Published in UNIAN

The factions of Our Ukraine – People’s Self-Defense, the Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko, and the Lytvyn’s Bloc have formed a parliamentary coalition.

According to an UNIAN correspondent, newly elected Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn had claimed this in the session hall. He showed the protocol confirming the respective decision.

Published in UNIAN

Today Vice Prime Minister on European and International Integration Hryhoriy Nemyria held a meeting with the mission of International Monetary Fund.

The parties have discussed issues of bipartite cooperation between Ukraine and IMF and efforts made by the Government of Ukraine directed to overcoming the fallouts of the world financial crunch in Ukraine.

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Published in European Voice

Ukraine`s deputy prime minister today lauded the Eastern Partnership, an initiative presented by the European Commission last week, as “a step forward” in relations between the EU and its eastern neighbours, the European Voice reported.

Hryhoriy Nemyria believes that the Partnership gives its six eastern members – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine and possibly Belarus – a sense of ownership that they lack in their current relations with the EU, which are framed by the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP).

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Published in Reuters

The new initiatives by the European Commission, known as the "Eastern Partnership," open new opportunities for Ukraine's European integration, but the quality of this process mainly depends on the country itself, Vice-Premier Hryhoriy Nemyria has said.

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Published in ForUm

December 8-9 Vice Prime Minister on European and International Integration Hryhoriy Nemyria will visit Brussels.

In the course of the visit Hryhoriy Nemyria will participate in an international conference “European opportunities of Ukraine – the future of Western partnership”.

The agenda also includes bipartite meetings of Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine with President of the European Parliament Hans-Gert Poettering and the Head of the Committee for European Integration of Poland Mikolaj Dowgielewicz.

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The Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko (BYuT) has again appealed to President Viktor Yushchenko to join it in forming a new democratic coalition with the Lytvyn bloc. The prime minister led the appeal, stressing that the coalition was needed urgently to pass measures to curb the impact of the global financial crisis on Ukraine’s economy.

“We need a coalition in the parliament to pass laws and assume responsibility,” said Ms Tymoshenko. “Without a governing coalition and chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, not a single law and resolution can be passed, including those anti-recessionary measures which lie dormant in parliament.”

Last week the premier tried to impress upon the president the need for unity. "If the democratic coalition is not restored before the end of this week when a fairly difficult scenario of financial and economic crisis is evolving worldwide and in Ukraine, we will look for other options and other opportunities because we have no right to leave Ukraine without a viable parliament at such a difficult moment," said Ms Tymoshenko.

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