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‘I’m different from Poroshenko’: Highlights from Zelensky’s press conference

On May 20, President Volodymyr Zelensky gave a press conference to summarize the results of his first year in office. Here are some of the …
Iryna Yavorska

Zelensky appoints Shmyhal new head of Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Administration

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has appointed Denys Shmyhal as the new head of the Ivano-Frankivsk Regional State …
Interfax-Ukraine

Michael Yurkovich: Reagan made history, and Zelensky can too

In April, Ukrainians made actor Volodymyr Zelensky president. Immediately, comparisons began between Zelensky and Ronald Reagan, America’s two-term …
Michael Yurkovich

Latest updates on parliamentary vote count (LIVE)

Here, we’re keeping track of the vote count in the July 21 parliamentary election. For the live updates from Election Day, see this story. Ukraine …
Kyiv Post

Al Jazeera: Comic-turned-president’s party seeks Ukraine parliament majority

Zinaida Kononenko, 63, has voted in every presidential and parliamentary election in Ukraine, hoping that the country’s political leaders would …
Al Jazeera

Natalia A. Feduschak: The view from Jerusalem on Ukraine’s Jewish president

JERUSALEM — I am drinking a latte at a café overlooking Jerusalem’s Old City, eavesdropping on two animated conversations occurring concurrently in …
Natalia A. Feduschak

Hromadske: $250,000 spent on dirt against Poroshenko’s presidential opponents

In the new era where “social media is king”, Ukraine followed in the footsteps of the United States with presidential candidates spending substantial …
Hromadske International

Taylor: Date of Zelensky’s visit to US not determined yet

The date of the visit of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky to the United States is currently unknown, U.S. Chargé d’Affaires a.i. in Ukraine …
Interfax-Ukraine

UNIAN: Kremlin says Zelensky, Poroshenko’s positions on Russia similar

Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said the positions of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his predecessor Petro Poroshenko on …
UNIAN

Gwendolyn Sasse: Taking stock of Zelensky’s presidency

Two months after his clear election victory and one month after his inauguration as president, Ukraine and the rest of the world continue to puzzle …
Gwendolyn Sasse

UkrInform: Less than 1,000 Ukrainians change place of voting in parliamentary elections

As of June 18, a total of 9,632 voters have already changed temporarily their place of voting in snap parliamentary elections scheduled for July 21, …
UkrInform

Zelenskiy sure he acted legitimately by dissolving Rada

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is confident that his decree on dissolving the Verkhovna Rada and calling early parliamentary elections was …
Interfax-Ukraine

UkrInform: Zelenskiy, Yushchenko talk about peace and elections

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy held a meeting with former Ukrainian president Viktor Yushchenko on Wednesday evening. Read more here.
UkrInform

Halya Coynash: Zelenskiy removes official who opposed appointment of Bohdan as Head of Presidential Administration

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has replaced the Deputy Justice Minister Serhiy Petukhov as head of an official delegation after the latter …
Halya Coynash

Tymoshenko: President has enough powers to reduce tariffs

Batkivschyna Party leader Yulia Tymoshenko has said that the Ukrainian president has enough powers to reduce tariffs for utility services, and a …
Interfax-Ukraine

Giacomo Sanfilippo: In defense of -sky!

Peter Dickinson at the Atlantic Council seems to consider the spelling of the Ukrainian president’s surname in English to be a matter of international …
Giacomo Sanfilippo

Reuters: Zelenskiy asks MPs to sack prosecutor, appoint foreign minister

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has asked parliament to sack General Prosecutor Yuri Lutshenko and to appoint a former Ukrainian envoy to …
Reuters

Zelenskiy says all regional governors should be dismissed

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has voiced the opinion that all incumbent heads of regional state administrations in Ukraine should be …
Interfax-Ukraine
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