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Ukraine ruling coalition cracks after confidence vote
A junior ally in Ukraine’s Western-backed coalition quit on Wednesday, spelling more trouble for Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk’s government just a day after he survived a no confidence vote in parliament. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine junior ally quits coalition
A junior ally in Ukraine’s ruling coalition quit on Wednesday, calling the alliance a “facade” and demanding an overhaul of the way the country was run. …read more Source: Channel...
Western-backed Ukrainian government survives no confidence vote
Ukraine’s Western-backed government survived a no-confidence vote on Tuesday, staving off the immediate prospect of a snap election in a country fighting a deep recession and a pro-Russian separatist insurgency. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine parliament rejects vote of no confidence in government
Ukraine’s parliament rejected a motion of no confidence against the government on Tuesday despite calls from many in the ruling coalition for a new prime minister and technocrat cabinet. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukrainian government hangs by thread as confidence vote looms
Ukraine’s Western-backed government faced collapse on Tuesday after President Petro Poroshenko called on the prime minister to resign, deepening the crisis in a country fighting a recession and a separatist insurgency. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine president suggests PM resign as no-confidence vote looms
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko suggested on Tuesday that Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk resign because his government had lost public support, but said there should not be a snap election. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko asks embattled PM to resign
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Tuesday asked Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk and the country’s controversial prosecutor general to resign because both had lost the public’s trust. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukrainian president suggests PM should resign: statement
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko suggested in a statement on Tuesday that Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk should resign as his cabinet had lost the support of the ruling coalition, but said there should not be a snap election. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine president’s party to condemn government’s performance – leader
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s party will vote to criticise the performance of Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk’s government as “unsatisfactory” in a parliament vote, its leader Yuriy Lutsenko told parliament on Tuesday. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukrainian prosecutor quits over corruption as government teeters
A senior Ukrainian prosecutor resigned on Monday, calling the office he worked for a “hotbed of corruption”, another blow to government attempts to clean up the judiciary, a crucial step to unlock more Western aid. …read more Source: Channel...
