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  • Experts and MPs to discuss amended environment bills On 22 May, at 14:00, within the framework of the information partnership of the Reanimation Package of Reforms and Gorshenin Institute, and with the support of the LB.ua website, a…
  • Foreign ministry: Vatican not summoned Ukraine's envoy The Foreign Ministry denied media reports about the alleged summoning of the Ukrainian ambassador to the Vatican for explanations regarding bills concerning the Ukrainian Orthodox…
  • PM suggested parliament to hold government confidence vote Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman invited the Verkhovna Rada to consider the issue of confidence to his government next week. "I'm not afraid of a report in the parliament... I suggest…
  • Parliament repeals "Savchenko Law" The Verkhovna Rada on Thursday, 18 May, passed a bill that de facto repeals the provisions of the "Savchenko's law" that equalled one day of pre-trial detention in jail to two days…
  • Rada outlaws St. George ribbon The Verkhovna Rada banned the St. George ribbon in Ukraine. The bill supported, by 238 people's deputies, introduces an article entitled "The manufacture and propaganda of St. George's…
  • G7 envoys lambaste flawed anti-graft bill Ambassadors of the G7 countries are concerned about the content of the bill imposing a ban on the investigation of previously closed cases by law enforcement agencies and believe that…
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  • Poroshenko introduces bill on inclusive education President Petro Poroshenko has referred to parliament a draft law on inclusive education in Ukraine. The bill provides for the education of students with special educational needs…
  • PM set to lower gas extraction rent to 12% Prime Minister Vladimir Groysman during the weekly hour of questions to the Cabinet in the Verkhovna Rada advocated a decline in the rent for natural gas extraction. He says the rent…
  • PM: defence spending needs twofold increase Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman called for a doubling of the country's defence budget. "Today we have a 130 billion budget to maintain Ukrainian troops, our security and defense…
  • Parliament passes energy market bill The Verkhovna Rada by 277 votes passed on Thursday morning a bill on the nation's electricity market. The draft legislation aims to provide reliable and safe supply of electric energy…
  • Ammo worth 1bn dollars destroyed in Balakliya fire - MP Head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security and Defense Serhiy Pashynskyy says that the March 23 fire in the rocket and artillery ammunition depot in Balakliya, Kharkiv…
  • Government not to report to parliament until mid-May The Cabinet of Ministers will not present the annual government report to parliament during the plenary week of 11-14 April, the head of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc faction, Artur Herasymov…
  • Poroshenko rules out adoption of Labour Code without antidiscrimination norms President Petro Poroshenko has criticized the decision of a parliamentary committee to exclude the so-called antidiscrimination norms from the draft Labour Code and assured European…
  • Cabinet approved bill on financial investigations service The Cabinet of Ministers at a meeting on Wednesday, March 22, approved a bill on the Financial Investigation Service (FIS), which should replace the tax police. Finance Minister Oleksandr…
  • Sonya Koshkina talks to president's man in Rada A year ago, before being appointed presidential representative in the parliament, Arthur Herasimov was the most non-public figure in the entourage of Petro Poroshenko. The interview…