By Pavel Polityuk and Natalia Zinets
Ukraine’s parliament approved presidential ally Volodymyr Groysman as prime minister on Thursday in the biggest political shake-up since a 2014 uprising brought in a pro-Western leadership.
President Petro Poroshenko hopes the appointment of the former parliamentary speaker will end months of political deadlock that has delayed billions of dollars in foreign loans to shore up Ukraine’s war-battered economy.
But the departure from the cabinet of experienced technocrats who led strategic talks with Western lenders and investors, including US-born Finance Minister Natalia Yaresko, has rattled pro-European reformists. Some deputies said the new government would struggle to get laws …read more
Source: Cyprus Mail
