The Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada has resumed its work after summer vacation

446 MPs have registered in the chamber

Only political madmen can think today about another snap election..."

Yanukovych reassures journalists

And to condemn the position of the Party of Regions

But ready to address VR as soon as it resumes normal working regime

The decision was made today

A joint draft decree registered in parlt

And Tomenko as deputy Speaker

President of France, Chairman of the European Union Nicolas Sarkozy announced at a press conference following the special EU summit on Sep 1 that he himself, EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana and EC

Official Tbilisi has announced a unilateral withdrawal from the Joint Control Commission for the Georgian-Ossetian conflict settlement. As a statement of the country's Minister for Re-Integration Temur Yakobashvili reads, ''the decision was taken after Russia by its hostile action in

Representatives of Georgia have admitted to the Human Rights Watch (HRW) that Tbilisi had used cluster bombs in South Ossetia, AFP cites HRW representative Bonnie Docherty. Earlier, accusations of the use of the cluster bombs had been used against Russia

87% of Ukrainians were interested in August 2008 events in Georgia, REGNUM correspondent in Kiev cites director of the Institute for Strategic Studies Yury Ruban to announce Sep 1 at a press conference.According to the expert, 41.9% of Ukrainians suppose

Georgia'a Ambassador to Belarus David Zalkaliani forwarded to CIS Executive Committee a Georgian government's note of his country's withdrawal from the 2003 agreement on the dislocation of the Joint Peacekeeping Forces (JPF) in the zone of the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict zone.

Sep 2, US Consul General in Vladivostok Tom Armbruster arrived to Kamchatka, REGNUM correspondent reports citing Kamchatka government's press office.Tom Armbruster will spend three days on Kamchatka. During this time, he is to meet with Governor Alexey Kuzmitsky and Chairman

While operational situation in the zone of the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict is relatively stable, this cannot be said of the situation in South Ossetia, REGNUM correspondent cites Russian General Staff report voiced by Russian Foreign Ministry's official representative Andrey Nesterenko at

REGNUM publishes commentary of Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the outcomes of the extraordinary summit of the European Union held in Brussels Sep 1, 2008.''European Union's summit was quite predictable, for even before it was held, statements of European

Sep 2 2008, Russia's Federation Council and Parliament of South Ossetia signed agreement on interstate parliamentary cooperation, REGNUM correspondent reports. The document provides for development of all forms of interstate parliamentary cooperation between the countries. Parliaments of South Ossetia and

On Sep 4, 2008, President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko is to admit US Vice President Dick Cheney, REGNUM correspondent in Kiev reports referring to Yushchenko's Press Secretary Irina Vannikova.According to Vannikova, ''a number of important aspects of the Ukrainian-US relations

45.4% of Ukrainians think that, for the sake of good-neighborly relations with Russia, Ukraine must avoid joining NATO, REGNUM correspondent in Kiev cites Director of the Institute for Strategic Studies Yury Ruban to say at a press conference Sep 1.According