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The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has been at the forefront of significant legislative and governmental changes in 2025. The dismissal of high-profile ministers, such as Svitlana Hrynchuk from the Ministry of Energy and Herman Halushchenko from the Justice Ministry, marks a pivotal shift in Ukraine's political landscape. These decisions reflect the dynamic and sometimes turbulent nature of Ukrainian politics. Moreover, the introduction of controversial bills, like those potentially restricting press freedoms or impacting anti-corruption efforts, signifies ongoing debates over governance and transparency. Additionally, the Rada's commitment to extending martial law and mobilization indicates the ongoing challenges faced by the country amidst regional conflicts. As these events unfold, the Verkhovna Rada remains central to shaping Ukraine's political and social future, impacting both domestic affairs and international relations.

What recent changes have occurred in the Ukrainian government in 2025?

In 2025, the Verkhovna Rada has overseen the dismissal of several key ministers, including the Minister of Energy and the Minister of Justice. These changes signify a significant political reshuffle and are indicative of ongoing efforts to address both domestic and international challenges faced by Ukraine.

How has the Verkhovna Rada addressed anti-corruption in Ukraine?

The Verkhovna Rada has been active in addressing corruption through legislative measures, such as restoring the independence of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO). These steps aim to enhance transparency and accountability within the government and its agencies.

What impact do recent legislative decisions have on Ukraine's press freedom?

Recent legislative proposals by the Verkhovna Rada have sparked debate regarding their potential impact on press freedom, with some bills seeking to impose restrictions that could hinder journalists' ability to report on corruption and governmental issues. These developments are being closely monitored by both national and international media organizations.

How is Ukraine's military policy being shaped by the Verkhovna Rada in 2025?

The Verkhovna Rada continues to play a crucial role in shaping Ukraine's military policy. Notably, it has extended martial law and military mobilization, reflecting the ongoing conflict and security challenges within the region. Additionally, new legislation to increase defense spending illustrates a prioritization of national security.

What is the significance of proposed travel law changes for young men in Ukraine?

The Verkhovna Rada has proposed changes to travel laws, potentially lifting restrictions for men under 25, which could affect conscription policies. This reflects a balance between national defense needs and individuals' rights, indicating an evolving approach to military and civilian life integration.

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рада Rada makes accession to NATO Ukraine's foreign policy priority. VIDEO The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Thursday, June 7, adopted a bill which sets the accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization as Ukraine's foreign policy key objective. 52 902 286 Ukrainian Politics

тимошенко "This mafia will go to jail," - Tymoshenko threatens authorities following 2009 gas deal accusations Ukrainian authorities use the ruling of the Stockholm court "in order to destroy the Batkivshchyna party being in opposition to them." 189 378 1 485 Ukrainian Politics

рада Rada introduces 75-percent Ukrainian language quota for TV channels. VIDEO The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has approved bill No.5313 which provides for obliging the national TV channels to broadcast 75 percent of all airtime in the state language. 71 017 519 Ukrainian Politics

рада верховна Opposition bloc abstains as Rada voted on penalties to persons wearing St. George's ribbons The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted a law allowing to fine persons for the manufacture and demonstration of St. George's ribbons, a symbol of everything Russian. 75 588 215 Ukrainian Politics

артеменко Rada removes MP Artemenko from office. VIDEO The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine voted for early removal of non-affiliated MP Andrii Artemenko. 13 093 34 Ukrainian Politics

парубий Lawmakers fail to approve new composition of Accounting Chamber The Verkhovna Rada has failed to appoint nine new members of Ukraine's Accounting Chamber. 11 567 30 Ukrainian Politics

парламент Rada repeatedly fails to pick NABU auditor. VIDEO Ukrainian lawmakers have again failed to pick the head of commission to audit the effectiveness of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine at the Verkhovna Rada session on March 21. 28 274 140 Ukrainian Politics

вр ветераны All fake veterans' organizations have HQs in downtown Kyiv, pay no rent, - participants of Rada subcommittee meeting say Ukraine spends huge amounts of funds on fake veteran organizations and their activities across the country. 59 328 119 Society

порошенко Early parliamentary elections out of question, Ukraine's president says Early parliamentary elections are pushed for exclusively by Russia and therefore no dissolution of the Verkhovna Rada will happen. 73 041 977 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

парламент Rada session closed after request to hear representatives of police and National Guard. VIDEO+PHOTOS Verkovna Rada Deputy Speaker Oksana Syroid closed today's meeting after the speech of People's Front MP Yurii Bereza. 82 931 260 Previously in trend: Blockade of "DPR/LPR"

рабинович "We must vote as Presidential Administration tells us," – independent MP Rabinovych on Opposition Bloc’s stance. VIDEO The Opposition Bloc parliamentary faction followed instructions of the Presidential Administration as for what decisions to uphold. 52 134 92 Ukrainian Politics

савченко пашинский Rada’s National Security Committee upholds MP Savchenko membership revoking. PHOTOS+VIDEO At today’s meeting, the members of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security and Defense upheld a resolution to expel MP Nadiia Savchenko. 28 606 93 Ukrainian Politics

савченко Rada discharges Savchenko as member of permanent delegation to PACE. VIDEO The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has supported draft resolution No. 5572 to deprive people's deputy Nadiia Savchenko of the right to represent Ukraine in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). 117 237 425 Ukrainian Politics

бюджет госбюджет Rada adopts state budget 2017 bill. VIDEO Ukrainian lawmakers have passed in the second reading and as a whole the country's main financial document for 2017. 100 495 361 Previously in trend: Budget 2017

тимошенко Tymoshenko calls to prosecute PM and lawmakers who supported controversial amendments to budget code Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Hroisman and MPs who voted for the bill No. 5131 "On Amendments to the Budget Code of Ukraine (in terms of improvement of budget formulation and execution)" must be brought to criminal responsibility. 132 814 619 Previously in trend: Budget 2017

гройсман Rada votes to sit today until agenda exhausted The lawmakers in the Verkhovna Rada have decided to work until all the issues on its Tuesday agenda are addressed. 9 728 34 Ukrainian Politics

рада Rada votes down special forfeiture bill, again The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has failed to pass the bill on amendments to certain legislative acts of Ukraine, allowing the seizure of illegal assets and funds in favor of state. 18 124 138 Ukrainian Politics

новинский Rada deprives MP Novynskyi of immunity. VIDEO The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine allowed bringing Opposition Bloc MP Novynskyi to criminal liability upon a motion of the Prosecutor General's Office (PGO). 92 390 326 Previously in trend: Removal of Novynskyi's immunity

луценко Lutsenko reads indictment to Novynskyi during Rada session The head of the Prosecutor General's Office has published testimonies of witnesses that prove Novynskyi's involvement in the attempt of pushing aside Metropolitan Volodymyr. 41 814 47 Previously in trend: Removal of Novynskyi's immunity

новинский Parliament to decide on removal of Novynskyi's immunity, - Rada's procedural committee The Committee on Rules of Parliamentary Procedure and Support to Work of The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has re-examined the request by the Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) to allow the criminal prosecution against Opposition Bloc MP Vadym Novynskyi and decided the submitted materials are insufficient for stripping the lawmaker of the immunity. 20 441 74 Previously in trend: Removal of Novynskyi's immunity

березюк Samopomich faction leaves Rada session hall upon demands to vote on lifting parliamentary immunity of MP Novynskyi Samopomich parliamentary faction has left the meeting of the Verkhovna Rada upon demanding putting to vote on lifting parliamentary immunity of Opposition Bloc MP Vadym Novynskyi and the people's deputies in general. 34 256 115 Previously in trend: Removal of Novynskyi's immunity

гройсман "Those who say all is lost, take Validol, everything will be fine," - Hroisman Prime Minister Volodymyr Hroisman has urged politicians not to sow panic and trade on the question of raised utility tariffs. 76 178 542 Previously in trend: Rates for housing services and utilities

самопомич Samopomich faction leaves parliament’s session hall: “We will not vote until bringing Novynskyi to responsibility is put before Rada” Samopomich faction left the session hall of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine in protest against the actions of the Committee on Rules of Parliamentary Procedure and Support to Work of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine regarding stripping Opposition bloc MP Vadym Novynskyi of immunity. 100 885 199 Ukrainian Politics

ляшко "Yurii Shukhevych could be murdered, used as sacred sacrifice," – MP Liashko Radical Party Head Oleh Liashko claims that the life of his faction member Yurii Shukhevych is in danger. 84 227 204 Incidents

сбу Russia plots provocations to trigger early parliamentary elections in Ukraine, - SBU The plan stipulates holding mass protests leading to a blockade of government bodies and expanding the list of claims and demands to the state authorities. 106 029 709 Previously in trend: Surkov's inbox hacked

MP Novynskyi promises to personally support bill sanctioning his prosecution, says case trumped up and politically charged Member of the Opposition Bloc parliamentary faction Vadym Novynskyi says he does not intend to leave the territory of Ukraine in the near future but plans to be present in the Verkhovna Rada session hall when the parliament will be considering bringing him to justice. 12 463 37 Ukrainian Politics

гройсман State budget-2017 ready for second reading, sent to parliament, - Hroisman Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Hroisman says he understands "how difficult it is for people to live today" and promises to build a high-quality mechanism of social compensation. 8 201 59 Previously in trend: Budget 2017

бондаренко Former Party of Regions MP Bondarenko shows up in Rada: "Real separatists are those who surrendered Crimea and fight in Donbas". VIDEO in Russian Supporter of pro-Russian separatists and former Party of Regions MP Olena Bondarenko came to the parliament on Nov. 3. 252 252 723 Ukrainian Politics

пашинский "Fugitive officials’ henchmen told me they pay $200,000 each," - MP Pashynskyi on reasons behind downvoting of special forfeiture law People’s Front parliamentary faction MP Serhii Pashynskyi says the fugitive ex-officials of Yanukovych tenure offer bribes to lawmakers for downvoting the bill on special confiscation. 54 327 100 Economics

вр рада пятница прогулы Rada supports bill on pension payments to disabled volunteers and their families The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has passed the bill No 2345а amending the Law of Ukraine regulating pension payments to persons retired from military service and other individuals. 16 407 25 Ukrainian Politics

парламент “We had emotionally charged meeting, dismissed 29 judges,” - Parubii closes Rada session The speaker reminded that the next meeting of Ukrainian parliament members will be held next Tuesday. 22 905 42 Incidents

луценко Lutsenko to demand stripping immunity of MP Skoryk The member of parliament is suspected of involvement in Odesa riots of Feb.19, 2014. 34 389 65 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko

вр рада пятница прогулы Deputy Speaker Syroid closes morning session of Verkhovna Rada: no bills voted today. PHOTOS+VIDEO Ritually, the Rada closed its Friday session with the session hall nearly empty. 15 801 93 Ukrainian Politics

сыроид Russia has always won in Ukraine-Poland confrontation, - Deputy Speaker Syroid Verkhovna Rada Deputy Speaker Oksana Syroid believes Russia has always benefited from the confrontation between Poles and Ukrainians. 12 401 76 Ukrainian Politics

чаус Rada authorizes Judge Chaus’ detention and pretrial confinement. VIDEO The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has given its consent to criminal prosecution, detention, and pretrial confinement of Judge of the Dniprovskyi district court of Kyiv Mykola Chaus suspected of corruption. 23 592 137 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine Grafters

рада Speaker Parubii closes Rada session until September. PHOTOS Verkhovna Rada Speaker Andrii Parubii closed the fourth session of the Verkhovna Rada of the eighth convocation. The next, fifth session will start Sept. 6. 28 917 215 Ukrainian Politics

кировоград Kirovohrad renamed Kropyvnytskyi by parliament: "We have finished our part of decommunization," - Speaker Parubii. VIDEO The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has finished the process of decommunization in Ukraine by adopting a number of regulations. 91 781 624 Ukrainian Politics

гройсман Blockade of Rada is a crime against Ukrainian people, - PM Hroisman Ukrainian head of the government Volodymyr Hroisman has called on people's deputies of the Verkhovna Rada to unblock the parliament's rostrum and presidium in order to restore functioning. 42 194 403 Ukrainian Politics

парубий Parubii adjourned session as Batkivshchyna blocks presidium Batkivshchyna faction has blocked the presidium of the Verkhovna Rada, forcing Speaker Andrii Parubii to close today's meeting. 53 266 510 Ukrainian Politics

гройсман Hroisman urges parliament to vote for appointment of National Bank Council members and Yanukovych’s assets confiscation: "We’ll be unable to pay salaries and pensions without this" Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Hroisman called on the lawmakers to support a number of bills dealing with the economic situation in the country. 9 224 89 Ukrainian Politics

uhjqcvfy Social benefits could be jeopardized by Radical Party and Batkivshchyna blocking parliament’s activity, - Hroisman Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Hroisman urged two Verkhovna Rada factions (Radical Party and Batkivshchyna) to unblock the work of the Ukrainian parliament, which will allow taking a decision on the transfer of 78 billion hryvnia (about $3,120,000) to the state budget and make social payments to citizens. 14 610 145 Ukrainian Politics

парламент Parliament upholds apprehension and arrest of people's deputy Onyshchenko. VIDEO The Verkhovna Rada has granted the motion of the Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) on bringing to criminal liability, apprehension, and arrest of Volia Narodu faction MP Oleksandr Onyshchenko. 61 824 207 Previously in trend: Onyshchenko case

холодницкий Onyshchenko not in Ukraine, Special Anti-corruption prosecutor says Today, July 5, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine will vote on the presentation by Prosecutor General's Office (PGO), which includes lifting of immunity, detention, and arrest of the Volia Narodu MP Oleksandr Onyshchenko. The voting will include three bills, one on each item of the presentation. 59 196 83 Previously in trend: Onyshchenko case

парубий Parubii instructs Rada’s procedural committee to consider motion on stripping MP Onyshchenko of immunity and his arrest Verkhovna Rada Chairman Andrii Parubii has instructed the Committee on Rules of Parliamentary Procedure and Support to Work of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to promptly consider the motion regarding the stripping of the parliamentary immunity, arrest, and confinement of lawmaker Oleksandr Onyshchenko, a member of Volia Narodu parliamentary group. 4 691 10 Previously in trend: Onyshchenko case

конституция сonstitution Ukrainian parliament adopts amendments to Constitution in terms of justice The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has adopted on second reading and as a whole the amendments to the Constitution in terms of justice. 69 195 327 Previously in trend: Amendments to Constitution

парламент Rada adopts presidential bill on judicial system and status of judges The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has adopted as a basis and as a whole the presidential bill No. 4734 on judicial system and status of judges. 51 208 180 Ukrainian Politics

парубий Dnipro, Horishni Plavni become official names as Rada speaker signs debatable resolutions Head of the Verkhovna Rada Andrii Parubii has signed two resolutions (No. 4085-P and No. 3864-P) that stipulate renaming certain settlements and areas under the decommunisation law. 66 210 387 Ukrainian Politics

савченко savchenko Savchenko to MPs: "I won’t let you forget those guys who started dying for Ukraine on Maidan and now continue dying for it in Donbas" Today's meeting of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine was opened by the address delivered by Ukrainian servicewoman and Batkivshchyna party MP Nadiia Savchenko. 169 365 401 Ukrainian Politics

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