Section: US & Canada
Ukraine election: first parliamentary election since fall of Yanukovich
War-weary Ukrainians voted on Sunday in an election that is likely to install a pro-Western parliament and strengthen President Petro Poroshenko’s mandate to end separatist conflict in the east, but could fuel tension with Russia. …read more Source:...
“Darth Vader” Prevented From Voting In Kyiv
A man dressed as Darth Vader, the masked villain from the “Star Wars” movie franchise, tried to vote at a polling station in Kyiv on October 26, but was prevented from doing so by election officials. Darth Vader impersonators have made a number of appearances in Ukraine in the past two years as part of publicity stunts by the Internet...
Rebel stronghold tightens security ahead of Ukrainian election
Security is tight in the rebel-controlled city of Donetsk, as local residents largely ignore Sunday’s Ukrainian parliamentary election. Vanessa Johnston reports. Video provided by Reuters …read more Source: USA...
Ukraine votes to usher in Western-leaning parliament, open new chapter
By Peter Leonard And Yuras Karmanau KIEV, Ukraine – Voters in Ukraine headed to the polls Sunday to elect a new parliament, overhauling a legislature tainted by its association with ousted President Viktor Yanukovych. The election is set to usher in a contingent of largely pro-Western lawmakers. President Petro Poroshenko’s party has...
Heat is on, literally, for Ukraine elections
Kiev holds parliamentary elections Sunday amid an ongoing conflict with separatists. …read more Source: USA...
Ukrainian Soldiers Go To The Polls; Wounded Vote At Hospitals
Members of the Ukrainian military cast ballots at a polling station in Kramatorsk in the country’s parliamentary elections on October 26. In the city of Lviv, soldiers wounded in the conflict in the country’s east voted from their hospital rooms, where election workers brought ballot boxes. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service)...
Ukraine Votes To Overhaul Parliament
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Voters in Ukraine headed to the polls Sunday to elect a new parliament, overhauling a legislature tainted by its association with ousted President Viktor Yanukovych. The election is set to usher in a contingent of largely pro-Western lawmakers. President Petro Poroshenko’s party has campaigned on an ambitious reform...
Ukraine votes to overhaul parliament
Ukraine pauses before decisive parliamentary vote soured by spectre of separatist conflict …read more Source:...
Ukraine votes in poll likely to elect pro-West assembly
First parliamentary election since overthrow of Yanukovych …read more Source: The Globe and...
Ukraine votes to overhaul parliament
A man casts his ballot during parliament elections at a polling station in Volnovakha, a village on the front line of fighting between Ukrainian government forces and rebels, eastern Ukraine, … …read more Source: The Bismarck...
