Arseniy Yatsenyuk
Ukraine Will Not Buy Russian Gas, Coal - PM
Ukraine's new Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has said his country will neither hold negotiations nor purchase fuels from Russia.
"We can build relations with any neighbor if they are not aggressors or murderers. If they are... what could we talk about?" UNIAN news agency quotes him as telling TV station 24.
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Ukraine's New PM Confirmed by Parliament
The Parliament in Ukraine on Thursday confirmed Volodymyr Groysman as the country's new Prime Minister, following the resignation of Arseniy Yatsenyuk earlier this week.
Groysman, until now Parliament Speaker since 2014, was backed by 257 MPs, out of 390 who voted.
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Ukraine parliament confirms pro-Western Groysman as PM
Ukraine's parliament on April 14 appointed pro-Western speaker Volodymyr Groysman as prime minister in a bid to end months of political gridlock and unlock vital aid to the war torn-state.
Ukrainian Prime Minister to Submit Resignation Next Week
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk will submit his resignation to the country's parliament next week.
Yatsenyuk made this announcement in his weekly appearance on TV on Sunday, saying that his resignation will be tabled to parliament on Tuesday.
Yatsenyuk blamed the failure of politicians to "enact real changes", the BBC quotes him as saying.
Ukrainian President Poroshenko to visit Turkey
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is to make an official visit to Turkey on March 9-10, the Ukrainian president's office said in a statement on March 7.
Poroshenko will carry out talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an and Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu, according to the statement.
Poroshenko will also meet with Turkish Parliament Speaker ?smail Kahraman.
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Poroshenko asks Ukraine's prime minister to resign
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has asked the country's Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk to step down.
Poroshenko on Tuesday issued a statement saying that Yatsenyuk's cabinet had lost the support of the ruling coalition, but that Ukraine "has no time for elections."
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Ukraine chooses cheaper EU gas over costly Russian price
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has said Kyiv can buy gas from the European Union at a cheaper rate than Russia has offered, adding that the average price of gas from the EU stands at about $200, as reported by Sputnik on Jan. 10.
Ukraine MPs approve tit-for-tat Russian trade embargo
Ukraine's parliament voted on Dec. 24 to give the government the right to impose a trade embargo against Russia, which said last week that it would suspend a free trade zone with Ukraine from Jan. 1.
The law, supported by 291 of parliament's 420 lawmakers, will come into force when it has been signed by the president.
Ukraine: MP carries out PM Yatsenyuk (vid)
MPs of the Verkhovna Rada in Kiev started a fight during the speech of Ukraine’s Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk, as Reuters reports.
It all started when Rada deputy Oleg Barna went up to the tribune while Yatsenyuk was giving a speech, gave him a bouquet of roses and then tried to carry him off the stage, as a video shows.
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Ukraine, Baltics Warn Nord Stream-2 Poses Risk to EU Energy Security
A planned "Nord Stream 2" pipeline will hurt the EU's security and help Russia control the bloc's energy markets, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk opined on Thursday.
He called on the EU Commission "to seriously get into the issue" and prevent Russia from facilitating "a bottleneck".