it will be possible to find a political solution to the situation of former Ukrainian Premier Yulia Tymoshenko when all legal processes are finished, co-rapporteurs of the PACE Monitoring Committee on Ukraine said.
2 days ago at 17:15 | Interfax-Ukraine
Doctors oppose Tymoshenko's participation in hearing on UESU case on May 21 Kharkiv – The commission of doctors in charge of the treatment of former Ukrainian Premier Yulia Tymoshenko thinks that their patient should not attend a hearing of Kyivsky District Court of Kharkiv of the criminal case on the activities of the United Energy Systems of Ukraine (UESU) Corporation on May 21, the deputy head of the commissions, Halyna Siroshtan, said.
2 days ago at 17:05 | Interfax-Ukraine
Yanukovych: Ukraine getting ready for holding democratic parliamentary elections Ukraine must hold fair and democratic parliamentary elections, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said at a meeting with the co-rapporteurs of the PACE Monitoring Committee on Ukraine, Mailis Reps and Marietta de Pourbaix-Lundin, in Kyiv.
2 days ago at 15:57 | Interfax-Ukraine
Yanukovych seeing positive dynamics in Ukraine-PACE relations Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has said he has noticed positive dynamics in cooperation between Ukraine and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
2 days ago at 15:40 | Interfax-Ukraine
Teixeira: Ukraine should respect democratic values if it wants to join EU Simferopol – The policy of the European Union towards Ukraine depends on Kyiv's willingness to carry out democratic reforms, says head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Jose Manuel Pinto Teixeira, who is finishing his tenure.
2 days ago at 15:13 | Interfax-Ukraine
Tymoshenko's parliamentary faction demands end to video surveillance The parliamentary faction of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc-Batkivschyna has come up with a number of demands for the Prosecutor General's Office related to party leader and former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's medical treatment.
2 days ago at 12:22 | Interfax-Ukraine
Ukraine-EU association agreement not to be signed until opposition leaders released from jail Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union is unlikely to be signed until the Ukrainian opposition leaders are released from prison, Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Ukraine Leigh Turner said on Channel 5.
2 days ago at 10:29 | Interfax-Ukraine