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  • UPD: Bill on special confiscation adopted at first reading Parliament has adopted, with 228 votes for, at first reading bill No 4057 authorizing the confiscation of property of suspects in crime or those who avoid investigation. Speaker Volodymyr…
  • Ukrainian parliament offered to sever diplomatic ties with Russia MPs Oksana Korchynska, Yuriy-Bohdan Shukhevych (both from the Radical party faction), Oleh Petrenko (Petro Poroshenko Bloc) and Volodymyr Parasyuk (unaffiliated) have tabled a draft…
  • Ukraine joins WTO public procurement markets The Verkhovna Rada has ratified Ukraine's joining of the Government Procurement Agreement within the World’s Trade Organization framework (WTO GPA).  The draft law No. 0085…
  • Parliament passes agreed with EU law on e-declarations The Ukrainian parliament has taken into account the President’s wish and passed the law on electronic declaration of officials’ incomes. The amendments to the law are agreed with the…
  • Speaker: no way out of political crisis as of today For today, the Ukrainian Parliament does not have a particular solution to overcoming the political crisis emerged after the factual break-up of the coalition, the Speaker of the Verkhovna…
  • EP draws "roadmap" to improve Ukrainian parliament's efficiency The European Parliament’s Needs Assessment Mission led by Pat Cox has presented 52 recommendations on enhancing the efficiency of the Ukrainian parliament. They include, for example…
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  • President pledges to prevent early parliamentary election President Petro Poroshenko has said that an early parliamentary election is not on the agenda for now, according to his official website. He said that the coalition should determine…
  • Parliament speaker reveals number of coalition MPs Today there are de jure 237 MPs in the coalition. However if everyone who deems it necessary will withdraw their signatures, there will be fewer than 226 votes, parliament speaker…
  • President speaks for government "reboot" Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said that a solution to the situation with the government will be found and the required pace of reforms will be achieved, according to his…
  • State Investigation Bureau in limbo as parliament goes in recess The Ukrainian parliament has gone in a three-week recess without sorting out the discrepancies between the powers of the State Investigation Bureau (SIB) and the Prosecutor-General's…
  • Kamikaze on a string
    Sonya Koshkina
    A banal stereotype born in the first hours after the Tuesday performance – that what happened was President Poroshenko's great victory as he fooled everyone around – was crumbling…
  • Parliament passes all bills for EU visa-free travel The Ukrainian parliament has adopted the three remaining bills required for the EU to decide on lifting visa requirements for Ukrainians. In particular, it adopted bill No 4054 which…
  • Ukrainian president asks cabinet, top prosecutor to go - full text Fellow Ukrainians! In two years since the victory of the Revolution of Dignity, our country has made significant and resolute steps towards European integration. We started a series…
  • Ukrainian cabinet survives no confidence vote The Ukrainian parliament has failed the vote of no confidence in the government. The draft resolution on no confidence was supported by 194 MPs, thus failing to score the minimum of…
  • Parliament refuses to accept government report The Ukrainian has refused to accept the 2015 government performance report. Draft resolution No 4050 on taking the Cabinet of Ministers' report into consideration was supported by…