The initiative groups are being formed in accordance to the relevant decision of the Political Council of the SPU with the Hromada party participating in it. Constituent meetings have already taken place in Kherson, Kharkiv, and now are underway in most regions of Ukraine (however, in Sumy the...
By Vyacheslav Yakubenko, The Day
On April 28 Presidential Press Secretary Oleksandr Maidannyk read the new edict, On the Concept of the Struggle Against Corruption in 1998-2005.
Among the measures laid down therein, one’s attention is drawn to what is called the “analysis of anonymous...
Mr. Kuchma has decided to win over to his side one of the most influential forces in the new Parliament, Ukrainian business.
In a spy movie, a resident agent approaching one with a similar offer makes the audience instantly aware that an act of recruitment is underway. Of course, the President’s...
Last week the Verkhovna Rada delayed consideration of the Cabinet bill on the "specificities of the privatization" of Ukraine's giant national company, Ukrtelekom (Ukrainian Telecommunications). The Cabinet believes that by selling this enterprise a number of social problems will be solved and up...
Last Thursday, Verkhovna Rada finally confirmed Oleksandr Bondar as Chairman of the State Property Fund. As we know, the Left had long projected its attitude toward privatization on the Fund’s designated Head.
The voting was 230 for and 112 against confirmation. This indicates that this time the...
There was no sensation. Last Friday, the Left wanted again to forbid 1998 Sea Breeze exercise which started last Saturday at the Shyroky Lan training area and Northern Black Sea waters with 30 vessels and almost 2,500 military personnel of 11 countries including 6 NATO-members attended.
The...
Let us recall that the Prime Minister addressed seven Parliamentary factions which did not vote for government dismissal with a proposal to nominate candidates from their factions to occupy “any posts” in the government.
Then, the Hromada, Left Center, and CPU factions in a joint statement tried...
