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  • President urges introduction of farmland market President Petro Poroshenko called in his annual address to the parliament on 6 September for the introduction of agricultural land market with the right of sale and purchase of plots…
  • Tymoshenko demands to change governance system The Leader of Batkivshchyna party Yulia Tymoshenko demanded to change the current governance system, which she considers inefficient. "I demand that we return to strategic, efficient…
  • Poroshenko called NATO membership a strategic goal of Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko says joining NATO is Ukraine's strategic goal. "Our strategic goal is NATO membership", Poroshenko said in his address to the parliament on 6 September…
  • Poroshenko: Ukrainian army received 1.5bn in Western assistance President Petro Poroshenko praised the support of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by Western partners and said that the assistance tothe Ukrainian army has made up over 1.5bn dollars under…
  • Rada opens fifth session Ukrainian parliament opened on 6 September the fifth session of the eighth convocation, Speaker Andriy Parubiy announced from the rostrum. The opening of the autumn-winter session…
  • Ukraine sells 830 tanks, 710 combat vehicles in 2004-2015 In the period from 2004 to 2015, Ukraine has sold over 830 tanks, 710 combat vehicles and 200 aircraft, the Prosecutor General, Yuriy Lutsenko said at a meeting of the Verkhovna Rada…
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  • The European Union says the Verkhovna Rada should pass a bill that will strengthen the independence of the electricity market regulator, as well as a bill on the electricity market…
  • Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko has signed the indictment papers for Oleksandr Onishchenko three weeks after the Verkhovna Rada stripped him of parliamentary immunity, the press…
  • ​President inks bill boosting DUI penalties President Petro Poroshenko has signed into law the bill setting stricter penalties for driving under the influence of alcohol, drugs or other medicines, according to the official website…
  • Speaker: no early elections for this parliament Verkhovna Rada Speaker Andriy Parubiy excludes the possibility of early elections and says this parliament has great potential for use. "I want to reassure all the sceptics: there…
  • Ukraine ratifies Paris Agreement on climate change The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on 14 July ratified the Paris Agreement on climate change, which was adopted in December 2015 to replace the Kyoto Protocol. The bill №0105, sponsored…
  • Parliament speaker fears escalation in Donbas soon Verkhovna Rada Chairman Andriy Parubiy says he expets the situation in the east of Ukraine may worsen in the coming months. "According to information that I have, there is a high…
  • Radical Party goes on a sit-in The head of the Radical Party, Oleh Lyashko said on 7 July that his faction announces a sit-down strike in response to the unblocking of the Verkhovna Rada. After that, the RP deputies…
  • The deputies of People's Front and BPP factions gathered on 7 July morning near the rostrum and presidium of the Verkhovna Rada to prevent their blocking by opposition. Speaker Andriy…
  • Ukrainian parliament fails to meet as blockade continues The Ukrainian parliament failed to hold a meeting on 6 July as the factions of Fatherland and the Radical Party, and sympathetic MPs continue blocking the work of the assembly. Parliament…