Ucrânia Ianukovitch empossado Presidente
O vencedor das eleições presidenciais na Ucrânia, Victor Ianukovitch, tomou hoje posse formal do cargo, tornando-se no quarto Presidente da Ucrânia, desde a sua independência da União Soviética, em 1991
Eleito a 7 de Fevereiro, Ianukovitch, foi hoje empossado na sala de plenários da Rada Suprema (Parlamento) da Ucrânia, que tem sido palco de intensas manobras da sua rival Iulia Timoshenko para tentar manter o seu cargo de primeira ministra.
Ianukovitch toma conta de um país à beira da falência económica e dividido.
O seu antecessor deixou-lhe a difícil tarefa de se transformar no Presidente de todos os ucranianos.
Ucrânia: Parlamento demite Governo de Iúlia Timochenko
A Rada Suprema (Parlamento) da Ucrânia demitiu hoje o Governo de Iúlia Timochenko, primeira-ministra derrotada nas eleições presidenciais de 07 de Fevereiro.
A moção de censura, apresentada pelo Partido das Regiões, do novo Presidente Victor Ianukovitch, foi apoiada por 243 dos 404 deputados presentes. Segundo a lei, eram necessários pelo menos 226 votos para afastar Iúlia Timochenko do cargo.
Antes da votação, Timochenko prometeu aceitar a decisão dos deputados e passar à oposição, sublinhando que não deixará a Ianukovitch tempo para jogar golfe e ténis.
"A religião católica contém a Verdade total revelada por Deus e não dizemos isso com arrogância nem para desafiar ninguém. Não podemos diminuir esta afirmação" Dom Hector Aguer
U-27 escreveu:que a parte catolica se separe destes ortodoxos comunistas!
Lamento desapontar-te Pio XII
The 2006 Razumkov Centre survey indicates[2]:
* 14.9 percent of believers identify themselves with the Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Kiev Patriarchate;
* 10.9 percent are adherents of Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) (which has the largest number of churches in Ukraine and claims up to 75% of the Ukrainian population[3]);
* 5.3 percent belonged to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (sometimes referred to as the Uniate, Byzantine, or Eastern Rite Church);
* 1.0 percent belonged to the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church; * 0.6 percent belonged to the Roman Catholic Church;
* 0.9 percent identified themselves as Protestants (Pentecostal, Baptist, Lutheran, Mennonites, Adventists);
* 0.1 percent follow Jewish religious practices;
* 3.2 percent said they belonged to "other denominations".
* 62.5 percent stated they are not religious or did not clearly identified their church allegiance (many Orthodox Ukrainians do not clearly self-identify with a particular denomination and, sometimes, are even unaware of the affiliation of the church they attend as well as of the controversy itself, which indicates the impossibility to use the survey numbers as an indicator of a relative strength of the church).
Ukraine was Christianized by St. Volodymyr in 988. Under Soviet rule, churches and religion were subject to suppression and political manipulation, a situation that ended with the declaration of independence in 1991. Based on a 2001 survey by the SOCIS research center, over 40% of the population claim to be atheists. Of those that are religiously active, most (about 90%) are members of the Orthodox Church, which is divided into three denominations: the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Kiev Patriarchate), and the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church. There have been considerable disputes between members of these groups. In 1997 leaders of major religious denominations and churches signed a memorandum on the nonviolent resolution of religious conflicts drafted by the government. Nevertheless, problems remain. In April 1999 one dispute did turn violent in the city of Mariupol between followers of the Moscow Patriarchate and supporters of the Kiev Patriarchate; otherwise, the disputes have remained peaceful.
About 10% of the religiously active population are members of the Ukranian Greek Catholic Church. Roman Catholics claim about one million members and are largely concentrated in the formerly Austro-Hungarian and Polish western territories. The country's Jewish population numbers between 250,000 and 325,000 people (thought some Jewish leaders claim the number is closer to 500,000). Nonnative Christian denominations, including Baptists, Pentecostals, Jehovah's Witnesses, and members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, represent another 2% of the country's populace. The head of the Spiritual Directorate of the Muslims of Ukraine estimates that there are as many as two million members of the nation's Muslim community. Islam is practiced mainly by the Tatar population of the autonomous republic of the Crimea.
U-27 escreveu:que a parte catolica se separe destes ortodoxos comunistas!
Lamento desapontar-te Pio XII
The 2006 Razumkov Centre survey indicates[2]:
* 14.9 percent of believers identify themselves with the Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Kiev Patriarchate;
* 10.9 percent are adherents of Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) (which has the largest number of churches in Ukraine and claims up to 75% of the Ukrainian population[3]);
* 5.3 percent belonged to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (sometimes referred to as the Uniate, Byzantine, or Eastern Rite Church);
* 1.0 percent belonged to the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church; * 0.6 percent belonged to the Roman Catholic Church;
* 0.9 percent identified themselves as Protestants (Pentecostal, Baptist, Lutheran, Mennonites, Adventists);
* 0.1 percent follow Jewish religious practices;
* 3.2 percent said they belonged to "other denominations".
* 62.5 percent stated they are not religious or did not clearly identified their church allegiance (many Orthodox Ukrainians do not clearly self-identify with a particular denomination and, sometimes, are even unaware of the affiliation of the church they attend as well as of the controversy itself, which indicates the impossibility to use the survey numbers as an indicator of a relative strength of the church).
Ukraine was Christianized by St. Volodymyr in 988. Under Soviet rule, churches and religion were subject to suppression and political manipulation, a situation that ended with the declaration of independence in 1991. Based on a 2001 survey by the SOCIS research center, over 40% of the population claim to be atheists. Of those that are religiously active, most (about 90%) are members of the Orthodox Church, which is divided into three denominations: the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Kiev Patriarchate), and the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church. There have been considerable disputes between members of these groups. In 1997 leaders of major religious denominations and churches signed a memorandum on the nonviolent resolution of religious conflicts drafted by the government. Nevertheless, problems remain. In April 1999 one dispute did turn violent in the city of Mariupol between followers of the Moscow Patriarchate and supporters of the Kiev Patriarchate; otherwise, the disputes have remained peaceful.
About 10% of the religiously active population are members of the Ukranian Greek Catholic Church. Roman Catholics claim about one million members and are largely concentrated in the formerly Austro-Hungarian and Polish western territories. The country's Jewish population numbers between 250,000 and 325,000 people (thought some Jewish leaders claim the number is closer to 500,000). Nonnative Christian denominations, including Baptists, Pentecostals, Jehovah's Witnesses, and members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, represent another 2% of the country's populace. The head of the Spiritual Directorate of the Muslims of Ukraine estimates that there are as many as two million members of the nation's Muslim community. Islam is practiced mainly by the Tatar population of the autonomous republic of the Crimea.
"A religião católica contém a Verdade total revelada por Deus e não dizemos isso com arrogância nem para desafiar ninguém. Não podemos diminuir esta afirmação" Dom Hector Aguer
Ukraine parliament approves Mykola Azarov prime minister
Ukraine's parliament on Thursday approved President Viktor Yanukovych's ally Mykola Azarov as prime minister, with 242 deputies voting for the approval, with a minimum of 226 needed.
Yanukovych earlier in the day formally proposed to parliament the candidacy of Azarov after the new parliamentary coalition in Ukraine nominated him for the post.
The new coalition has 235 deputies and comprises the Party of Regions, now temporarily led by Azarov, the Communists , the bloc of parliamentary speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn, and several independent deputies.
Ukraine lawmakers aim to pass law prohibiting membership in military alliances such as NATO
By Simon Shuster, APMarch 16th, 2010
Ukraine to pass law scrapping NATO ambitions
KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s new governing coalition in parliament said Tuesday it will pass a law against joining military alliances such as NATO, a move that is sure to please Russia while tilting Ukraine away from its previous pro-Western course.
In a statement of purpose published Tuesday in the parliament’s official newspaper, the coalition supporting President Viktor Yanukovych said new legislation will “enshrine Ukraine’s nonaligned status in law.”
Such a move would kill one of the key initiatives of Yanukovych’s predecessor, the staunchly pro-Western Viktor Yushchenko, who had struggled to gain admission to NATO since he was vaulted to power by the Orange Revolution protests of 2004.
Although Yushchenko’s NATO ambitions never gained broad public support, they managed to infuriate Russia — which recently published a military doctrine naming the alliance’s possible eastward expansion as the country’s top external threat.
Moscow’s effort in recent years to restore its own influence over Ukraine and other former Soviet states got a powerful boost with the election of Yanukovych, who has pledged to cooperate with Russia on key energy and military issues.
On Tuesday, Ukraine’s opposition had a bristling reaction to the governing coalition’s statement. It signed its own formal agreement to work together against Yanukovych and his supporters in parliament.
“Today we are forming a union of opposition parties,” said opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, who lost to Yanukovych in the hard-fought presidential race last month.
“It will allow us to coordinate our efforts, giving us the ability to protect Ukraine and its democratic path,” Tymoshenko said at a signing ceremony with seven other senior lawmakers who oppose Yanukovych.
The new governing coalition behind Yanukovych was formed last week in parliament, and quickly moved to appoint a prime minister loyal to him, Mykola Azarov.
The statement of purpose from the coalition made no mention of the European Union, which Ukraine had also sought to join under Yushchenko’s presidency, but also without success.
“Essentially, it is additional evidence of the intention to change the strategic course of Ukraine,” said Hryhoriy Nemyria, the deputy head of Tymoshenko’s fraction in parliament. “It is incompatible with the aims to modernize Ukraine’s economy and society,” he said in a statement Tuesday.
Analysts also criticized the new statement of purpose, saying it would play too much into the Kremlin’s hands.
“This is what Russia has been waiting for,” said Vadim Karasyov, head of the Global Strategies Institute, a think tank in Kiev. “But this is a dead end. A country in Ukraine’s position cannot remain unaligned.”
As part of its effort to assert influence over the post-Soviet sphere, Russia has been promoting the Cooperation and Security Treaty Organization, or CSTO, which is seen as its answer to NATO.
Analysts have said Yanukovych could be pressured to join the Russia-dominated bloc, but the statement published Tuesday appears to apply to all military alliances, including the CSTO.
Russia Black Sea Fleet presence in Ukraine extended for 25 more years
Ukraine has agreed to extend the term of Russian Black Sea Fleet presence in the country's Crimea for 25 more years, the Russian president said on Wednesday.
The new agreement, signed after talks between Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yanukovych, also stipulates the extension for an additional five years after the term expires.
Russia agrees on $100 natural gas price discount for Ukraine
Ukraine will receive a discount of $100 per 1,000 cu m at the natural gas price of $330 and a 30% discount on other prices, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday.
Medvedev's announcement came after a meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yanukovych in Kharkov in eastern Ukraine.
"Discounts for Ukraine will come into effect from April this year," Yanukovych said.
EDSON escreveu:Com o senhor Viktor Yanukovych a Ucrânia vai dar um respiro já que este idiota do Viktor Yushchenko iria fragmentar o país. Lembrando que o candidato pró Moscou evitou a independência das provincias orientais.
Ele deve ser um cara sensato.
Não ha a necessidade de ficar entrando em conflito desnecessáriamente.
suntsé escreveu:Tomara que o candidato pró-moscou tenha muito sucesso em governar op país. A assim ficaremos livres de mais um foco de tesão...que poderia se transformar em guerra mundial.
suntsé escreveu:Se ouver uma guerra civil e a russia entrar no meio, esta escoria que armou poderá fugir do país.
A Hístoria esta cheia destes casos. Politicos que armam o barraco e o povo que se vire....
EDSON Uma Guerra civil poderia arrastar a Rússia para dentro da disputa. Mas o prejuízo é grande para todos, pois os canos de gás passam por dentro da Ucrânia. Foi ali que a Rússia nasceu e a ligação umbilical não pode ser desfeita de uma hora para outra.
A província de Kharkov quase declarou a independência do governo central em 2004.
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, the bloc of parliamentary speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn, and several independent deputies.
