Yushchenko orders tents taken down in capital
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KIEV -- The winner of Ukraine's presidential election ordered his supporters yesterday to raze the tent camp in Kiev that had become a dramatic symbol of his victory over a Kremlin-backed opponent, saying conditions had become unsanitary.
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KYIV, Ukraine  - Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko signed a compromise agreement Wednesday that obliges his supporters to lift their siege of government buildings.
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Tens of thousands of supporters of Ukraine's opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko massed in the center of the capital in a fresh show of force to press demands that a repeat presidential election be conducted fairly unlike a discredited poll last month.
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Ukraine's prime minister accused President Viktor Yushchenko of preparing to use force in their struggle for supremacy after Yushchenko said on Friday he was taking control of interior ministry troops.
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Tens of thousands of Ukrainian protesters gathered into the night Monday, taking over Kiev's central square and turning it into a defiant sea of orange flags while denouncing results of an election that handed a bitterly disputed victory to the pro-Russia prime minister.
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Ukraine&#39;s opposition has blocked changes to the constitution that would have weakened the power of the president. Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko said the reforms should not considered by the parliament
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KYIV, Ukraine  - Ukraine's opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko signed a compromise agreement Wednesday that obliged his supporters to lift their siege of government buildings, but he said they would stay in the streets until a deal is reached on a new vote.
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Ukraine&#39;s parliament passed a vote of non-confidence on Wednesday, bringing down Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych&#39;s government as international mediators gathered in Kyiv to try to bring the spiralling political crisis to a peaceful
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Supporters of Ukrainian presidential candidates Viktor Yushchenko and Viktor Yanukovych had set up two more tented camps in Kiev by Wednesday morning, this RIA Novosti correspondent reports.
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Gone are the massive orange-clad crowds and government blockades in Kiev -- with Viktor Yushchenko elected president, the "orange revolution" tidal wave has nearly receded from Ukraine's capital.
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After Ukraine's Parliament adopted key electoral reforms Wednesday, thousands of opposition protesters started packing up after a raucous, colorful and often stressful 17-day vigil in the frigid capital.
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Ukraine's rival leaders met to discuss the date of a parliamentary election on Saturday after President Viktor Yushchenko ordered troops from outside the capital to bolster security in Kiev.
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President Viktor Yushchenko said Friday he was taking command of Ukraine's Interior Ministry troops, but a ministry spokesman rejected the order in a move of defiance that dramatically escalated the country's political turmoil.
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Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko yesterday pressed for the prime minister&#39;s removal from office, dismissal of electoral officials, and
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KYIV, Ukraine  - Ukraine's shivering but determined political opposition dug in its heels in Kyiv's frigid central square Tuesday, rejecting an offer of the prime minister's job from the declared winner of disputed presidential election and withdrawing from talks aimed at reaching a compromise.
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KIEV, Ukraine Opposition supporters who staged a two-week outdoor protest are getting ready to leave the Ukrainian capital after Parliament&#39;s adoption of electoral and constitutional reforms.
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President Viktor Yushchenko said on Friday he was taking control of interior ministry troops loyal to Ukraine's prime minister, a direct challenge to the rival he has confronted for months.