It is too early for V. Yanukovych and Yu. Tymoshenko to lay claims to the highest office and make deals who will be president or premier, Vadym Krasiov, Yushchenko's political adviser and analyst, said, addressing a press conference to day.

Sept. 29, Volodymyr Lytvyn has called on the branches of power to stop criticizing each other's work. The speaker was commenting on Yushchenko's office statement that the present stalemate in VR is threatening Ukraine's security.

Official Kremlin won't put its money on any of the presidential candidates in Ukraine, Russia Duma's vice-speaker Vladimir Zhyrinovskij said, participating in the Kyiv-Moscow TV conference Sept. 29.

Former Yushchenko's chief of staff Viktor Baloha's decision to throw his and his party's weight behind Viktor Yanukovych in the second round was no surprise, People's Self-Defense's Yury Hrymchak said.

As confirmed by Ukrainian experience, a number of former opponents, primarily politicians with close links to business, will defect their parties to join the winner, regardless of whoever wins the presidential election, Volodymyr Fesenko, Penta think tank director, told ZIK

Reforms and Order party, PRP, will back up Yulia Tymoshenko for president. Such a decision was passed by the PRP board, its member and VR lawmaker, Anatoly Yahoferov, told The Delo Sept. 28

As the current ruling coalition remains basically on paper, it cannot control the government and map out policy, something the coalition should do, political expert Andry Yermolayev told ZIK today.

The only real contenders in the forthcoming presidential election are Tymoshenko and Yanukovych. Other, marginal, contenders will do everything to torpedo the election. If the election is disrupted, Yushchenko and Lytvyn will face each other in the battle for the

Although Pres Yushchenko focused on guarantees of security for Ukraine during his speech in the United Nations, he should have put his foot down in a more resolute manner, Oleksandr Palij, the political expert working for the Diplomatic Academy at

Addressing the agenda-setting session of faction heads this morning, NUNS leader Mykola Martynenko said his faction is against changing the mode of voting for the Regions-initiated bill to raise salaries and pensions. We will not cow to the dictate by

VR lawmaker and head of PR Crimea organization Vasyly Kyseliov says the party should elect a new leader before the local elections in spring 2010, Glavred quotes him as saying Sept. 23.

The Party of Regions continues, into the second month now, to insist on their bill on higher wages and pensions fast-tracked by Verkhovna Rada - to the point that they have been paralyzing work of VR, breaking voting systems or

By the end of this year Lviv will have 100% water supply, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said during a briefing. "I saw the work being done to supply Lviv and 50 localities near Lviv with drinking water, and hot and

Lviv is gearing up for Euro-2012 ahead of schedule, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko told journalists during her working visit to Lviv.She was informed about the plans for building the temporary and main terminal and landing strip at Lviv airport. According

Head of the Congress of Ukrainian Intelligentsia in the Lviv Oblast Stepan Pavliuk has made a statement on behalf of the Western Ukrainian intelligentsia calling on politicians in the democratic camp to give up their president bids in favor of

Tomorrow, October 2, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko will attend the IX Lviv International Economic Forum in Truskavets, Lviv oblast.

The Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko stresses on gradual stabilization of all economic branches of Ukraine. She announced during celebrations dedicated to putting in exploitation and handing over keys for flat in the 100-apartment house built in the frames of the

According to Yulia Tymoshenko, already in the draft State Budget of 2010 the Government has to envisage giving to higher educational institutions a right to command the financial resources received from contract students. She emphasized it would facilitate autonomy in

It is definitely that the plant will be privatized some time or other," Yulia Tymoshenko underlined. The most important for her is to ensure fair and transparent conditions for all the potential investors. The PM informed that before preparation of

The Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko announces that the Gov't would approve a decision to reduce price for gas for enterprises of sugar industry. She informed during the all-Ukrainian meeting dedicated to the issues of development of sugar-beet industry