Ukraine presidential administration chief steps down
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Viktor Medvedchuk, the chief of the Ukrainian presidential administration and the leader of the Social-Democratic (united) Party, has resigned, Nestor Shufrich, a member of the United Social Democrats Party, ...
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Members of Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych's administration have begun to leave the country fearing a backlash and investigations.
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Attorney General Alberto Gonzales resigned on Monday, ending a controversial tenure as chief U.S. law enforcement officer that blemished the administration of President George W. Bush.
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Outgoing President Leonid Kuchma on Wednesday formally accepted the resignation of Viktor Yanukovych as prime minister, the presidential press service said.
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KIEV -- Viktor Yanukovych announced his resignation as prime minister yesterday, handing Ukraine's pro-Western opposition a symbolic victory, but he pledged to continue his court battle for the presidency of this former Soviet republic.
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KYIV, Ukraine  - An exit poll showed opposition challenger Viktor Yushchenko with a commanding lead over Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych in Ukraine's presidential run-off Sunday.
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Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma has dismissed the heads of three more regions, Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported Wednesday.
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Terry Madden will step down as leader of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, ending a seven-year stint running the country's main line of defense against doping in sports.
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Romanian President Ion Iliescu steps down after elections today in what some hail as the final exit of Europe&#39;s last reigning communist-era leader from the political scene.
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Head of the Czech government office Pavel Pribyl resigns after a protest over his record as a senior police officer.
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KIEV, Ukraine  - Ukraine's Viktor Yanukovich said  on Friday he was resigning as prime minister, though he refused  to concede defeat in a presidential election, while the liberal  winner of the poll prepared a momentous New Year celebration.
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Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma has dismissed the heads of three more regions.
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The Bosnian Serb prime minister steps down after the US and Bosnia's top international envoy sanction officials.
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Mr Tarasiuk is a close ally of pro-Western President Viktor Yushchenko Ukraine's Foreign Minister Borys Tarasiuk has quit after a long power struggle with PM Viktor Yanukovych.Comment
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China's politically powerful vice president stepped down Sunday amid a reshuffling of the Communist Party leadership, removing from office a rival to President Hu Jintao.
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Belarus' authoritarian president dismissed his chief of staff Monday and replaced him with a longtime associate who was implicated by a European rights group in disappearances of opposition figures five years ago.
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Ukraine's outgoing President Leonid Kuchma  said on Tuesday he had agreed to sack the central election  commission and support election law reform -- both key  opposition demands to end mass protests against a rigged vote.