Ukraine PM Urged to Accept Defeat by Yushchenko
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A leading European human rights watchdog  urged Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich to accept  defeat on Tuesday as preliminary results showed his  West-leaning rival Viktor Yushchenko winning the presidency.
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KIEV, November 30 (Itar-Tass) - Viktor Yanukovich, if recognised the Ukrainian president, is ready to conduct a political reform and offer the post of prime minister to opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko.
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Ukraine's Viktor Yanukovich, humiliated in  the 2004 "Orange Revolution," was set to celebrate a political  comeback as prime minister on Thursday after his nemesis,  President Viktor Yushchenko, supported him.
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Ukraine&#39;s parliament has voted to ask President Leonid Kuchma to dismiss the government of Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych to help end a political crisis triggered by a contested presidential election.
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KIEV -- Viktor Yushchenko, the unofficial winner of Ukraine's fiercely fought presidential contest, called yesterday for supporters to block his opponent, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, from holding a meeting today of what the opposition leader termed an illegal government.
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On Wednesday, prime minister Viktor Yanukovich said he was resigning. However, he refused to concede his defeat to his opposition rival, Viktor Yushchenko, in the presidential poll.
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Last month, it was the incumbent prime minister, Viktor Yanukovych, who claimed victory in Ukraineâs presidential election, and the upstart challenger, Viktor Yushchenko, who refused to accept the result.
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KIEV - A prominent European human rights watchdog group is asking Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych to accept his defeat at the hands of rival Viktor Yushchenko in Sunday&#39;s presidential runoff election.
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Ukraine's president-elect Viktor Yushchenko urges supporters to prevent an "illegal" cabinet meeting.
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West-leaning opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko looked certain on Monday to become Ukraine's next president, but his opponent, the prime minister, refused to concede defeat in the bitterly fought contest.
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West-leaning opposition leader Viktor  Yushchenko looked certain on Monday to become Ukraine's next  president, but his opponent, the prime minister, refused to  concede defeat in the bitterly fought contest.
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Ukraine's opposition presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko has called on his supporters to block the building of the central government, where on Wednesday a Cabinet meeting planned to be chaired by his ...
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Ukraine's apparent president-elect Viktor Yushchenko called on supporters Tuesday evening to blockade a building where his opponent, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, has called a meeting of his cabinet for 10 a.m. Wednesday.
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President Viktor Yushchenko urged parliament Wednesday to stop meeting and officially dissolve itself so that early elections can be held in September.
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KIEV -- Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych said yesterday that he would not accept a victory by his opponent in the Dec. 26 rerun of Ukraine's contested presidential race and that his supporters were likely to turn out onto the streets en masse to block such an outcome.
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Opposition presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko called on the government Friday to prevent any violence in this weekend's crucial presidential repeat vote, as the two campaigns rallied their supporters on the final day of campaigning.
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Ukraineâs opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko basked in his unassailable lead today as prime minister Viktor Yanukovych refused to admit defeat, with just tens of thousands of ballots left to be counted in the bitterly-fought presidential election.