MPs adopted draft resolution on dismissal of Defense Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov. The ForUm's correspondent informs. 363 MPs voted for such decision, in particular PR - 161, BYuT - 152 , OU-PSD - 4 , CPU - 27, Lytvyn bloc -

In the view of the fact that recently certain officials have activated talks on expediency of introduction of exactions from students of Ukrainian educational establishments, in the capacity of Prime Minister of Ukraine, the Head of Government, I wish to

The slander, ungrounded accusations, outspoken offends and frank rudeness, which minister for internal affairs Yuriy Lutsenko ventured against the Party of Regions faction Deputy Head, one of the party leaders Boris Kolesnikov, were fairly judged by the Kyiv Court of

The President Viktor Yushchenko says that the payment for the natural gas which Ukraine used in May will be transferred to Russia's Gazprom in an hour at the amount of UAH 3.8 billion. He said that today during the NSDC

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted law on the national referendum, the ForUm's correspondent informs. 296 MPs voted for such law on referendum. The given law determines order of announcement of the national referendum on people's initiative, in particular referendum

The Party of Regions will support dismissal of the Defense Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov. Deputy chairman of the PR faction Oleksandr Yefremov told journalists today, the ForUm's correspondent informs. "Probably, taking into consideration the hysteria concerning issue on possible emergency state,

Tomorrow evening the session of the BYuT faction will take place, the issue on possible coalition creation between BYuT and PR is probably will be discussed. MP from the BYuT Andriy Mishchenko told journalists, the ForUm's correspondent informs. "The agenda

The VRU speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn stands for strengthening of current coalition by means of PR. He told journalists today, the ForUm's correspondent informs. "I am for the coalition to be united," he said. Lytvyn considers it would be ideal if

Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko described the intentions to form a coalition of the Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko and the Party of Regions as a constitutional coup, according to Interfax-Ukraine. He said this in an interview with 1+1 Channel, the presidential

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has called purely political the Verkhovna Rada's decision to dismiss Defense Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov, presidential press secretary Iryna Vannykova said at a news briefing on Friday, Kyiv Post reported. "The president views today's decision by Verkhovna

The National Security and Defense Council has pointed to the necessity to diversify the sources of gas supplies to Ukraine, first deputy secretary of the NSDC Stepan Havrysh said at a briefing after the meeting of the council, according to

A total of 357 of required 226 deputies backed the bill No.3552 in the second reading.

Sokolovskyi considers that Russia may impose these sanctions at the end of this year.

This is disclosed in the presidential decree No.411/2009 of June 4.

According to currency dealers for commercial banks, the hryvnia's exchange rate fluctuated within 7.60-7.64 UAH/USD at the start of the trading, then narrowed to 7.61-7.63 UAH/USD, and hardly changed by the end of the trading.

In western Ukraine, partly cloudy weather, intermittent rain in places, storms in the daytime, and western wind of 7-12 m/s are expected. Temperature will stand at +5...+10 C at night, and at +15...+20 C in the daytime.

The Ukrainian prime minister intends to meet with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

He stressed, in keeping with Article 12 of the provision on the Council of the Commonwealth of Independent States' Interior Ministers he delegated his powers to Ukrainian Interior Minister Lutsenko.

If the beer excise grows up to UAH 0.6, the price of a bottle will on average grow by UAH 0.2-0.25," president of the Obolon closed joint-stock company Oleksandr Slobodian told the Ukrainian News agency.

If implemented, the law will cause a 21-percent drop in GDP and the country will suffer considerable financial losses because of shortfalls in tax receipts from legal entities and individuals engaged in gambling business, the president's press service said.