President Viktor Yushchenko

KIEV: Ukraine’s President Viktor Yushchenko on Wednesday announced the dissolution of parliament following the collapse last month of the country’s pro-Western coalition government. “In conformity with the Ukrainian constitution, I halt the parliament’s powers and announce parliamentary elections,” Yushchenko said in a televised address to the nation. Yushchenko did not specify the date for the elections, which according to the constitution must be held within 60 days of the parliament’s... Read Full Story

PRAVDA Ukraine and the USA consider a question to deliver several US warships to the Ukrainian Navy free of charge, Pentagon chief Robert Gates said at a press conference after a meeting with Ukrainian Defense Minister Yury Yekhanurov, Interfax reports. The meeting between Gates and Ekhanurov took place in Lake Ohrid, Macedonia, prior to the start of the South East European Defense Ministerial conference there. The head of the Pentagon also said that the decision to deliver the warships... Read Full Story

KIEV, Ukraine, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- A Ukrainian official said the early parliamentary elections called for by the country's president may be endangered by a lack of funding. Zhanna Usenko Chernaya, deputy chairwoman of the Central Electoral Commission, said members of the Ukrainian parliament have failed to approve budget amendments to pay for the Dec. 7 elections and the government cannot prepare for the vote without the funds, RIA Novosti reported Friday. Funding elections from other... Read Full Story

  The Ukrainian president went to power thanks to the orange revolution in Ukraine, since then the Ukrainian government is experiencing a period of instability. Viktor Yushchenko has supplied the Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili with tanks and army artillery that have been used to invade South Ossetia on the 08 August 2008, also there are voices that Georgian tanks pilots have been trained in Kiev Ukraine. Recently a Ukrainian cargo ship named Faina loaded with 33 tanks and other... Read Full Story

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko set a Dec. 7 date for new parliamentary elections Thursday after dissolving the legislature following failed efforts to replace his... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] Read Full Story