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  • 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…
  • Venice Commission head calls on Rada to promptly adopt judicial reform Head of the Venice Commission Gianni Buquicchio has called on people's deputies of Ukraine of all political forces to vote for the amendments to the Constitution in the part of the…
  • Premier lashes out at "populist" MPs Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman criticized the work of the Verkhovna Rada deputies. At a Cabinet meeting on 1 June, Groysman expressed indignation at the fact that the bill reducing…
  • Parliament sharply cuts excise tax on used cars The Verkhovna Rada on 30 May adopted the bill setting a sharp decline in excise taxes (2 to 28 times depending on the engine capacity) for used cars. The bill, supported by 237 deputies…
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  • President submits key judicial reform bill to parliament President Petro Poroshenko introduced to the Verkhovna Rada a bill on judicial system and status of judges, which is a key element of the long-overdue judicial reform. The draft bill…
  • Judicial reform must scrap special courts, re-certify judges, says lawmaker The draft law on judicial system and status of judges, currently drafted by the parliamentary working group on justice within of the Constitutional Commission will lay down the framework…
  • Parliament shortens Dnipropetrovsk to Dnipro In compliance with the law on decommunization, the Ukrainian parliament on 19 May had Dnipropetrovsk renamed Dnipro. The bill sponsored by MP Andriy Denysenko was supported by 247…
  • Parliament sets 70% quota for Western TV production The parliament of Ukraine set on Tuesday a 70-per-cent quota on TV programmes produced in Europe, the United States and Canada. Under the law, a TV show is considered to be produced…
  • President vetoes bill boosting scrap export duties President Petro Poroshenko on Monday, 16 May vetoed the bill raising export duties on scrap metal, according to the parliamentary website. On 21 April 2016, parliament raised …
  • President nominates Lutsenko for prosecutor-general President Petro Poroshenko has submitted to parliament a draft resolution that proposes it to rubberstamp the appointment of Yuriy Lutsenko as the nation's top prosecutor. Poroshenko…
  • President signs amended bill on prosecutor-general President Petro Poroshenko has signed a law adopted today which allows the appointment of a person without a law degree as the prosecutor-general. The law introducing amendments to…
  • Rada unlocks in absentia probe into fugitive ex-president The Verkhovna Rada on Thursday introduced a temporary amendment to the Criminal Procedure Code effective until 1 April 2017, which significantly changed Article 24-1 outlining the…
  • Parliament passes bill tailored for presidential protege Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada on Thursday, 12 May put on the agenda and passed bill No 4645, which allows the head of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc (PPB) faction, Yuriy Lutsenko, to be appointed…