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2008.12.30
Ukraine fully pays for Russian gas imported in 2008
Ukraine has fully paid for the Russian gas imported in 2008 owing to coordinated efforts of the Ukrainian President, Cabinet of Ministers, JSC Naftogaz of Ukraine and the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), UKRINFORM reports with reference to the presidential press-service. The Ukrainian party has paid both for November and December 2008 in advance. Thus, all obstacles have been eliminated to reach mutually beneficial and constructive agreements with the Russian party on the imported gas deliveries for the Ukrainian consumers in 2009.
2008.12.29
Ukraine's gas transmission network not on agenda in talks with Russia, Presidential Secretariat says
The issue on the change of the pattern of ownership of the Ukrainian gas transmission system is not on the agenda in gas talks with Russia, according to Oleksandr Shlapak, Deputy Head of the Presidential Secretariat. He recalled that in accordance with the Ukrainian legislation, any changes in the use of Ukraine's gas transmission network without consent of the Ukrainian parliament are impossible. "No one is now considering the shift in the form of the use or the pattern of ownership of the gas transmission system," the official stressed.
2008.12.26
Verkhovna Rada approves of state budget 2009
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine passed the law on the state budget for 2009 with 226 MPs voting approval, UKRINFORM correspondent reports. The Cabinet of Ministers took into account proposals of the Verkhovna Rada's Budgetary Committee and that of the representatives of various political forces.
2008.12.24
Date for holding presidential elections in hands of Constitutional Court, President claims
A date for holding regular presidential elections falls under cognizance of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, President Viktor Yushchenko claimed this Tuesday at the annual press conference in Kyiv, UKRINFORM reports. "This issue is solely within the Constitutional Court's competence. I went to the Constitutional Court with such a petition and its explanation will be sole, as only the Constitutional Court is empowered to comment on such issues in Ukraine," V. Yushchenko stressed.
2008.12.22
Experts say latest 'exchange of amiabilities' between Yushchenko and Tymoshenko is early start of presidential campaign
Political experts believe that mutual accusations that were made by President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko last weekend are the early start of a presidential election campaign, which will be officially launched in 2009. In particular, Director of the International Institute of Democracy Serhiy Taran said that Tymoshenko, after saying she will go in opposition to the president, would not leave her post for classical opposition. Her accusations against the president regarding his involvement in hryvnia devaluation were made with the goal that Ukrainians still remember Yushchenko as the former head of the National Bank of Ukraine.
2008.12.22
Prime minister says she is in opposition to president
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said that she in opposition to Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko. She announced this at a briefing at the Cabinet of Ministers on Saturday, UKRINFORM reported. "I clearly state that I'm in opposition to such officials as the President of Ukraine and the National Bank Chairman. Along with the country, I will try to ensure there are no such events in Ukraine," Tymoshenko said, referring to illegal schemes with hryvnia devaluation.
2008.12.18
Naftogaz denies Gazprom's report blaming Ukraine for alleged refusal to pay for November-December supplies
NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine is surprised over a statement of the Russian Gazprom saying Ukraine allegedly refuses to pay for gas delivered in November-December.
2008.12.17
Cabinet approves bailout program
The Ukrainian Government examined at its meeting on Wednesday and passed as a basis the draft program of the Cabinet of Ministers' activity during the crisis and post-crisis period. The program will be adopted on December 20 after finalizing. The draft program took into account the provisions of the coalition agreement and the government's vital tasks set by the Ukrainian Breakthrough: For People, Not Politicians program, the Cabinet of Ministers' press service reported.
2008.12.16
BYuT, OUPSD, Bloc of Lytvyn sing coalition agreement
A coalition with the Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko (BYuT), Our Ukraine - People's Self-Defense (OUPSD) and Bloc of Lytvyn is formed in the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada. Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn announced creation of the coalition even on December 9, however the agreement needed to legalize this alliance has been singed only today.
2008.12.15
Presidential secretariat claims no coalition in Parliament, expenses for early parliamentary elections must be provided in budget-2009
Head of the Presidential Secretariat Viktor Baloha says the following in a statement placed on the presidential official website: the Speaker has actually been elected in the parliament, but the coalition .has not been set up either by formal nor by real parameters.. Baloha called the alliance (BYuT, OUPSD and the Lytvyn Bloc) that formalized in the Verkhovna Rada today as a .deputy club by interests.. Provided that the efficient and stable majority of at least 226 deputies is not formed in the parliament, if the deputies fail to sign the coalition agreement personally, the highest legislative body will remain to be incapable, Baloha states.
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