Ukrainian lustration bill to go to president for approvalThe so-called lustration bill, under which about one million officials would be screened, is ready to go to President Petro Poroshenko for approval.14:10 25.09.2014
About 1 million Ukrainian officials face screening under lustration billAbout a million officials from different levels of government face screening and removal from their posts under the lustration bill which has been passed by the Parliament, according to Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk.16:37 17.09.2014
Ukrainian parliament rejects Yatsenyuk’s resignationUkraine’s parliament has rejected the resignation of Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, RIA Novosti announced.15:11 31.07.2014
Poroshenko signs partial mobilization billUkrainian president Petro Poroshenko has signed a bill on partial mobilization, his official website announced.14:13 23.07.2014
Ukraine opens case against Russian defense minister and oligarchUkraine’s Interior Ministry has initiated criminal proceedings against Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and the 39-year-old founder of equity investment group Marshall Capital, Konstantin Malofeyev.10:40 23.07.2014
Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada to hear Poroshenko’s partial mobilization decreeThe Ukrainian parliament meeting tomorrow will give priority to President Petro Poroshenko’s decree on partial mobilization, Verkhovna Rada Speaker Oleksandr Turchynov announced.14:10 21.07.2014
Ukrainian Communist Party case to be heard on July 24The Kiev Administrative District Court will hear a lawsuit to ban the Communist Party of Ukraine on July 24, Justice Minister Pavlo Petrenko announced.16:31 15.07.2014
Poroshenko approves punishment for separatism financingUkrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed a law adding punishment for separatism financing to the country’s Criminal Code, the UNIAN news agency announced, citing the president’s press service.10:18 09.07.2014
Ukraine goes to court seeking to outlaw Communist partyThe Ministry of Justice of Ukraine has filed a claim with the Kiev District Court seeking to ban the Communist Party of Ukraine.16:12 08.07.2014
Ukrainian parliament members could face arrest for promoting rebel causeMembers of the Ukrainian parliament could lose their mandates and be arrested for sympathizing with eastern Ukraine rebels, Ukrainskaya Pravda reports citing Verkhovna Rada Speaker Alexander Tuchynov.11:20 07.07.2014
Ukraine puts judge who sent Tymoshenko to prison on wanted listThe Ukrainian Interior Ministry has put Pechersky District Court Judge Rodion Kireyev, who sentenced former Prime Minister Tymoshenko to seven years in prison for abuse of power for signing gas contracts with Russia in 2009, on the wanted list, the ministry announced on its website.10:24 07.07.2014
Ukraine approves law on partial ownership gas transit facilities by EU and USThe Ukrainian parliament has approved a law in the first reading that would allow the government to establish a gas distribution system operator that could be 49% owned by investors from the US or the EU.14:12 04.07.2014
Ukrainian lawmakers reject presidential amendments to constitutionTwo parliamentary majority parties, Batkivshchyna and Svoboda (Freedom), have rejected the amendments to the constitution proposed by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, the parties’ representatives said on Tuesday.14:39 03.07.2014
Ukraine’s Naftogaz may sue Gazprom over gas transit contractKiev may file with the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce a lawsuit seeking revision of a gas transit contract with Russia’s Gazprom, Naftogaz of Ukraine CEO Andrei Kobolev told journalists on Monday.15:39 23.06.2014
Judge who sent Tymoshenko to prison put on wanted listThe Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office has put Pechersky District Court Judge Rodion Kireyev on the wanted list, Ukrainian news agency LigaBiznesInform announced on Friday. Kireyev was the judge who pronounced ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko guilty in the well-publicized “gas” case.14:06 20.06.2014
Ukrainian government confiscates titanium assets from FirtashThe Ukrainian government has terminated the lease contract of Crimea Titan, a company of billionaire Dmytro Firtash, for two titanium mining and enrichment plants, said Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, as quoted by RIA Novosti.15:40 06.06.2014
Ukraine opens tax evasion case against Yanukovich’s sonUkrainian Prosecutor General’s Office is currently investigating a tax evasion case against Alexander Yanukovich, the eldest son of recently ousted president Viktor Yanukovich, deputy Prosecutor General Aleksei Baganets told journalists on Tuesday.13:34 03.06.2014
Chocolate mogul Poroshenko leads Ukrainian presidential elections – exit pollsChocolate king and independent candidate Petro Poroshenko has won the presidential election in Ukraine in the first round with over 55% of the vote. According to exit polls, the runner-up is former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko (Batkivshchyna).10:07 26.05.2014
Ukrainian parliament votes for decentralization of powerThe Verkhovna Rada will ensure the unconditional implementation of a constitutional reform focused on the decentralization of power, reads the parliament’s resolution adopted on Tuesday.10:28 21.05.2014
Ukrainian authorities seek access to ex-prosecutor Pshonka’s archivesUkraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office is in talks to obtain the archives of ex-Prosecutor General Viktor Pshonka with a “paramilitary group” that took part in the Maidan protests. The prosecutors believe that the archives contain information about the authorities’ struggles against the protestors, the office’s press service announced on Monday.10:22 20.05.2014