coalition

Coalition ruptures as Samopomich faction quits Verkhovna Rada speaker Volodymyr Hroisman has officially announced the withdrawal of Samopomich faction from the coalition. 19.02.16 12:04 76 808 169 Previously in trend: coalition agreement 2014

Radical Party faction still officially in coalition, - Rada Procedural Committee head Pynzenyk Acting head of the Procedural Committee of the Verkhovna Rada, People's Front MP Pavlo Pynzenyk refutes the statements of the Radical Party leadership that their faction has seceded from the coalition back in September. 18.02.16 21:53 5 946 64 Ukrainian Politics

"Concerted efforts of Samopomich and Batkivshchyna work in Russia’s favor. Ukraine will not survive early elections", - MP Burbak The parliament works smoothly despite the position of the Samopomich and Batkivshchyna, and continues adopting critical laws. 18.02.16 17:14 29 381 317 Previously in trend: coalition agreement 2014

Yatseniuk urges Poroshenko to "join hands" to avoid chaos: "We must not repeat mistakes of 2005" The government will not allow plunging the country "into the chaos of destabilization." 18.02.16 17:08 27 309 211 Ukrainian Politics

Samopomich secedes from parliamentary coalition Samopomich faction MPs have taken decision to withdraw from the parliamentary coalition. 18.02.16 16:30 58 368 437 Previously in trend: coalition agreement 2014

Poroshenko Bloc will not quit coalition. Yatseniuk has three weeks to make responsible decision, - MP Yurii Lutsenko The inaction of the Yatseniuk's government, according to Poroshenko Bloc leader, has ruined the coalition. 18.02.16 13:22 34 550 163 Previously in trend: Hroisman's Cabinet

Coalition destroyed by inactivity of Yatseniuk’s government in key areas, - MP Lutsenko Poroshenko Bloc faction head Yurii Lutsenko has said that the faction will not withdraw from the coalition agreement. Although the lawmaker has stressed that the coalition was actually brought down. 17.02.16 21:08 27 690 219 Previously in trend: Hroisman's Cabinet

Radical Party ready to return to coalition, - Yatseniuk about negotiations with Liashko Prime Minister Arsenii Yatseniuk held talks with Radical Party leader Oleh Liashko about the return of this political force to the coalition. 17.02.16 18:06 26 671 180 Previously in trend: coalition agreement 2014

Political crisis in Ukraine artificially provoked to hold early elections, Yatseniuk says Prime Minister of Ukraine Arsenii Yatseniuk says that the political crisis in Ukraine has been artificially created to raise the issue of the early elections. The PM urges all political forces to continue implementing reforms in the country. 17.02.16 18:54 21 423 171 Previously in trend: Hroisman's Cabinet

Samopomich convenes special meeting of party leadership Samopomich will hold a special meeting of party leaders in connection with yesterday's failed voting for Cabinet's resignation. 17.02.16 14:50 42 279 239 Previously in trend: coalition agreement 2014

"Batkivshchyna has been doing its best to destabilize situation in the state for a long time," - People's Front Batkivshchyna parliamentary faction de facto withdrew from the "European Ukraine" coalition long time ago, so today's announcement of party leader Yuliia Tymoshenko and her teammates is another evidence of irresponsible populism. 17.02.16 15:39 51 827 422 Previously in trend: coalition agreement 2014

Batkivshchyna faction quits parliamentary coalition Batkivshchyna faction has announced its withdrawal from the Verkhovna Rada coalition. 17.02.16 11:27 113 738 979 Previously in trend: coalition agreement 2014

All coalition factions bear responsibility for Cabinet's work, - People's Front The coalition government had been formed by five parliamentary factions. The Cabinet of Ministers is not "Arsenii Yatseniuk's personal government", but the coalition government led by Prime Minister Yatseniuk. 08.02.16 23:02 6 376 157 Previously in trend: Hroisman's Cabinet

MP Lutsenko deems coalition incapable: "We lack votes for adopting important laws" Poroshenko Bloc faction chairman Yurii Lutsenko says the parliament lacks 226 votes to support bills suggested by Prime Minister Arsenii Yatseniuk, which means the incapacity of the coalition. 08.02.16 19:20 24 904 288 Ukrainian Politics

Coalition leaders, Rada speaker, and PM to discuss situation around Cabinet, - MP Serhii Soboliev The main topic of the meeting of parliamentary faction leaders with Verkhovna Rada Speaker Volodymyr Hroisman and Prime Minister Arsenii Yatseniuk will be the government crisis and possible ways out of it. 08.02.16 18:26 5 956 53 Ukrainian Politics

MP Soboliev: "Samopomich will decide on quitting coalition next week. This is parliament's end" Samopomich parliamentary faction will hold a meeting next week to consider withdrawal from the coalition. 05.02.16 11:35 34 522 168 Ukrainian Politics

Yatseniuk to meet with coalition faction leaders tomorrow, – MP Burbak The leaders of the Verkhovna Rada coalition factions will hold a meeting with Ukrainian PM Arsenii Yatseniuk on Friday, Feb. 5. 04.02.16 23:15 6 612 121 Previously in trend: Hroisman's Cabinet

Collapse of coalition to bring early parliamentary or even presidential elections, - MP Burbak Chairman of People's Front parliamentary faction Maksym Burbak believes the collapse of the coalition will lead to early parliamentary and perhaps presidential elections in the country. 02.02.16 11:00 18 366 224 Ukrainian Politics

Samopomich remains in coalition, advocates PM’s resignation, - MP Bereziuk Samopomich parliamentary faction leader Oleh Bereziuk urges his counterparts to hold the Coalition Council to discuss the Cabinet reshuffle in the near future. 02.02.16 00:01 8 161 116 Previously in trend: Hroisman's Cabinet

“All political forces must unite to resist aggression. I will not allow relapse of old errors,” - Poroshenko President Petro Poroshenko called on all Ukrainian political forces for unity to counter Russian aggression. 29.01.16 14:50 24 715 220 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

Poroshenko convenes meeting tonight with PM Yatseniuk, faction leaders, and deputy groups, - MP Burbak Deputy factions and groups of the Verkhovna Rada intend to discuss changes to the coalition agreement and reformatting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine at a meeting with President Poroshenko and Prime Minister Yatseniuk Wednesday evening. 27.01.16 17:56 7 794 56 Ukrainian Politics

Samopomich disseats its minister but not quits coalition, faction head Bereziuk says The recall of Samopomich party member from the current composition of the Cabinet of Ministers does not evidence that the parliamentary faction pulls out from the coalition. 22.01.16 20:15 12 229 125 Ukrainian Politics

"I am against early parliamentary elections and changes within coalition," - Poroshenko President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko does not exclude staff changes in the Cabinet. 18.12.15 23:30 15 801 402 Ukrainian Politics

There are no other formats to build a European Ukraine – Lutsenko on parliamentary coalition Petro Poroshenko Bloc faction was and remains a partner of the People's Front, Samopomich and Batkivshchyna in the parliamentary coalition. 12.12.15 17:57 3 641 79 Ukrainian Politics

Parliamentary coalition council discussing bill on revote in Kryvyi Rih; Poroshenko Bloc to support it, - MP Kononenko Petro Poroshenko Bloc faction of the Ukrainian parliament will support the decision on revote in Kryvyi Rih. 10.12.15 17:36 3 166 23 Previously in trend: Local elections 2015

Germany will not cooperate with Russia in Syria Berlin is not going to cooperate with the Russian military in the fight against ISIS, head of the German Federal Chancellery Peter Altmaier told Spiegel. 05.12.15 15:46 15 860 187 Previously in trend: War in Syria

Alliance with terrorists to fight terrorism is madness, - Ukraine's NSDC Secretary commented on Russia's participation in broad anti-terrorist coalition Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksandr Turchynov considered that the world history knew enough examples of using one terrorist group to fight the other terrorist group, but none of such cooperations had a "happy end". 01.12.15 13:15 11 713 69 Incidents

Germany to deploy 1,200 soldiers to Syria Germany is planning to deploy 1,200 troops to help France in the fight against Islamic State jihadists in Syria, army chief General Volker Wieker said on Sunday. 29.11.15 14:33 14 786 105 World

Coalition agreement has to be updated and corrected, Rada Speaker Hroisman says The coalition agreement, just like any other strategic document, is "living" and needs being updated. 27.11.15 10:31 7 024 68 Ukrainian Politics

Hollande wants Putin to join "grand coalition" to fight ISIS French President Francois Hollande urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to create a "grand coalition" to fight the terrorist group "Islamic State." 26.11.15 23:40 53 949 369 World

Lithuania will not participate in any coalition with Russia, - Grybauskaite Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite said that Lithuania will not participate in a joint anti-ISIS coalition with Russia as long as Moscow carries out aggressive actions in Ukraine and Georgia. 20.11.15 20:45 17 554 214 World

It is premature to talk about coalition break-up, - MP Yemets People's Front MP Leonid Yemets says it is premature to talk about the split of the parliamentary coalition. 03.11.15 16:35 9 084 36 Ukrainian Politics

No common ground within coalition on elections in Mariupol and Krasnoarmiisk, - MP Lutsenko The parliamentary coalition could not find a single solution on Monday regarding holding elections in Mariupol and Krasnoarmiisk. 02.11.15 17:31 7 816 49 Previously in trend: Local elections 2015

Coalition has not been able to agree on holding of elections in Mariupol, - MP Kononenko The coalition factions have not yet agreed on the draft law on elections in Mariupol, Donetsk region. 29.10.15 19:17 7 471 66 Ukrainian Politics

Lutsenko urges parliamentary parties to form regional coalitions The elections of local deputies finished off, restarting the government after Maidan. 28.10.15 10:56 6 186 59 Previously in trend: Local elections 2015

Coalition failed to agree on the date of elections in Mariupol and Krasnoarmiisk, - Lutsenko The factions of the parliamentary coalition have failed to arrive at a consensus regarding the date of local elections in Mariupol and Krasnoarmiisk as well as their legal basis. 27.10.15 16:32 9 871 62 Previously in trend: Local elections 2015

A pro-Ukrainian coalition should be created in every council following the elections – Poroshenko President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko shared his expectations on the outcome of the local elections. 26.10.15 01:05 13 206 190 Previously in trend: Local elections 2015

MP Lutsenko urges coalition leaders to decide on elections in Mariupol Poroshenko Bloc faction chairman Yurii Lutsenko calls on the leaders of parliamentary coalition to meet on Monday, Oct. 26 to elaborate a mechanism for elections in Mariupol. 25.10.15 15:36 3 395 51 Previously in trend: Local elections 2015

Poroshenko to meet with leaders of coalition factions tonight, - MP Kubiv President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko is to meet with the leaders of factions of the parliamentary coalition on Monday, at around 8 p.m. 14.09.15 14:48 3 566 43 Ukrainian Politics

Batkivshchyna party threatens to pull out of coalition Parliamentary faction Batkivshchyna demands adopting common grounds and joint voting, otherwise it will be the next to pull out of the coalition. 11.09.15 10:05 35 719 414 Ukrainian Politics

Samopomich parliamentary faction convenes meeting of coalition, - MP Soboliev The meeting of the coalition will take place on the initiative of the Samopomich faction today at 3:30 p.m. Kyiv time. 08.09.15 16:12 22 985 82 Ukrainian Politics

Samopomich not to pull out from coalition, - faction chairman Bereziuk Samopomich faction remains in the coalition of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. 01.09.15 21:21 19 731 227 Previously in trend: New Rada

Vice-Prime Minister of Ukraine announces resignation Being a member of the Radical Party faction, Vice-Prime Minister of Ukraine Valerii Voshchevskyi announced his decision to leave the government due to this political force pulling out of the coalition. 01.09.15 17:29 23 857 158 Ukrainian Politics

Radical Party quits coalition The faction of the Radical Party has announced its pulling out from the coalition. 01.09.15 16:45 90 402 578 Ukrainian Politics

Yatseniuk: "If someone does not want to work in a European coalition - get out!" Prime Minister of Ukraine Arsenii Yatseniuk believes that political forces which do not want to work in the coalition and are trying to shift the responsibility on the government should better leave. 18.05.15 19:19 42 177 307 Ukrainian Politics

Opposition is expecting the coalition's death, but the Moscow-developed scenario will fail - Yatseniuk Prime Minister of Ukraine Arsenii Yatseniuk is confident in the parliamentary democratic coalition strength. 15.05.15 11:46 52 928 325 Ukrainian Politics

Yatseniuk intends to defend coalition's unity: "Attempts to ruin the government's work will not succeed" Prime Minister Arsenii Yatseniuk believes the discussion by the parliamentary coalition to be a sabotage against the government. 22.04.15 14:00 7 122 65 Ukrainian Politics

Shokin's request to lift immunity of seven MPs might cause a stir in the Rada - Butusov. LIST Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin introduced request to the Rada to lift deputy immunity of seven MPs at a time. 22.04.15 11:42 91 824 217 Ukrainian Politics