Evening news headlines: 1. The parliament of Ukraine has agreed to a tentative list of committee heads. All but one committee are under the leadership of coalition members. The complete list is as follows: Agriculture and land management – Taras Kutovyi (BPP); Anti-corruption and anti-organized crime – Yehor Sobolev (Samopomich); Construction, municipal development, state property, and regional development – Dmytro Andriyevskyi (BPP); Budgetary Committee – Andriy Pavlenko (BPP) or Oleh Lyashko (Radial Party); State building and local self-governance – Serhyi Vlasenko (Fatherland); Ecology and oversight of Chornobyl – Mykola Tomenko (BPP); Economic Policy – Andryi Ivanchuk (Peoples Front) Eurointegraion – Iryna Herashchenko (BPP); Law enforcement ethics and legality – Andriy Kozhemyakin (Fatherland); Foreign Affairs – Hanna Hopko (Samopomich); Cultural and Religious Affairs– Peoples Front, individual still under consideration; Science and Education – Liliya Hrynevych (Peoples Front); National Security and Defense – Serhiy Pashynskyi (Peoples Front); Healthcare – Olha Bohomolets (BPP); Electric power, nuclear policy, and nuclear safety Mykola Martynenko (Peoples Front); Persons with disabilities and veterans - Oleksandr Tretyakov (BPP); Human rights, ethnic minorities, and interethnic relations Hryhoriy Nemyria (Fatherland); Rule of law and justice - Ruslan Kniazevych (BPP); Ways and means, parliamentary ethics, and parliamentary function -Mykhaylo Papiyev (Opposition Bloc); Freedom of speech and information – Viktoriya Siumar (Peoples Front); Family, youth, sports, and tourism Artur Platnyi (BPP) Social policies and employment – Liudmyla Denysova (Peoples Front); Transportation and communication – Yaroslav Dubnevych (BPP); Banking and Finance – Andriy Pavlenko (BPP) if the Radical Party controls the Budgetary Committee. Tax and tariff – Roman Nasirov (BPP) Digitalization and information technology – Oleksandr Danchenko (Samopomich) Manufacturing and investment policy – Viktor Halasiuk (Radical Party). Planned Ministry of Defense Oversight Committee -- Semen Semenchenko (Samopomich). 2. A meeting of representatives from the Ukrainian armed forces, the Russian military, the pro-Russian separatists, and the OSCE took place in Luhansk. Following the meeting the Russian side announced an imminent ceasefire in the region. However, the other parties did not express similar optimism.
Posted on: Wed, 03 Dec 2014 23:46:08 +0000
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