Ukraine parliament approves Tymoshenko as PM
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Yulia Tymoshenko, ardent advocate of Ukraine's "Orange Revolution", won parliament's backing on Tuesday to return as prime minister and vowed to clean up the country's finances and hold talks with Russia on the gas trade.
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Parliament named Viktor Yanukovych prime minister Friday in a stunning comeback for the man whose fraud-tainted 2004 presidential victory was turned back by the Orange Revolution.
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KYIV, Ukraine  - Outgoing Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma on Wednesday formally accepted the resignation of Viktor Yanukovych as prime minister, the presidential press service said.
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Ukrainian MPs narrowly vote to make Orange Revolution leader Yulia Tymoshenko PM for a second time.
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Ukraine's electoral commission formally declares Viktor Yushchenko president after December's re-run poll.
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WHAT HAPPENED: Ukraine's parliament voted to change the constitution, amend election law and reshuffle the Central Election Commission.
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Russia&#39;s parliament overwhelmingly  confirmed Viktor Zubkov as prime minister on Friday, two days  after President Vladimir Putin surprised observers by  nominating the virtually-unknown official.
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Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Timoshenko said she would become the country s next prime minister.
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"A coalition built on an advantage of two votes is no coalition"  By Ron PopeskiKIEV  - Yulia Tymoshenko, leading force in Ukraine's 2004 "Orange Revolution", failed to win backing from parliament to restore her as prime minister on Tuesday, plunging the ex-Soviet state into new political uncertainty.Tymoshenko was backed by 225 votes, one short of a majority in the 450-seat assembly. Her allies complained of technical problems and speaker Arseniy Yatsenyuk called a new vote on returning the motion on her nomination.That, however, also failed to carry and parliament went into recess in disarray. Read more
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Ukraine's parliament reconvened on Thursday a day after the opposition prevented the chamber from sitting, but there was no indication when it would reconsider a proposal to restore Yulia Tymoshenko as prime minister.
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KYIV, Ukraine  - Ukraine's fiery opposition leader, Yulia Tymoshenko, said Tuesday she expects nothing less than to be the country's next prime minister, given her stalwart support for Viktor Yushchenko, whose presidency is increasingly likely.
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Ukraine's parliament on Tuesday restored Yulia Tymoshenko as prime minister, sealing a political comeback for a leading figure from the former Soviet country's "Orange Revolution" three years ago.
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Ukraine's parliament overwhelmingly passed a bill to weaken presidential powers and change electoral law, breaking an impasse between outgoing President Leonid Kuchma and the opposition.
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Ukraine's parliament on Tuesday narrowly approved Orange Revolution leader Yulia Tymoshenko as prime minister, in the ex-Soviet republic's latest bid to emerge from months of political turmoil.
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Russia's lower house of parliament confirmed President Vladimir Putin's choice as prime minister on Friday, approving the previously obscure official Viktor Zubkov in a vote whose result was a foregone conclusion
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THE Ukrainian parliament unanimously approved the former fiery opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko as prime minister yesterday and set Ukraine on a westward course.
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Opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, who  roused vast crowds during protests against election fraud, said  on Saturday she believed she would be named prime minister once  Viktor Yushchenko is finally inaugurated as president.