Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Ukraine’s government falls apart

BBC
September 16, 2008

"Ukraine’s ruling pro-Western coalition has officially collapsed, the speaker of the Ukrainian parliament says.

President Viktor Yushchenko has been involved in a long-running dispute with Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.

The president’s Our Ukraine bloc left the coalition earlier this month. Parliament now has 30 days to try to form a new ruling coalition.


If those efforts fail, Mr Yushchenko can dissolve parliament and call a snap election......"

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