Ukraine's Yushchenko, Georgian leader ring in New Year after PM resigns
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Ukraine opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko rang in the New Year with Georgia's leader in central Kiev, hours after Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich resigned and all but admitted losing a presidential rerun vote.
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KYIV, Ukraine  - Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych resigned Friday and grudgingly admitted he has little hope of winning the presidency of this ex-Soviet republic. But he vowed to continue his court battle to overturn last week's elections that handed victory to his pro-western opponent, Viktor Yushchenko.
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Viktor Yushchenko was sworn in as president of Ukraine on Sunday, two months after huge protests over his loss in a fraud-plagued election plunged the ex-Soviet republic into political crisis.
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President Viktor Yushchenko formally called a September election on Tuesday under a deal struck with his rival to end Ukraine's political crisis, but his adversaries cast doubt on the legal grounds for the poll.
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Viktor Yanukovich said on Friday he was  resigning as Ukraine's prime minister, but refused to concede  defeat in a presidential poll as a vast New Year crowd feted  liberal Viktor Yushchenko's victory in Kiev's main square.
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Liberal Viktor Yushchenko, who won last month's presidential election re-run, will be sworn in as Ukraine's new president on Sunday, ending weeks of political turmoil in the ex-Soviet state.
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Ukraine's victorious opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko has said it will take time to rebuild relations with Russia, which backed his presidential rival.
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The party of Ukrainian President Yushchenko says it will pull its ministers amid a rift with the prime minister.
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Today Mikheil Saakashvili, the President of Georgia ends his visit to Ukraine, where he was invited to Carpats by Viktor Yushchenko, the newly elected President of Ukraine.
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MOSCOW -- Ukraine President Viktor Yushchenko, visiting Moscow on a trip to mend relations after a bitter election campaign, appointed top ally Yulia Tymoshenko as prime minister yesterday, a move that was expected to anger the Kremlin.
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Ukraine's Christmas holiday break ended amid furious rumors that Viktor Yushchenko could be sworn in as president by week's end, despite vows by his defeated rival to keep up a legal challenge over his historic election win.
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Liberal Viktor Yushchenko will be sworn in  as Ukraine's new president on Sunday, ending weeks of political  turmoil and setting the stage for the ex-Soviet state to ease  its way out of Russia's sphere of influence.
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Western-leaning opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko claimed victory on Monday in a re-run of Ukraine's rigged presidential election, hailing the beginning of a new era in the former Soviet republic.
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TERNOPIL, Ukraine  - The leaders of Ukraine's "Orange Revolution" have set aside their differences but face a battle to win back voters disenchanted with progress since the mass protests of 2004.
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Western-leaning opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko took an unbeatable lead on Monday in Ukraine's re-run presidential election, claiming victory and hailing the beginning of a new era in the former Soviet ...
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KYIV, Ukraine  - Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko on Monday celebrated his apparently decisive triumph in the re-run of Ukraine's fraud-filled presidential election, thanking the protesters who spent weeks camped out in the capital's frigid streets for securing his electoral victory and the country's freedom.
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KIEV, Ukraine  - A leader of Ukraine's opposition  said on Monday the ex-Soviet state's political parties were on  the verge of a deal to solve a stand-off between outgoing  President Leonid Kuchma's government and the opposition.