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This excerpt from an interesting article entitled: "Ukrainian political battle could hit European gas prices" from today's Br...

'Kommentarii' run a story shedding light on Volodymyr Lytvyn's attempt to return to the top flight of Ukrainian politics. Here ...

Head of President Yushchenko's secretariat, Viktor Baloha, continues his risible criticism of PM Yuliya Tymoshenko in a recent posting ...

Some portions from an article in the latest 'Kommentarii' weekly, giving reasons why any 'third force' is unlikely to emerg...

So the dust covers have been placed over the chairs in Ukraine's parliament for the summer recess. Sittings will resume on 2nd of Septe...

Today Party of Regions presented their proposed parliamentary bill to amend certain articles in the Constitution of Ukraine. The main point...

A loose translation of an article in the current 'Kommentarii': Yushchenko scared off by Tymoshenko's [possible] resignation Th...

Some speculation from 'Segodnya': Tymoshenko's 'day of judgement' delayed for two weeks - Lytvynites are now ready to s...

Some speculation from a recent 'Segodnya' article : Opposition reflecting over dismissing Tymoshenko 'Regionaly' are convinc...

Last Thursday a vote was to take place in parliament to relieve head of the Ukrainian State Property Fund, Valentyna Semenyuk, of her duties...

An article in 'Obozrevatel' informs readers that in response to questions concerning her Ukrainian citizenship, 'first?' la...

Minister of Internal Affairs Yuriy Lutsenko has not yet returned from his hastily-arranged visit to Moldova. On 29th May he was summoned to...

If you can understand Ukrainian, watch Yulia Tymoshenko's formidable performance on the TRK 'Ukraina' TV channel last night here...

According to an article in 'Oboz', Ukrainian interior minister Yuriy Lutsenko and head of the NS part of the NU-NS parliamentary bl...

In an interview in the latest 'Russian Newsweek', PM Yulia Tymoshenko admits co-operating with Party of Regions on voting through a...

Leonid Chernovetsky, by obtaining about 36% of votes cast, has won a handsome victory in the Kyiv mayoral elections. His two nearest oppone...

Interior minister Yuriy Lutsenko [who is also head of the Narodna Samooborona faction of the NU-NS block], in a Radio interview yesterday, c...

Today the staid 'Ekonomicheskie Izvestia' [EI] ran this story : [President's] Secretariat has devised a new format for the coali...

PM Tymoshenko and her government have suffered several set-backs in recent days. The Odessa Portside Plant privatisation sale, so important...

The [ postponed ] 'privatization' of the Odessa Portside Plant has been a running major source of conflict between PM Tymoshenko and...