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Parliament allows aviation industry creating JV with foreign partners
Дата: 18.07.2016 16:20
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has adopted a law that provides for the possibility of state Ukrainian aircraft enterprises' setting up joint ventures (JVs) with foreign partners.
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Parliament opens way for investment in Chornobyl exclusion zone
Дата: 18.07.2016 15:35
The Verkhovna Rada has adopted a law on the settlement of certain issues of the legal regime of the territories affected by radioactive contamination as a result of the Chornobyl disaster (No. 4437), the will allow solving the issues of state property management and urban planning in the area, as well as attracting investment, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Ostap Semerak has said.
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Speaker Parubiy announces parliamentary recess till autumn
Дата: 15.07.2016 17:20
Verkhovna Rada Chairman Andriy Parubiy has closed the fourth parliamen tsession of the eighth convocation. The next parliamentary session will start on September 6.
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Parliament renames Kirovohrad to Kropyvnytsky
Дата: 14.07.2016 13:25
Ukrainian lawmakers have approved a draft resolution number 4222 to rename Kirovohrad to comply with the Law On conviction of Communist and National Socialist totalitarian regimes in Ukraine and the prohibition of it symbols propaganda, Ukrinform has reported.
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Parliament renames four villages, one district in decommunisation effort
Дата: 14.07.2016 13:00
Legislators have adopted the resolution 4907 On renaming certain towns and villages in the Mykolaiv, Odesa, Kharkiv regions and Kominternovsky district of the Odesa region. The legislation was supported by 231 lawmakers, Ukrinform has reported.
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Activists' action continues near Parliament
Дата: 12.07.2016 13:38
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Verkhovna Rada triples penalties for DUI
Дата: 08.07.2016 17:21
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has tripled fines for driving under the influence - up to UAH 10,200 (about $417). A total of 243 deputies supported the corresponding law 'On Amendments to the Code of Administrative Offences' at a parliamentary meeting on Thursday, Interfax-Ukraine reported.
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Parliament adopts law on amnesty in 2016
Дата: 07.07.2016 12:30
Legislators today adopted law number 4255 called On amnesty in 2016, which grants an amnesty for convicted participants of anti-terrorist operations, who didn’t commit felonies. A total of 247 MPs voted to adopt the legislation, Ukrinform has reported.
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Lawmakers asked to allow wiretapping senior officials
Дата: 06.07.2016 13:05
Nazar Kholodnytsky, the Head of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine, calls on the Parliament to pass the bill which would allow the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine to wiretap officials.
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VR votes to allow arrest of MP Onyshchenko
Дата: 05.07.2016 14:35
The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament has voted to allow the arrest and prosecution of Member of Parliament Oleksandr Onyshchenko. Earlier, MPs have given their consent to prosecute Onyshchenko, which automatically resulted in abolition of his immunity from detention.
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Parliament dismisses two judges of Constitutional Court
Дата: 05.07.2016 13:50
The Verkhovna Rada has dismissed two judges of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine.
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President's rep: EU macro-financial aid subject to VR adopting legislation on utilities innovations
Дата: 04.07.2016 13:30
The Verkhovna Rada has to vote on legislation that will make it possible to obtain the second instalment of macro-financial assistance from the European Union worth EUR 600 million this week, the President's Poroshenko representative in Parliament Artur Herasymov told lawmakers today, Ukrinform reports.
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President asks Parliament to adopt laws necessary for cooperation with IMF
Дата: 04.07.2016 13:00
Representative of the President in Parliament Artur Herasimov called on the MPs to consider this plenary week the bills introduced by the Head of State that are necessary to meet the requirements of cooperation with the IMF. He said this at a meeting of the Conciliation Board, Ukrinform reported.
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Parliament calls on Ecumenical Patriarch to recognize Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Parubiy
Дата: 22.06.2016 14:55
Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, has called on the Ecumenical Patriarch to declare autocephaly of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church; a respective letter from the parliament has been delivered to Archbishop of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.
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Ukrainian President meets with President of Dutch Senate
Дата: 17.06.2016 12:00
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has held a meeting with President of the Dutch Senate Ankie Broekers-Knol, who is on an official visit to Ukraine, the president’s press service reports.