Dangerous “antifascist” card
20.05.13 | Halya Coynash | www.kyivpost.com
Unlike administrative resource, thugs and cynical "antifascist" rhetoric, imagination was in short supply at the 18 May “antifascist demonstration” in Kyiv. While VO Svoboda ideological consistency does not make its bigoted views any more palatable, the Party of the Regions was still stupendously uncovincing Tombiński: EU would refuse to sign the Association Agreement today
17.05.13
The Head of the EU Representation in Ukraine, Jan Tombiński has said that while Ukraine had done a lot towards European integration, this is not enough to sign the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement. Judicial Vagaries
19.04.13 | Halya Coynash
In the last week two Ukrainian administrative courts have rejected civil suits brought by private claimants from Donetsk. The refusal to strip another opposition MP, Yury Odarchenko, of his mandate was unexpected, but entirely constitutional. The other was neither Cox-Kwaśniewski monitoring mission to Ukraine extended
19.04.13
On Thursday the European Parliament ratified visa liberalization measures for Ukrainians and heard the findings of the Cox-Kwaśniewski mission. Hanne Severinsen, however, warns that the mission must not be used as a cover for the Ukrainian regime Merkel: Ukraine isn’t ready for Association Agreement
18.04.13
The German Chancellor says that Ukraine must resolve a “whole range of problems”. This is not just the situation with Yulia Tymoshenko, but issues to do with the legal system in Ukraine as a whole and about observance of human rights and civil liberties. . High Court sees no problem with travelling opposition-less parliament
15.04.13
The High Administrative Court on Friday has found that the “Verkhovna Rada” which held a meeting on 4 April on Bankova St and not in the Verkhovna Rada buildings to which opposition MPs were not admitted was able to pass laws Donetsk lawyer goes to court over “travelling Verkhovna Rada” decisions
11.04.13 | donbass.ua
Roman Doludaryov is particularly concerned by the changes involving billions made to the 2013 State Budget by the ruling majority at a meeting which opposition MPs were stopped from attending OPORA: decisions taken by “alternative parliament” are not legitimate
08.04.13
OPORA has issued a statement regarding the events on Thursday when members of the ruling majority chose to bypass the blockade of the Verkhovna Rada by holding what they claimed to be a plenary session in the parliamentary committee building on Bankova St Constitutional Court really doesn’t want to know
04.04.13
Ukraine’s Constitutional Court has, for the fourth time, refused to consider submissions asking about the constitutionality of the Law on the Principles of State Language Policy Regarding the Troubling Political Situation in Ukraine
02.04.13
Canada-Ukraine Parliamentary Program Alumni Call to Action Tired of repeating themselves
01.04.13
The Cox- Kwaśniewski Mission to Ukraine is unlikely to be extended unless real changes are observed by 18 April and thus far there is no breakthrough in negotiations with President Yanukovych Justice Ministry confirms Tymoshenko case tender shenanigans
27.03.13
The Justice Ministry has confirmed that it held the “tender” for the services of the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates for services in the case of Tymoshenko v. Ukraine after the services were provided. Burson-Marsteller UK and the Ukrainian taxpayer
26.03.13 | Halya Coynash
The First Deputy Prosecutor General Renat Kuzmin is back on his travels with the PR company Burston-Marsteller helping him – for a fat fee, of course – in his efforts to improve the current regime’s much damaged reputation Imprisonment for damaging a controversial parliamentary fence?
22.03.13
According to Kommentari the Kyiv Prosecutor’s Office is actively investigating a criminal case over deliberate damage to the fence around the Verkhovna Rada during a rally on 12 December 2012. More support for EU than Customs Union in a referendum
19.03.13 | dif.org.ua
According to a survey by the Democratic Initiatives Foundation and Kyiv International Sociology Institute, if a referendum were held now 59% of Ukrainian citizens would support joining the EU and 41% would vote against. Ukraine rejects UN Periodic Review recommendations on selective justice
18.03.13
The Government’s Representative asserts that there is no selective justice, making an entirely erroneous statement about the European Court’s judgement in the Yury Lutsenko case as supposed substantiation CEC confirms revocation of Vlasenko’s deputy mandate
13.03.13
Ukraine’s Central Election Commission has confirmed that the ruling by the High Administrative Court is enough to strip opposition MP Serhiy Vlasenko of his mandate, with no further decision from the Verkhovna Rada being needed. New delay to changing controversial Kolesnichenko-Kivalov language law
13.03.13 | www.kommersant.ua
The Cabinet of Ministers has changed the makeup and is mysteriously trying to reinstate the functioning of a group which has already drawn up measures on developing the use of Ukrainian. Members of the group believe that this is to stall amendments and leave the bill as it is Europe appalled by removal of Vlasenko’s mandate
08.03.13
There were strong statements on 7 March following the extraordinary ruling by the High Administrative Court to anul the MP status of opposition MP and civic defender of imprisoned former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko Court rejects Speaker’s duty to ensure MP personal voting
08.03.13 | www.pravda.com.ua
The court effectively concluded that the Speaker is not obliged to exercise control in order to ensure that MPs comply with the Parliamentary Regulations and the Constitution on personal voting.