Yushchenko pledges to reunite Ukraine Taking oath as president, he also praises people's 'beautiful and peaceful victory'

From: International Herald Tribune | Date: January 24, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

Steven Lee Myers
International Herald Tribune
01-24-2005
Viktor Yushchenko, his face disfigured by poison and his fate nearly undone by electoral fraud, took the oath of office as president of Ukraine on Sunday, vowing to unite a poor and deeply divided country and lead it into the mainstream of Europe.Speaking first in Parliament and then on Kiev's central square, Yushchenko declared Ukraine's freedom and independence in thinly veiled remarks aimed at the outgoing president, Leonid Kuchma, and at Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin, who openly supported his opponent.''Armed only by ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

Ukraine edges closer to political precipiceNominee for prime minister rejected
; ...President Viktor Yushchenko's choice for prime minister and the country...dismissing Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko...accusations, Yushchenko failed to...as acting prime minister ahead of...choice. But Yushchenko's meeting...
Yushchenko hit again with political setbacks Parliament rejects pick for prime minister
; ...President Viktor Yushchenko's choice to be prime minister and the country...dismissing Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko...accusations, Yushchenko failed to...movement led by Yushchenko. Yekhanurov...as acting prime minister ahead of...
Tymoshenko tapped as prime minister
; ...President Viktor Yushchenko nominated the...Tymoshenko as acting prime minister and is expected...However, President Yushchenko's choice for prime minister will sow fear...expected Mr. Yushchenko to give the prime minister's job to one...
Yushchenko names fiery ally prime minister
; ...01-25-2005 Yushchenko names fiery ally prime minister -- Move overshadows...President Viktor Yushchenko named his fiery...populist ally as prime minister Monday during...support for Yushchenko's rival, former Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych...
Tymoshenko named as new Ukraine prime minister
; ...President Viktor Yushchenko named his fiery, populist ally as prime minister Monday during...overt support for Yushchenko's rival, former Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych...meeting, Putin and Yushchenko tried tostress...their meeting, Yushchenko's office ...
Prime minister's supporters turn convoy away; Putin says he could work with the opposition candidate
; ...presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko traveling in a convoy...center of opposition to Yushchenko. With five days until...court-ordered rerun of Yushchenko's runoff election against Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, the...administration headed by Yushchenko, a former prime ...
Ukraine parliament fires prime minister: Cabinet also ousted as lawmakers protest Russian gas deal.
; ...Parliament ordered Prime Minister Yuri Yekhanurov...President Viktor Yushchenko denounced the...poor showing by Yushchenko's Our Ukraine...could cripple Yushchenko's presidency. Yushchenko appointed Yekhanurov as prime minister in September...teamed with ...
Ukraine's prime minister, Cabinet ousted over gas price deal.
; ...Parliament ordered Prime Minister Yuri Yekhanurov...President Viktor Yushchenko denounced the...poor showing by Yushchenko's Our Ukraine...could cripple Yushchenko's presidency. Yushchenko appointed Yekhanurov as prime minister in September...teamed with ...
Yushchenko seeks unlikely ally; Prime minister he fired would help fend off rival he unseated.(WORLD)
; ...spurned: former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko...have left Mr. Yushchenko's Our Ukraine...Tymoshenko, Mr. Yushchenko's photogenic ally...and his first prime minister. She and her entire...anonymity. Mr. Yushchenko fired Mrs. Tymoshenko...appointed her as prime ...
Yanukovich 'to twist fresh Ukraine ballot' Opposition supporters claim that mole in prime minister's camp revealed plans to storm polling stations in bitter election re-run
; ...leader, Viktor Yushchenko, claim to have...a mole in the prime minister's camp" that Mr...the pro-Moscow prime minister's margin of victory...three per cent. Mr Yushchenko's popularity appears...Pora, the pro-Yushchenko youth organisation...said that the prime ...