December 5, 2006 -- Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has issued a decree saying that the foreign minister, who was sacked by parliament last week, will keep his job. Borys Tarasyuk, a pro-Western politician and Yushchenko ally in the cabinet, was dismissed on December 1 in a vote by the pro-Russian majority in parliament...
Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych's Cabinet dropped a controversial proposal to re-establish free economic zones from next year's budget, bowing to a request by President Viktor Yushchenko, the president's office said Monday...
Ukrainians believe their Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych is twice as likely to protect Russian interests than the interests of average Ukrainian citizens, a November opinion poll found. Forty-five percent (45%) of those questioned believe Yanukovych is more likely to protect the interests of his home region Donetsk, while 30% believe him more likely to protect Russian business interests. Only 13.5% believe Yanukovych will protect the interests of average Ukrainian citizens...
On Nov. 8, the Millennium Challenge Corp. -- established by President Bush to use development aid to reward good governance -- announced that Ukraine had qualified for assistance. On Dec. 4, the Ukrainian prime minister, Viktor Yanukovych, arrives in Washington to meet Vice President Cheney, another date in the U.S. courtship of a government that is trying to find its place between Russia and the West...
It is how Ed Stelmach achieved Saturday’s upset win in the Progressive Conservative leadership race, defying pundits who dismissed him as too low-profile or charisma-challenged to replace Ralph Klein. And it is why many Albertans outside of the Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville area today are asking, “Who the heck is Ed Stelmach?”
Lawmakers on Friday fired Ukraine's foreign minister and interior minister, setting the stage for a legal battle between the president and the premier.
The pro-Western President Viktor Yushchenko and the more Russian-leaning Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych share power in an awkward arrangement that was initially billed as an effort to unite Ukraine but instead has turned into a tug-of-war for influence, with the president largely on the losing end...
The constitutional reform that Ukraine's parliament passed during the Orange Revolution in December 2004 and that came into effect after the March 2006 parliamentary election may now be revised. President Viktor Yushchenko and the parties that are in opposition to Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych believe that the reform has destabilized the balance of powers in the country..
Parliament adopted a bill Tuesday recognizing the Soviet-era forced famine as an act of genocide against the Ukrainian people in a vote seen as a victory for pro-Western President Viktor Yushchenko. The bill passed in a vote of 233-1, a small majority in the 450-seat legislature. Many lawmakers chose not to participate in the vote, choosing silence on a highly divisive issue...
Poison has long been a favoured weapon for assassins from Russia and former Soviet bloc countries.
Before dying in London on Thursday, a victim of radioactive polonium-210 poisoning, Alexander Litvinenko was investigating the October murder of reporter Anna Politkovskaya, who in 2004 insisted she'd been poisoned while attempting to cover the Beslan hostage crisis. Here are some other provocative cases...
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UKRAINE’S PRESIDENT SAYS FOREIGN MINISTER TO STAY 
