OBSERVER SEES RECENT NATIONAL ELECTIONS AS LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR UKRAINEMIKE VOGEL News Staff Reporter
unicameral Supreme Council or Verkhovna Rada (450 seats; under recent amendments to Ukraine's election law, the Rada's seats are allocated on a proportional basis to those parties that gain 3% or more of the national electoral vote; members serve five-year terms beginning with the next election...
"I think that the 2019 elections are likely to be held in two rounds. At least at the moment, there is no sign that any of the potential candidates has a chance to win in the first round," Oleksandr Musienko, head of the Center for Military and Law Research, said. A recent survey ...
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Slovak presidential candidate and speaker of the National Council Peter Pellegrini (L) shakes hands with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico (R) on election night during Slovakia's presidential election run-off at his headquartes in Bratislava, Slovakia, 6 April 2024. According to exit polls from...
"The European Parliament and the Verkhovna Rada in recent years have reached unprecedented cooperation. We have helped the Council in developing its capabilities, mediation and dialogue. We hope that the future parliament will work on building national consensus and reform," said David McAllister, he...
Analysis Digital fortresses: Why states must embrace digitalisation to bolster their resilience Craig Turp-Balazs As Ukraine’s leaders have demonstrated, national resilience increasingly depends upon a government’s ability to maintain core functions online. Earlier this week... ...
Ukraine has not publicly commented on recent strikes on Belgorod, the most recent attack coming on Monday. Three people were injured in the attack, Belgorod's governor said. On Dec. 30, 25 people, including five children, were killed in missile strikes on Belgorod's city center. Several hund...
Top officials from other nations, includingthe U.K.'s Boris Johnson, have traveled to Ukraine to show support for Zelenskyy. The U.S. hadreportedlybeen considering sending a top U.S. official to Ukraine in recent days. —Jessica Bursztynsky ...
It comes after senior NATO official James Appathurai told the European Parliament yesterday the alliance had faced acts of sabotage in recent years, including train derailments and arson. He also pointed to an alleged Kremlin plot to assassinate the head of German arms maker Rheinmetall,...