Partial count suggests pro-European parties have won big in parliamentary elections, but Yanukovich allies spring surprisePro-Europe parties secured a big win in an election in Ukraine, a partial vote count suggested on Monday, with President Petro Poroshenko hailing peoples support for his plan to end a separatist war and pursue democratic reforms sought by the west. Early figures from the vote count showed that Poroshenkos bloc and the party of his ally, Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk, were both taking over 21% of the votes cast from a field of 29 competing parties. … …read more
Source: The Guardian
