A noted Ukrainian political expert, Taras Chornovil, has joined the chorus of experts who predict what awaits Ukraine after the presidential election in January 2010.

In his interview with Fakty i Komentari on Nov. 20, Speaker Lytvyn said, among other things, that he opts for a neutral status for Ukraine and closer ties with Russia.

Speaking to journalists on the heels of his talks with Premier Yulia Tymoshenko in Yalta, Russia Premier Vladimir Putin allowed several digs at both Ukraine and Georgia presidents. Putin's interview was broadcast live late Nov. 19 by Ukraine's major TV

The Regions have not yet tabled their demand for a no-confidence vote in the cabinet because they realize that its failure can have fatal consequences for them. That is why they stopped pushing ahead with the vote, Taras Chornovil told

Ukraine embassy in Canada has appealed to the Ukrainian Diaspora and Canadian government to help fight the swine flue epidemic in Ukraine. Ukraine Ambassador to Canada Ihor Ostash told a ZIK correspondent about the reaction of Canadians to the Ukrainian

In an article for Ukrayinska Pravda, lawmaker Taras Chornovil throws new light on the murder of his father, 2000 presidential candidate Vyacheslav Chornovil.

The decision to sack the present cabinet and create a new one will be taken at tonight's soccer match in Donetsk to be attended by Yushchenko and Yanukovych, vice speaker Mykola TOmenko told journalists Nov. 18.

Amid threats emanating from the Party of Regions to take a vote of confidence in the cabinet on Nov. 18, political analyst Volodymyr Fesenko believes the vote is one of the stages in the Regions plan to call snap parliamentary

Law-enforcement officers from the United States and Ukraine have busted a ring whose business was to supply illegal visas to would-be Ukrainian emigrants, Lutsenko told journalists in Kyiv Nov. 17.

Following Tymoshenko-Putin forthcoming talk, an agreement between Ukraine and Russia on modernizing Ukraine's gas-pumping system may be signed in December, Tymoshenko's adviser on fuel issues Oleksa Hudyma told ZIK Nov. 16.

Speaking to journalists Nov. 16, Premier Tymoshenko has announced she will set up a commission to investigate the allegations of corruption during the purchases of equipment, medicines and vaccines by health ministry officials.

Speaking to Glavred Nov. 13, a BYT lawmaker, Volodymyr Pylypenko, says he believes Yulia Tymoshenko will not have to call another multi-day rally in Maidan in Kyiv, like the Orange parties did in 2004, to affirm her victory in the

Compromising materials against Viktor Yanukovych regarding his third alleged crime are soon to be made public by his opponents, political expert Kost Bondarenko claimed, addressing a press conference in Simferopol Nov. 13.

SAC cannot function normally because it cannot pay for its mail, paper and discs, SAC Тщмю 12 press service report runs.

The number of patients sick with the flue has decreased substantially in the Lviv oblast. However, it is high enough to qualify the current situation as epidemic, Governor Mykola Kmit told ZIK Nov. 12.

Speaking to journalists of Komsomolska Pravda in Ukraine Nov. 11, Pres Yushchenko said Premier Tymoshenko's campaign ads had cost more than the amount needed to fight the spread of the flue in the country.

Tymoshenko's hefty information campaign around the flue outbreak first raised her approval rating in Western Ukraine, then lowered. Yanukovych rating also fell, but Yushchenko's went up, Petro Zhuk, the director of Lviv-based Center for Information Problems told journalists Nov. 10.

Serhy Lutsenko, the deputy head of the People's Self-Defense NGO [PSD faction is in the NUNS bloc with Our Ukraine] believes Pres Yushchenko will throw his weight behind Viktor Yanukovych in the runoffs, PSD press service quotes him as saying.

In case of any nationwide emergency or calamity, the government is typically in a favorable position in terms of boosting its approval ratings. On the other hand, if it fails to deal effectively with an emergency, the government is the