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  • Parliament includes EU, Nato aspirations in constitution Parliament has approved amendments to the constitution, thus registering Ukraine's course for full-fledged membership of the EU and Nato. MPs have also removed the clause which allowed…
  • President approves farmland sale ban until 2020 President Petro Poroshenko has signed the law which extends the moratorium on the sale of farmland until 1 January 2020, according to the relevant bill's profile on the parliamentary…
  • Scoop of the weekend: Patriarch Epifaniy's enthronement, presidential campaign Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine Epifaniy was enthroned as leader of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine in the St Sophia Cathedral. He held the first liturgy in this role. The honorary…
  • Klitschko supports Poroshenko for president Kiev mayor and former professional boxer Vitaliy Klitschko has supported Petro Poroshenko's re-election bid. He said this in a video address shown at the forum called "From Kruty…
  • Premier supports Poroshenko's second term bid Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has supported President Petro Poroshenko's decision to run for a second term. "The future five-year period is an opportunity to ensure the irreversibility…
  • Ukrainian president announces re-election bid President Petro Poroshenko has said that he will be running for a second term. "The feeling of profound responsibility to the country, contemporaries, past and future generations…
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  • Vitaliy Klitschko admitted to Austrian hospital (UPDATE) Kyiv mayor Vitaliy Klitschko was admitted to a hospital in Vienna three days ago, LB.ua has learnt from a source. The mayor's office is expected to make a statement shortly. The…
  • Poroshenko to announce re-election bid on 29 Jan – Koshkina President Petro Poroshenko will announce his re-election bid on 29 January, not on 2 February as it was planned before, the editor in chief of the LB.ua news and analysis website…
  • Scoop of the weekend: tribute to "cyborgs" Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko commemorated the Ukrainian servicemen known as "cyborgs" who died defending Donetsk airport in 2015. He said that Donetsk airport will be restored…
  • Poroshenko speaks for land reform President Petro Poroshenko has said it is necessary to hold a land reform which would allow the sale of farmland. "I understand the sacred meaning of the word 'land' for every Ukrainian…
  • Ukrainian sailor released from Iranian prison Ukrainian sailor Andriy Novichkov, a resident of Odesa, has been released from an Iranian prison, President Petro Poroshenko has said on Facebook. He is already on the territory of…
  • Poroshenko denies Russia right to dictate terms of Sea of Azov use President Petro Poroshenko has said that Russia has no right to decide for Ukraine on how it should use the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait. Ukraine will never recognise the occupation…
  • Ukrainian delegation arrives in Istanbul to receive Tomos The Ukrainian delegation arrived in Istanbul to receive the Tomos from Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew granting autocephaly to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. "We are on our way to…
  • Poroshenko in New Year address: "The worst is behind" The worst is behind for Ukraine, President Petro Poroshenko has said in his New Year speech. The following is the text of his address as published on the president's official website…
  • Ukraine ends martial law Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has announced the end of martial law as of 2 p.m. on 26 December. "Today, at 2 p.m., martial law will be terminated. This is my principled decision…