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Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has signed the decree to officially dismiss Verkhovna Rada. The document was published on the President’s official website. "To schedule the snap elections to Verkhovna Rada on July …
Ukrainian newly sworn in President Vladimir Zelensky announced the dissolution of the Verkhovna Rada and early parliamentary elections in the country. "I dissolve the 8th Verkhovna Rada," TASS cited him …
Vladimir Zelensky took the oath as President of Ukraine at the Verkhovna Rada meeting today. "I pledge to defend the sovereignty and independence of Ukraine with all my deeds, to take care of the welfare of the …
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavel Klimkin has tendered his resignation today. "As I have promised, I have just written my letter of resignation," he informed in a video published on his Facebook page. …
Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada has decided that President-elect Vladimir Zelensky will be sworn in on May 20. The decision was adopted today by 315 MPs out of 226 needed for the motion to pass, TASS reported. …
Ukraine's President-elect Volodymyr Zelensky has urged the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, to set the inauguration date for May 19, UNIAN reported. "I appeal to the Ukrainian parliament. Dear …
Irina Berezhnaya Institute of Legal Policy and Social Protection initiated legal proceedings to ban the Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Andriy Parubiy from signing the Law on the State Language”. The claim will block its …
The inauguration of Vladimir Zelensky, who won the presidential election in Ukraine, will be determined by the parliament next plenary week that begins on May 14, the First Deputy Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada, Irina Gerashchenko, said. …
The Ukrainian authorities have demanded Russia revoke its decision to simplify the procedure of granting Russian citizenship to people living in Donbass. "In the interests of the implementation of the political block, [Russian …
Verkhovna Rada members adopted the law "Providing the functioning of the Ukrainian language as the official one," which enshrines its exclusive rights against the other languages in the country. This decision was backed by 278 …
A "unification council" naming Epiphany Dumenko as head of the new "autocephalous church" was held in Kiev in December on the initiative of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Constantinople Patriarch Bartholomew, Sputnik …
Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada voted not to prolong the 1997 Russia-Ukraine Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Partnership after it terminates on April 1, 2019. A total of 277 parliamentarians out of 450 supported the …
Lawmakers from Ukraine's two biggest parties have filed a motion asking the Ukrainian president to posthumously bestow the ‘Hero of Ukraine’ award upon nationalist leader Stepan Bandera. MPs from …
The de-escalation of the situation in the Kerch Strait and the liberation of Ukrainian sailors can only be achieved through the direct negotiations between Ukraine and Russia, Yuriy Boyko, the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada, …
Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada voted to back a proposal by President Petro Poroshenko to introduce martial law for a period of 30 days since November 28. After several hours, the Rada split 272-30 in favour of the …
The 50th Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (PABSEC) was held in Kiev on November, 28-30, 2017, was marked by several scandals. First, Ukraine did not invite Russian parliamentarians to the PABSEC, and …
Russia's government negatively assessed Ukraine's intention to sever diplomatic relations with Russia, warning about possible negative consequences. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin described this …
Leader of the New Forces Movement party Mikheil Saakashvili has urged his supporters to gather at the Veche on October 29 outside the building of the Verkhovna Rada. At a rally on Oct. 25 evening near the building of …
Mikheil Saakashvili, the former Georgian President turned fiery Ukrainian oppositionist who leads the Rukh Novikh Sil movement, spent the night in the protesters' tent camp opposite the Verkhovna Rada national parliament. …
Ukraine's parliament has adopted the revised bill On the Creation of Necessary Conditions for Peaceful Settlement of the Situation in Certain Areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, which prolongs the special status of some areas of Donetsk and …
