UKRANIAN PRESIDENT YUSHCHENKO AND PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER LYTVYN ATTEND A NATIONAL DEFENCE AND SECURITY COUNCIL IN KIEV
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko (L) and Parliamentary speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn attend a meeting of the National Defence and Security Council in Kiev January 18, 2006. The meeting was devoted to the effects of political turmoil on social policy a week after parliament dismissed the government. (UPI Photo/Sergey Starostenko)
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A Ukrainian court has sentenced a top police official to life in prison for the slaying of journalist Georgy Gongadze in September of 2000.
The Ukrainian Parliament Tuesday set up an ad hoc commission to investigate the slow ballot count from elections 10 days ago, officials said.
Hundreds protested outside Ukraine's election commission Monday against alleged voting irregularities in last week's parliamentary election, observers say.
The chairman of the Ukrainian Parliament said Friday issues raised by U.S. and European leaders on upcoming elections were balanced.
Ukraine's president Wednesday signed into law a measure bestowing official status on the Russian language in about half of the country's regions.
Police used tear gas after fighting broke out in Kiev during a demonstration Wednesday against a bill raising the status of the Russian language in Ukraine.
Damage to the Verkhovna Rada building housing the Ukrainian parliament during an April 27 dust-up exceeds $1 million, the Ukrainian government said.
Ukraine's interior minister has submitted his resignation following an airport row with police in Germany, a parliamentary official said.
The board of directors at Russian energy giant Gazprom Monday said they would meet European gas demands despite a row with transit country Ukraine.
Solemn commemorative events were held in Ukraine and Russia Wednesday to mark the 20th anniversary of the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl.
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