Verkhovna Rada

Volodymyr Zelenskiy officially declared president by Election Commission. And actually from this moment, he becomes President elect – newly-elected president. Formally, it is only now that foreign leaders should have started to congratulate him (but who cares about the protocol and legal formalities when there is political expediency?). Although there is no need to undermine the authority of the presidency […]

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has passed the law on the Ukrainian language. Its preparation lasted two months. MPs have adopted law No. 5670-d “On ensuring the functioning of Ukrainian as a state language.” They had been considering amendments to the draft law for the second reading since February 28. 278 parliamentarians have voted for the law. Before the voting, […]

More than 100 years ago, on March 17, 1917, the Ukrainian Central Rada (UCR) was founded in Kyiv. It was the first representative body of the Ukrainian people in modern history and the first parliament after the proclamation of the Ukrainian People’s Republic. The overthrow of the Russian monarchy prompted the establishment of UCR. After that, councils of workers’ and […]

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine does not plan to consider the bill No. 7163 “On peculiarities of state policy on ensuring state sovereignty of Ukraine over temporarily occupied territories in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts”.

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has adopted the draft Law No 7000 on the State budget of Ukraine, official website of the Ukrainian Parliament reports.

Oksana Syroid, Deputy Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, on voting for extending the law on the special status of the Donbass to 2018.