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Pro-Europe parties secure big election win in Ukraine: exit poll
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko hailed a sweeping victory for pro-Europe parties in an election on Sunday, saying the vote showed people backed his plan to end a separatist conflict, his pro-Western course and democratic reforms. …read more Source:...
Ukraine looks West with strong showing for pro-Europe parties in snap elections
Leading the poll was a group backing President Petro Poroshenko, which won 23 per cent of the votes cast, ahead of the party of Prime Minister Arseny Yastseniuk on 21.3 per cent. …read more Source: Daily...
Petro Poroshenko set to consolidate power in Ukraine elections
Exit polls suggest up to 25% for Poroshenko group with radicals and Maidan activists also set to gain votesExit polls in Ukraines parliamentary elections suggested that Sundays vote would cement the countrys new political course, seven months after the revolution that toppled former president Viktor Yanukovych.Forces loyal to President Petro...
Ukraine heads to the polls in parliamentary elections
Vote is widely seen as a vote of confidence in President Petro Poroshenko and his strategy of negotiating with Russian-backed separatists in the east of the country …read more Source: The...
Ukraine crisis: Darth Vader parliamentary candidate denied vote in elections
It appears the force was not with Ukrainian parliamentary candidate Darth Vader – after he was turned away from a polling station in Kiev for refusing to show his face. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine’s Darth Vader candidate denied vote after refusing to remove mask
Darth Alekseyevich Vader, an official candidate in Ukraine’s parliamentary elections, is turned away from a Kiev polling station after refusing to remove his mask …read more Source: The...
Ukraine voting in elections that could cement pro-western stance
Parliamentary vote likely to widen divide between east and west of country as support expected for Petro PoroshenkoUkraine is voting in parliamentary elections that could cement a new pro-western course for the country, seven months after the revolution that toppled the former president, Viktor Yanukovych.But the vote comes while parts of eastern...
Ukraine polls seen to cement shift to west
Parliamentary polls held against the backdrop of shaky ceasefire in east of country …read more Source: Financial...
Ukraine takes to the polls in presidential election – video
Ukrainian residents cast their votes in the country’s first parliamentary elections since the fall of President Viktor Yanukovich. The poll is expected to underline support for the current president, Petro Poroshenko, and his mandate to end separatist conflict in the east. The election has been called early in an attempt to clear Yanukovich...
Ukraine Election: Breaking Links To The Past
Activists want to see evidence of genuine change, not just the same old faces in parliament again, writes Sky’s Katie Stallard. …read more Source: Sky...
