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  • Fugitive MP says may seek political asylum in UK Stripped of parliamentary immunity MP Oleksandr Onyshchenko (Opposition Bloc) intends to seek political asylum abroad. "Well, where in the world you can get the status of a political…
  • Parliament strips MP of immunity The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has supported the request by Ukraine's Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko to give its consent to criminal prosecution, detention and arrest of MP Oleksandr…
  • People's Deputy Oleksandr Onishchenko (Will of the People) did not return to Ukraine despite earlier promises to show up in the parliament when the lawmakers were planned to consider…
  • Cabinet asks Poroshenko to ink law cutting excise duties on used cars The Cabinet of Ministers endorsed on 4 July and sent to President Petro Poroshenko a recommendation to sign the legislation slashing excise tax (2-28 times depending on the engine…
  • Rada unblocks bill slashing excise duties on used cars The Verkhovna Rada on 15 June rejected a draft resolution on the abolition of the law about a sharp decline in excise tax on used cars. Thus, the parliament unblocked the signing of…
  • Rada asks Ecumenical Patriarch to provide autocephaly to UOC The Verkhovna Rada asked on 16 June the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I to provide autocephaly (self-government) to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. The draft resolution was supported…
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  • Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko asked the Verkhovna Rada to give consent to criminal prosecution, detention and arrest of MP Oleksandr Onishchenko (Will of the People…
  • NABU set to arrest grand embezzler MP The National Anti-Corruption Bureau has reportedly prepared a petition for the stripping of immunity and the arrest of people's deputy Oleksandr Onishchenko. "The petition was signed…
  • MP: New government heeds parliament view of tax reform The new government shows tendency to heed the opinion of lawmakers and the expert community on the issue of tax reform, the head of the parliamentary committee for tax and customs…
  • Poroshenko: voting for constitutional changes gives no immunity to ex-Regionals President Petro Poroshenko said that the support given by certain lawmakers that are former members of the Party of Regions for the amendment of the Constitution does not give them…
  • Bill setting quotas on Ukrainian songs on air rejected Verkhovna Rada on 2 June returned the draft law that provides for the introduction of quotas for Ukrainian songs in the radio broadcast, to the committee for preparation for another…
  • Rada amends constitution in part of justice The Verkhovna Rada on 2 June made changes to the Constitution of Ukraine in terms of justice. The bill №3524 garnered the support of 335 deputies with 300 minimum required. The amendments…
  • Dnipropetrovsk officially turns Dnipro The resolution of the Verkhovna Rada on the renaming of the city Dnipropetrovsk to Dnipro was published in the official newspaper Voice of Ukraine. "The decision comes into force…
  • The Verkhovna Rada on Thursday passed the first reading of the bill №4734 on the judicial system and status of judges, which is a key element of the judicial reform. The bill was…
  • Verkhovna Rada refused on 1 June to create a temporary parliamentary commission of inquiry to investigate the information circulated by the media about the use of offshore companies…