A survey by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) has found that 70% of Ukrainians disapprove of parliament.
The survey was held on 21-25 February 2020.
“Compared…
Parliament has dismissed Minister for Communities and Territories Development Alyona Babak with 266 votes.
MPs have appointed Denys Shmahal, the head of the Ivano-Frankivsk regional…
Opposition MPs chanted "Shame" as the head of the parliamentary committee on foreign policy, Bohdan Yaremenko, took the rostrum for the first time after the October sexting scandal…
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed the law which seeks to prevent MPs from voting for others in their absence, his office has said.
The new law amends the Criminal Code, the…
The parliamentary committee on foreign policy and inter-parliamentary cooperation will meet on Monday, 13 January behind closed doors to discuss "Iranian issues", LB.ua has
learnt…
Seventeen MPs have set up a new group, Trust, in parliament, speaker Dmytro Razumkov has announced.
The group is headed by MP Oleh Kulinich. During the previous convocation, he was…
Parliament has failed to replace the head of the parliamentary committee on foreign policy, Bohdan Yaremenko, who disgraced himself by sexting during a plenary session, according
…
Parliament has passed bill 2116 to relaunch the State Investigation Bureau (SIB) with 250 votes in favour.
Once signed by the president, the SIB will turn from a central executive…
MPs Hanna Skorokhod and Anton Polyakov have officially left the propresidential Servant of the People faction, speaker Dmytro Razumkov has announced at the beginning of the plenary…
The pro-presidential faction Servant of the People has selected Yelizaveta Yasko for head of the parliamentary committee on foreign policy.
She will replace career diplomat, MP Bohdan…
Parliament has started the second reading of bill No 2116 seeking to relaunch the State Investigation Bureau (SIB). It has not been put to vote yet but MPs took a principled
decision…
The Cabinet of Ministers' representative in parliament, Iryna Vereshchuk, has resigned.
She told journalists on the sidelines that she decided to step down because "we have not found…
Parliament passed the bill on the 2020 national budget in the second reading and as a whole.
Relevant bill No 2000 was backed by 280 MPs.
This is the earliest adoption of the budget…
Ukraine's parliament has given the first reading to thee government bill "On amending certain legislative acts of Ukraine concerning the turnover of agricultural land". The bills…
Parliament has given the first reading to bill No 2051-1 banning the use of plastic bags in retail and restaurants as of 2022.
The ban will apply to bags under 50 microns but not…