Verkhovna Rada

Ukraine’s Parliament refuses to include the presidential bill on impeachment in its session agenda

Only 110 MPs voted for decision to include the presidential bill on impeachment in its session agenda, while at least 226 votes were needed. The Verkhovna Rada refused to include a presidential bill on impeachment in its session agenda. It should be reminded that earlier, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky submitted bill No.№ 10340 on impeachment to the Parliament. According […]

June 4, 2019

Zelenskiy officially declared president by CEC: new challenges

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 […]

April 30, 2019

Ukraine Parliament has passed the law on the Ukrainian language

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, […]

April 25, 2019

Ukraine celebrates the 102nd anniversary of establishment of first Parliament

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 […]

March 18, 2019