Ukrainian Challenger Rejects Deal Offered by Opponent
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The man declared the winner of Ukraine's disputed presidential election, Prime Minister Viktor F. Yanukovich, said Tuesday that he was prepared to accept a new vote and offered not to run again as long as his ...
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KIEV, Ukraine  - Ukraine's outgoing President  Leonid Kuchma Monday rejected reform of the country's election  laws on terms set by the opposition ahead of a re-run of the  ex-Soviet state's rigged vote later this month.
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President Vladimir Putin's chosen  successor, Dmitry Medvedev, has refused to meet his rivals for  the presidency in live television debates ahead of the March 2  election.
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West-leaning opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko looked certain 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 rival presidential candidates faced off in a live television debate, in which opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko attacked the country's "criminal" regime while his rival, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich, sought to distance himself from the government.
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Victor Yanukovych claims that President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma proposed him to send in his resignation, and, in response, he became opposed to Leonid Kuchma.
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The winner of Ukraine's bitterly fought presidential election called on supporters to block a cabinet meeting on Wednesday after his opponent, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich, refused to concede defeat.
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KIEV -- Ukraine's two rivals for power failed in nearly three hours of talks yesterday to resolve the political stalemate over who will lead the bitterly divided nation, and opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko said at a huge rally that he was insisting on a new election.
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The NHL rejected last week's proposal by the players' association and then had its own counteroffer turned down Tuesday during a 3 1/2-hour negotiating session.
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Ukraine's opposition leader raised the stakes in his standoff with the Kremlin-backed prime minister on Thursday, asking the Supreme Court to declare presidential election results invalid and threatening to have his supporters block key highways.
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Ukraine's shivering but determined political opposition dug in its heels in Kiev'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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Ukraine's Supreme Court rejects an appeal by Viktor Yanukovych against the conduct of the re-run presidential poll.
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A tentative deal to ease Ukraineâs political crisis foundered today over the oppositionâs refusal to endorse constitutional changes and President Leonid Kuchmaâs rejection of the call to fire his prime minister.
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Ukraine's election commission rejected the entire appeal by Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych against results showing he lost this week's repeat running, saying he had not proved there were any mass violations, a commission member said.
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KIEV, Ukraine  - Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich  on Monday refused to accept the outcome of the re-run of  Ukraine's presidential election in which his rival holds a big  lead and said he would challenge the result in the Supreme  Court.
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The loser of last month's Ukrainian presidential election delivered an appeal to the Supreme Court Friday, giving the court a chance to reject it and allow president-elect Viktor Yushchenko to be inaugurated.
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The loser of last month's presidential  election in Ukraine again delayed his opponent's inauguration  on Thursday by failing to deliver a promised court appeal,  infuriating the president elect's team.