“Aren’t you tired of feeding people garbage?” Ukrainian parliament reverses anti-corruption law after street protests
After a week of protests, 331 lawmakers voted to restore NABU and SAPO independence, undoing a law passed just days earlier.
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Latvian MP faces 20 years in prison after shouting in Russian at parliament
Latvia's State Security Service detained former parliamentarian Aleksejs Rosļikovs after he shouted "There are more of us, our language is Russian!" during a 5 June parliamentary session.
Ukraine sanctions former president Poroshenko and prominent oligarchs
Members of Parliament from the European Solidarity party blocked legislative proceedings in protest of sanctions against their leader Petro Poroshenko.
“Path to dictatorship”: Zelenskyy’s sanctions on opposition leader Poroshenko draw critisism from Ukrainian journalists, activists, politicians
The sanctions have been imposed on Poroshenko, while his foundation continues delivering military aid, including 50,000 drones to Ukrainian forces.
Ukraine’s wartime unity at risk as ruling party seeks to ban opposition leader Poroshenko from parliament
Ukraine's parliament committee voted to suspend former president Poroshenko from one plenary session without evidence of misconduct.
Reuters: “Clean up your house,” Ursula von der Leyen calls on far-right parties to eliminate Kremlin influence ahead of EU election
In a recent debate organized by Politico, von der Leyen criticized these parties for their ties with the Kremlin and urged them to "clean up their house" from Russian propaganda.
Ukraine passes law to enhance military readiness and veteran welfare
The Ukrainian parliament approved a law that will create a unified electronic database of persons liable for military service and issue combatant certificates for Ukrainian veterans, as part of the country’s efforts to modernize its defense sector amid the ongoing Russian invasion.
Ukraine to spend half of 2024 budget on defense, prime minister claims
Ukraine's parliament has approved a state budget for 2024 with half of all state spending to go on…
Ukrainian parliament approves at first reading bill against oligarch Kolomoiskyi to receive IMF loan
On Monday, 30 March 2020, the Ukrainian parliament made a significant step towards receiving a loan from the…
Ukraine’s new Parliament violates regulations in its strong will to serve the people
The new just-appointed Cabinet of Ministers received moderately positive evaluations even from ex-President Poroshenko’s European Solidarity party that…
Ukraine’s parliamentary elections and the far right
On the 26th of October 2014, Ukrainians voted at the early parliamentary elections. Ukraine currently has a mixed…
President Poroshenko to the people of Ukraine: Vote for Ukraine
Dear Fellow Citizens: October 26 -- elections to the Verkhovna Rada. These elections are taking place exactly five…
Russia’s hand suspected in Kyiv clashes
The current unrest by the Parliament building has reminded us once again that the infamous "titushky" (hired thugs…
Political expert: both traitors and scoundrels will be part of the new Parliament, but voters will be the ones to pay
Oleksandr Lashchenko Kyiv – The updated Verkhovna Rada is unlikely to be any better than what we saw…
Why the Rada needs to disband and Yatseniuk needs to resign
The events of the recent days in the Ukrainian Parliament have broken out of their chains and gone…
Without a coalition, without a Prime Minister
After the dissolution of the ruling coalition, new elections await Ukraine – with the backdrop of continuing battle…
Lustration committee: Lustration in Ukraine failed
After three months the new Ukrainian government has not even begun the cleans of the government system from…
Who will come to replace the old Parliament members
What political powers have the chance to pass into the Parliament at the early elections and how stagnating…
The US and the NATO want to punish Russia – political expert
Kyiv – Taking the situation in Ukraine into account, the US and the NATO will enforce their military…
Turchynov said that the attempt by Right Sector to storm Verkhovna Rada was organized by Russia
Oleksandr Turchynov, acting President of Ukraine and Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada (VR), believes that yesterday's attempt to…