Politics

The top of Ukraine’s parliament building / REUTERS The names of some new ministers who may be approved by the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, next week have been leaked to the press. Lawmakers are scheduled to gather for a special…

Gerashchenko says Health Minister Yemets has submitted a letter of resignation / Photo from UNIAN Member of Parliament from the European Solidarity parliamentary faction Iryna Gerashchenko has announced the resignation of Health Minister Illia Yemets and Finance Minister Ihor Umansky. “[Ukrainian…

REUTERS President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has appointed Ruslan Khomchak new Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The text of the relevant decree No. 125/2020

Kozhara could be released on bail / Photo from UNIAN Kyiv’s Shevchenkivsky district court has chosen a preventive measure for former Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara, who is charged with the murder of businessman Serhiy Starytsky. The ex-minister was remanded in…

REUTERS The special status for the occupied areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions will never be fixed in the Constitution of Ukraine, says Deputy Prime Minister for the reintegration of temporarily occupied territories, Oleksiy Reznikov. No negotiations are being held…

Photo from UNIAN President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has called on the country’s legislators to keep working on the adoption of important laws. Countering coronavirus must be a joint effort, the president stressed. “People’s deputies, who today have no other…

REUTERS The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has stated that Ukraine will appeal to international courts in connection with Russia imposing a ban on land ownership in the occupied Crimea by Ukrainian nationals. “The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry condemns the…

Ukraine has failed to implement eleven recommendations at all / Photo from UNIAN The Council of Europe’s anti-corruption body GRECO has published its conclusions on Ukraine’s progress in enacting recommendations that were made by GRECO in 20

Ukraine’s Cabinet building in Kyiv / REUTERS Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has extended the coronavirus quarantine until April 24. The decision was passed at a government meeting on Wednesday, March 25, according to an UNIAN correspondent. Read alsoUkraine introducing national…

Photo from UNIAN The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s Parliament, is considering holding future meetings at an open venue, like a stadium or a large concert hall, says MP with the leading Servant of the People faction, Yevhenia Kravchuk. She specified that…