The opposition-controlled Ukrainian parliament has voted to appoint its freshly-elected Speaker Aleksandr Turchinov as acting president. MPs supporting the move arguing that President Yanukovich has de facto resigned his office. Viktor Yanukovich previously rejected opposition calls to voluntarily step down, which would save the parliament taking ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Ukraines opposition urged pro-EU demonstrators in Kiev to continue their rallies against the government, encouraging the protests to spread across the country by announcing the creation of a new movement. About 40,000 people had gathered in Kievs Independence Square for the fifth Sunday in a row to protest against President ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Ukrainians planned another demonstration in the capital to condemn President Yanukovich's decision to eschew integration with the European Union in favour of financial aid from Russia. Protesters have occupied Kiev's Independence Square for a month, unhappy with the president's pivot to Moscow, and have planned another rally ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President-elect Hassan Rouhani in a message to Ukrainian President Victor Yanukovich expressed the hope that relations between the two countries will further develop during his tenure as Iran's president. "I welcome the expansion of the relations between Iran and Ukraine and I am completely confident that the all-out bilateral ...