http://zik.com.ua/ Independent Information Agency http://zik.com.ua/im/logo-zik-rss.gif http://zik.com.ua/ http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2008/12/17/162707 “It is difficult to comment on cabinet reshuffling as it is influenced by many subjective and objective factors. Sometimes, political loyalty comes first in assessing a track record of an official. In this light, I believe the first victims of a cabinet reshuffle may be the transport minister and one of the economic ministers, political expert Yury Yakymenko of the Kyiv-based Razumkov think tank told ZIK Dec. 17. Government Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:48:00 +0200 http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2008/12/12/162117 “The cabinet has engaged in risky ways to find cash to fund its programs. It has printed 6 billion hryvnia worth of cash and domestic bonds, something M. Chechetov, a Regions lawmaker, said will speed up inflation in the country, Party of Regions press service says. Government Fri, 12 Dec 2008 22:14:00 +0200 http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2008/12/12/162008 The Chronicle of Euro-shame Government Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:30:00 +0200 http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2008/11/11/157635 SBU, Ukraine’s security service, named corrupt lawmakers (for the first time for many years!). The names of corrupt lawmakers were made public in an open session of the interagency anti-corruption group, SBU deputy chief Tiberij Durdynets told the media. Government Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:51:00 +0200 http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2008/10/15/153784 Austria’s Alpine BAU Gmbh, the official winner of an investment tender to build a stadium in Lviv for Euro-2012 tournament, has announced that it did not take part in the tender, stopped its talks with the Lviv mayoral office and terminated its participation in the project, the Lviv Public Forum NGO press service told ZIK Oct. 15. Government Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:59:00 +0300 http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2008/10/08/152825 Ukraine supplied weapons to Georgia even after the war with Russia had broken out, Valery Konovaliuk (Regions), head of VR ad hoc investigation commission said during his briefing Oct. 8, Regions press service report runs. Government Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:24:00 +0300 http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2008/09/04/148874 Under the law on the prosecution passed by VR on Sept. 4 by 373 lawmakers, the president will now appoint and dismiss prosecutor generals only given the consent of VR. Before, the prosecutor general was appointed by the president given the consent of VR and dismissed by the incumbent himself. It made prosecutors wholly dependent on the president. Government Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:35:00 +0300 http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2008/08/29/148345 No ammunition stored in Arsenal No. 61 in Lozova, Kharkiv oblast, was sent to Georgia, says Ukrspetsexport general director Serhij Bondarchuk, speaking in his Aug. 29 press conference at UNIAN. He commented on the allegations linking the fire at the depot with the reported shipments of ammunition to Georgia. Government Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:48:00 +0300 http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2008/07/21/144162 Ukraine Transport and Communications Minister Josip Vinsky claims there are 15 investment projects on his desk from foreign investors worth $50 billion. However, he cannot get them implemented because of the paralyzed Verkhovna Rada, the minister said, speaking July 20 at a press conference in Rava-Ruska, Lviv oblast. Government Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:50:00 +0300 http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2008/07/10/143060 July 3, several Internet publications reported a meeting of SBU board which examined compromising video materials allegedly showing Yury Kushkaruk, SBU Liuboml station head, distributing among his personnel kickbacks from illegal contraband. Government Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:36:00 +0300 http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2008/07/08/142717 After Zakarpattya police chief Gen. Viktor Chepak admitted his mistakes, his temporary suspension from duty was annulled and he recovered his post, interior ministry website says. Government Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:17:00 +0300 http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2008/07/07/142533 July 7 flew to Lviv to hold a session of the Interior Ministry board. Speaking in a press conference on the heels of the session, Yury Lutsenko stressed he would not permit to set up any police with regional affiliations. This was his comments on the scandal that erupted earlier in Zakarpattya when a local police chief refused to obey the minister’s orders and appealed to his subordinates to follow suit. Government Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:42:00 +0300 http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2008/07/04/142322 July 4, first deputy Interior Minister Oleksandr Savchenko, who came to Zakarpattya, announced orders of his boss, Yury Lutsenko, reorganizing the police structure in this oblast. Accordingly, a new deputy oblast sheriff was appointed who is also to become an Uzhgorod city police chief. Meanwhile, the present oblast police chief, Gen. Viktor Cherpak, called the restructuring ungrounded and illegal, urging his subordinates to defy it. All the police officers present at the meeting stood up in protest, ZIK reports. Government Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:25:00 +0300 http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2008/06/26/141456 All the companies incriminated in falsifying land titles were registered at the same address – 63, Chornovola Blvrd and are linked to now deceased Lviv ex-governor Senchuk. Many of them are still in business, VR ad hoc work group head Volodymyr Arjev told journalists in Lviv June 26. Government Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:32:00 +0300 http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2008/06/10/139614 As the cabinet failed to agree it with the president, the incumbent banned governors to go to a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, June 11, Roman Bezsmertny, deputy head of Yushchenko’s secretariat, announced. Government Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:06:00 +0300 http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2008/06/10/139443 “The United Center party, UC, has no plans to lock horns with other political parties and officials because it wants to introduce new standards to local politics,” the newly elected head of the Ivano-Frankivsk UC branch, Pavlo Andrusiak, told ZIK June 9. Government Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:10:00 +0300 http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2008/05/19/136762 “BYUT will insist on a report in Verkhovna Rada of one of the two State Property Fund heads, Valentyna Semeniuyk. If VR gives in to BUYT demand and okays her dismissal, the president won’t be able to veto cabinet decision to appoint a new SPF head, Andry Portnov. I expect an uphill job tomorrow of trying to convince parliament to dismiss Semeniuk,” VR lawmaker Oleksa Hudyma told ZIK May 19. Government Mon, 19 May 2008 18:58:00 +0300 http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2008/05/16/136557 Pres Yushchenko demands measures to convince Russia that Crimea belongs to Ukraine. Yushchenko said this, addressing a session of the National Defense and Security Council May 16, The Ukrayinska Pravda reports. Government Fri, 16 May 2008 18:06:00 +0300 http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2008/05/16/136541 The government is on track to cut by a half the number of local government officials. “We are overloaded with work, the government, acting as a slave master, takes away 80% of city taxes while we have to beg it for money, Lviv Mayor Andrij Sadovyj said, addressing a session May 16. Government Fri, 16 May 2008 17:08:00 +0300 http://zik.com.ua/en/news/2008/05/16/136471 Citing its sources among customs brokers, ZIK says the present head of the State Customs Service Valery Khoroshkovsky is likely to be replaced by the head of VR interfaction group “Stop to Contraband” Ihor Rybakov (BYUT). Government Fri, 16 May 2008 13:18:00 +0300