Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Political alliances are shifting once again in Ukraine. It was only last December that Yulia Tymoshenko became prime minister after her bloc and President Yushchenko’s party won earlier election...
Ukrainian News Agency - Agency news (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Serhii Sobolev, a member of the Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko faction in parliament, disclosed this to Ukrainian News.
Ukrainian News Agency - Agency news (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
President Viktor Yuschenko has asked Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to call an extraordinary meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers for October 11 and address the issue of allocating financing for the early parliamentary elections from the reserve fund of the national budget.
Ukrainian News Agency - Agency news (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Ivan Kyrylenko, leader of the parliamentary faction of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, is against resignation of Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. He said this in a TV Channel 5 interview. «This resignation will be an absolutely irresponsible move - cheap and populist,» he emphasized. On top Kyrylenko noted that if on October 10, a coalition of factions of the Our Ukraine - People’s...
Ukrainian News Agency - Agency news (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Parliamentary Deputy Ivan Kyrylenko, who is the leader of the parliamentary faction of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, announced this at a press briefing.
Ukrainian News Agency - Agency news (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
The Lviv regional chapter of the Narodnyi Rukh of Ukraine party is opposed to a union with the Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko. Ukrainian News learned this from the press service of the Our Ukraine People’s Self-Defense Bloc. The chapter is alarmed that the NRU heads are trying to create a political union with the BYT following the call of the early parliamentary elections. The chapter considered...
Ukrainian News Agency - Agency news (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
President Viktor Yuschenko wants the Cabinet of Ministers headed by Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to remain in office until the new parliament forms a new government. The presidential press service announced this, citing a statement that Yuschenko made to journalists in Italy. «I am confident that the government will remain. There is no need to make any revision of the executive government,»...
Ukrainian News Agency - Agency news (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
The parliamentary faction of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc has blocked the parliament’s rostrum and presidium. Members of the faction blocked the rostrum and presidium in response to the inclusion of a bill on amendment of the law on parliamentary elections on the parliament’s agenda for Thursday. This bill provides for canceling the minimum 50% turnout for early parliamentary elections....
Ukrainian News Agency - Agency news (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
The Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko faction in the Verkhovna Rada stands for urgent consideration of budget bills, including the bill on the 2009 national budget, at an evening meeting of the parliament on Thursday. Deputy Rada Speaker and one of the BYT leaders of Mykola Tomenko announced this at a press briefing. «At 3 p.m. our faction will propose to the heads of the factions and demand that...
Ukrainian News Agency - Agency news (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Experts have doubts that Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko will retain the position after the early parliamentary elections. Director of the Institution of global strategies Vadym Karasiov considers that the prime minister will change after the elections. «The coalition will be formed without the BYT,» he said. Karasiov admits several candidacies to hold the post of the prime minister....
Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with his Ukrainian counterpart Yulia Tymoshenko to discuss economic cooperation priorities. When asked about Ukrainian weapons supplies to Georgia during the ...
Ukrainian News Agency - Agency news (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
The Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko faction in parliament considers that creation of a new coalition between the Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko and the Our Ukraine People's Self-Defense Bloc depends on President Viktor Yuschenko.
Ukrainian News Agency - Agency news (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
The Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko (BYT) faction in the Verkhovna Rada has collected 155 signatures of BYT deputies in favor of a coalition with the Our Ukraine People's Self-Defense Bloc. Deputy Parliament Speaker, one of the BYT faction leaders Mykola Tomenko made this statement to the press. "We have 155 signatures. I think there will be 156 of them, in favor of making the coalition [with...
Ukrainian News Agency - Agency news (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
The Our Ukraine People’s Self-Defense Bloc faction in the Verkhovna Rada is waiting for invitation from the Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko faction to continue talks about a new coalition. OU-PSD faction deputy chairman Roman Zvarych made this statement to the press. «If there is a desire inside the BYT to continue these talks, they should show this initiative,» he said. Zvarych said it will...
Ukrainian News Agency - Agency news (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Tymoshenko was speaking at a press conference.
