Tymoshenko returns as Ukraine PM
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Charismatic orange revolution leader Yulia Tymoshenko becomes prime minister for second time
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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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Parliament on Friday unanimously approved Yulia Tymoshenko as prime minister to lead Ukraine's new, Western-oriented government.
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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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Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said he had approved the candidacy of his arch-rival Viktor Yanukovich for prime minister, ending a four-month political stand-off.
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Ukraine's parliament approves Viktor Yanukovych as prime minister, ending a long political crisis.
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Viktor Yushchenko will be sworn in Sunday as president of Ukraine, completing his "Orange Revolution" after weeks of political turmoil in which he defeated the Kremlin-backed candidate at the polls and survived a mysterious poisoning plot.
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KYIV. Dec 6 (Interfax-Ukraine) - Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, who will rival opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko in a repeat presidential run-off, will take a vacation to hold his election campaign.
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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  2004 "Orange Revolution."
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Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich and opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko met Friday for the first time since the election that has left them both claiming to be the next president.
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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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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.
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KYIV, Ukraine  - Ukraine's new prime minister ordered the government Saturday to begin the process of returning Ukraine's largest steel mill to state control with the aim of putting the mill back up for auction.
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The call came after Prime Minister and defeated presidential rival Vicktor Yanukovich announced he would return to his official ministerial offices after a one-month absence and chair a cabinet meeting.
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Liberal Viktor Yushchenko will be sworn in  as Ukraine's new president on Sunday, ending weeks of turmoil  and setting the stage for the ex-Soviet state to edge closer to  Europe while upholding traditional links with Russia.
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The re-run of the presidential election in the Ukraine is over, with Viktor Yushchenko claiming victory now that 95% of the votes have been counted.
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Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich, back in   office nearly two years after his "Orange Revolution" defeat,   vowed on Tuesday to oversee faster reform, but Ukraine's main   opposition leader dismissed his promises as meaningless.