Hungarians vote today on whether 2.5 million ethnic Magyars, living outside Hungary in Romania and Ukraine, should be granted Hungarian citizenship. Critics believe granting citizenship rights will cause mass migrations and drain the country's budget by burdening welfare, health...
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The Ukrainian Parliament Saturday failed to pass an electoral reform package aimed at preventing fraud in the country's upcoming re-run of the presidential election, now scheduled for December 26. The bills had prevously been agreed to in a political...
BREAKING NEWS ~ Ukraine Supreme Court invalidates poll, orders new vote
BBC News is reporting that the Ukrainian Supreme Court has invalidated the disputed presidential election poll and ordered fresh elections.11:21 AM ET - Ukraine Channel 5 is broadcasting live video from Kyiv of crowds in the main square celebrating...
Still wracked by an electoral crisis, the Ukrainian parliament Friday passed a resolution calling on outgoing President Leonid Kuchma to withdraw Ukraine's 1600-strong contingent of troops from Iraq. The resolution was supported by both pro-government and pro-opposition deputies. Under...
UPDATE ~ Ukraine Supreme Court adjourns without deciding election case
Updating an earlier report in JURIST's Paper Chase, the Ukrainian Supreme Court adjourned Thursday without ruling on the opposition's election fraud case, as had previously been anticipated. The court did, however, begin hearing final arguments in the appeal, and...
More legal maneuvers in Ukraine crisis as country awaits Supreme Court ruling
Legal maneuvers in the Ukraine electoral crisis multiplied late Wednesday and Thursday as the country awaited the Supreme Court's ruling over the opposition's appeal on electoral fraud in the recent Presidential poll, which opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko has said...
Joint Statement on Settlement of Political Crisis in Ukraine [Ukraine Presidency]
Joint Statement following Round Table Talks on Settlement of Political Crisis in Ukraine. Ukraine Presidency, December 1, 2004. Text:At their second session in Kyiv on December 1, 2004, the Parties in the round table meeting considered in detail development of...
BREAKING NEWS - Ukraine deal made for revote, constitutional reform
AP is reporting that in the wake of multiparty deal to withdraw protestors from government buildings and hold a revote of the disputed Ukranian Presidential election, Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko has proposed holding a new vote on Dec....
BREAKING NEWS ~ Ukraine PM asks Supreme Court to declare election invalid
The Russian news agency Interfax is reporting that Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych has asked the country's Supreme Court to declare the results of the presidential run-off invalid after outgoing President Leonid Kuchma called for an entirely new election....
Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Wednesday, December 1.The US Supreme Court will hear 10 AM ET oral arguments in Rousey v. Jacoway (case summary from Duke Law School), where...