Politics

Maurer may visit Donbas / Photo from UNIAN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has had a phone call with President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Peter Maurer during which they have agreed that the latter’s visit to…

REUTERS The SBU Security Service of Ukraine record a spread of fake news related to coronavirus in Ukraine. “A fresh example is the rumors of an overnight spraying of disinfectant chemicals from a helicopter over the capital city of Kyiv,”…

Photo from UNIAN The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, at an extraordinary meeting March 17 appointed former acting chief of the State Bureau of Investigaiton, Iryna Venediktova, as new Prosecutor General of Ukraine. She replaced Ruslan Riaboshapka, who was dismissed in a non-confidence…

Latifundist.com The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, has appointed Ihor Petrashko new Minister for Development of Economy, Trade, and Agriculture of Ukraine. The move was backed by 243 MPs with at least 226 votes required, an UNIAN correspondent reported on March…

Photo from UNIAN New Prosecutor General of Ukraine Iryna Venediktova has commented on the initiative she had voiced earlier to repeal the law on clemency for participants in the Revolution of Dignity. While Parliament considered her appointment, Venediktova was asked…

Photo from UNIAN The Verkhovna Rada adopted the law “On Amending Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine aimed at preventing the onset and spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19)” (No. 3219), an UNIAN correspondent reports. The law establishes administrative responsibility for unauthorized…

Iryna Venediktova / Photo from UNIAN The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, has appointed Iryna Venediktova, former acting chief of the State Bureau of Investigation, the country’s new Prosecutor General. The relevant decision was backed by 269 MPs, according to an UNIAN…

REUTERS Six years after the terrible plane crash that left 298 people dead, trees have grown a bit at the MH17 victims’ national park and the wounds of those who have lost loved ones healed, but will never be forgotten.…

Photo from UNIAN Ukrainian MP from the Servant of the People parliamentary faction, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Healthcare Mykhailo Radutsky has said a bill on measures countering the coronavirus is being prepared, which provides for criminal liability for…

Serhiy Sivokho / Photo from UNIAN Nineteen people’s deputies with the Servant of the People faction have appealed to National Security and Defense Council Secretary Oleksiy Danilov to dismiss his aide Serhiy Sivokho over the latter’s claim of an “internal…