Opposition has surrounded the speaker's rostrum in Ukraine's parliament, demanding personal voting and to put touch buttons into operation. On today's parliamentary sitting, MPs were to consider draft Resolutions on book publishing industry, ecology and agriculture. Yet, MPs haven't considered any issue, because the speaker's rostrum was again surrounded by the opposition. Today, the ... →
Inspectors from the joint project of the TVi Channel and the Civil Network OPORA are telling about practices of parliamentary journalism and production of new program ... →
The TVi Channel together with the Civil Network OPORA have launched a circle of weekly programs symbolically titled "Dear Deputies"*. Journalists and OPORA activists have united in order to make parliamentary activities more comprehensible and public. The program will cover analytical materials and infographics prepared by the OPORA Network. Reporting from parliamentary lobbies and districts, in ... →
According to OPORA's calculations, members of the All-Ukrainian Union Svoboda faction were the most disciplined during parliament's first session. They have 99% attendance on plenary meetings. The UDAR and CPU factions have also demonstrated a high level of attendance – 96%. Members of the Party of Regions and the All-Ukrainian Union Fatherland ("Batkivshchyna") turned out to be less responsible. ... →
On January 11, 2013, the first session of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of VII convocation came to an end. Six plenary meetings were conducted during the session, and now we may assess the first results of parliamentary activities. According to the effective legislation, members of parliament are empowered to represent interests of Ukrainian people. However, exercising such duties without ... →
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has appointed Ihor Sorkin as governor of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU). The appointment was supported by 231 MPs. Upon a proposition of the President, his representative in the parliament Yurii Miroshnychenko has put forward the candidacy of Mr. Sorkin. The voting was conducted by shortened procedure, without discussion or questions to the candidate. The ... →
