Section: The Star (Malaysia)
Ukraine parliament election may happen on July 21 – presidential adviser
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine may hold a snap parliamentary election on July 21, an adviser to new President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday after Zelenskiy held consultations with lawmakers. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine prime minister to step down on Wednesday
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said he would step down after the next government meeting on Wednesday and that he would take part in the upcoming parliamentary election. …read more Source: The...
Putin has no plans to congratulate Zelenskiy on inauguration – Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, asked if Vladimir Putin will congratulate incoming Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on his inauguration, says the Russian president had no such plans. …read more Source: The...
New Ukraine President Zelenskiy says dissolving parliament
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s new President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday announced he was dissolving parliament. …read more Source: The...
Ministers agree way for Russia to rejoin Europe's human rights body
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Foreign ministers from the Council of Europe, the continent’s chief human rights watchdog, reached an agreement on Friday that opens the way for Russia to return to the organisation, resolving a dispute that began after Moscow’s seizure of Crimea. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine parliament coalition breaks up – speaker
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s main parliamentary coalition broke up on Friday after the People’s Front party quit outgoing President Petro Poroshenko’s faction, the parliament speaker said. …read more Source: The...
Inauguration of new Ukraine president is set for May 20
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s incoming President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will be inaugurated on May 20, a parliamentary vote decided on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Pompeo tells Russia to make peace with Ukraine, free captured Ukrainian sailors
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said after talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov that he had told Moscow to free a group of detained Ukrainian sailors and to work with Ukraine’s new president to bring peace to eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
EU and Ukraine interests `exactly the same', Juncker tells Kiev
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union and Ukraine share strategic interests, the European Commission’s president said on Tuesday, and he called for patience and determination as Ukraine tries to align itself with western Europe. …read more Source: The...
U.S. Democrats question Trump administration over Ukraine ambassador
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two senior U.S. Democrats questioned President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday over the departure of the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine months before the end of her expected three years in Kiev. …read more Source: The...
