Verkhovna Rada

• 13 July 2017, 12:58
  MPs refused to deprive themselves of summer break
  The Verkhovna Rada voted against not closing the current session and gathering, if necessary, in plenary meetings until 5 September. Speaker Andriy Parubiy put the motion to vote three…
• 12 July 2017, 13:46
  Health ministry: Rada committee whittles away medical reform bill
  The Verkhovna Rada Committee on Health Issues suggested 396 amendments to the bill No. 6327 on medical reform in Ukraine, which level the essence of the document, says acting Minister…
• 10 July 2017, 12:29
  Rada to vote all motions to lift immunity from MPs - speaker
  Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Andriy Parubiy said that he would bring to the vote all the PGO motions to lift immunity from some deputies, including those not supported…
• 07 July 2017, 16:35
  G7 envoys call on Rada to adopt pension reform before recess
  The ambassadors of the G-7 countries (the United States, Italy, Germany, France, the UK, Canada and Japan) in Ukraine issued a statement calling on the Ukrainian parliament to adopt…
• 04 July 2017, 12:08
  MP asks to be stripped of immunity
  People's deputy Oles Dovhyy addressed the Verkhovna Rada regulatory committee with a request to be stripped of the parliamentary immunity. "As a responsible and consistent politician…
• 27 June 2017, 13:16
  Speaker says coalition has 227 seats
  Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Andriy Parubiy insists that the coalition in the parliament does exist and has at least 227 seats. "The coalition has two member factions…
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• 22 June 2017, 12:41
  New version of Constitutional Court bill passes first reading
  The Verkhovna Rada by a narrow majority of 231 votes with the minimum required at 226 adopted the new version of the law "On the Constitutional Court" as a basis. The bill was prepared…
• 21 June 2017, 16:09
  PGO asks Rada to strip MPs of immunity
  The Prosecutor General's Office forwarded to the Verkhovna Rada a proposal for the removal of immunity from people's deputy Andriy Lozovyy (Radical Party). The press secretary of the…
• 15 June 2017, 11:37
  ExclusiveVice speaker rules out early parliamentary elections
  First Vice-Speaker Iryna Herashchenko ruled out the possibility of holding early elections to the Verkhovna Rada. "I regard this possibility as close to zero, no matter how the parliamentary…
• 09 June 2017, 15:11
  Public organizations lambaste Rada committee for sabotaging medical reform
  A number of leading public and patient organizations of Ukraine accused the head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Health Olha Bohomolets of sabotaging medical reform. In an open…
• 08 June 2017, 16:19
  Rada OKs medical reform bill
  On Thursday, 8 June, the Verkhovna Rada adopted by a majority of 227 votes the draft law On State Financial Guarantees for the Provision of Medical Services and Medicines. The bill…
• 08 June 2017, 11:15
  Rada sets course on NATO membership
  The Verkhovna Rada on Thursday passed a bill №6470 that defines Ukraine's accession to NATO as a pillar of the nation's foreign policy. The bill garnered the support of 276 lawmakers…
• 24 May 2017, 16:17
  PGO completes Buzyna murder probe
  The investigation of the resonant murder of journalist and writer Oles Buzyna is completed, Prosecutor-General Yuriy Lutsenko told the Verkhovna Rada on Wednesday, 24 May. "After…
• 23 May 2017, 13:41
  Rada introduced 75% Ukrainian language quota on television
  The Verkhovna Rada on Tuesday, May 23, adopted the bill No. 5313 as a whole, which obliges national television channels to broadcast at least 75% of the weekly air time in Ukrainian…
• 22 May 2017, 15:22
  ExclusiveRada on Tuesday to consider two essential EU integration bills
  MP Ostap Yednak believes that on Tuesday, May 22, the parliament will consider and approve the two most important European integration bills on the agenda: "On Environmental Impact…