Groysman government

Ukraine's Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman threatened to quit on June 4 if parliament failed to enable the creation of a special anti-corruption court, which it is due to vote on June 7.

Ukraine's new Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has said his country will neither hold negotiations nor purchase fuels from Russia.

"We can build relations with any neighbor if they are not aggressors or murderers. If they are... what could we talk about?" UNIAN news agency quotes him as telling TV station 24.

The Parliament in Ukraine on Thursday confirmed Volodymyr Groysman as the country's new Prime Minister, following the resignation of Arseniy Yatsenyuk earlier this week.

Groysman, until now Parliament Speaker since 2014, was backed by 257 MPs, out of 390 who voted.

Ukraine's parliament on April 14 appointed pro-Western speaker Volodymyr Groysman as prime minister in a bid to end months of political gridlock and unlock vital aid to the war torn-state.
 

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has asked the country's Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk to step down.

Poroshenko on Tuesday issued a statement saying that Yatsenyuk's cabinet had lost the support of the ruling coalition, but that Ukraine "has no time for elections."

President Klaus Iohannis will pay an official visit to Ukraine on Tuesday; he will meet his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko.

Photo credit: (c) Alex MICSIK / AGERPRES PHOTO

The Presidential Administration has announced that Iohannis will hold a press conference at the Henri Coanda airport of Otopeni, near Bucharest, around 8.45am, before leaving.

Ukraine's state-owned energy company Naftogaz and Polish pipeline operator Gaz System have signed a deal for the construction of a gas interconnector, Ukraine's Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has said.

Ukraine's parliament elected Arseny Yatseniuk for a new term as prime minister at its opening session on Thursday.

President Petro Poroshenko and a newly-formed coalition in the assembly supported his appointment during the first session of the parliament, which was elected in October.

Exit polls from Sunday's parliamentary elections in Ukraine indicate a close race between PM Arseniy Yatsenyuk's People's Front party and President Petro Poroshenko's party.

With 20.1% of the votes counted, the People's Front had 21.66% of the vote, while the Petro Poroshenko Bloc had 21.65% of the vote, according to Ukraine's electoral commission, as cited by the RT network.