Key Ukrainian ministers may be firedOctober 29, 2011 - 15:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych may fire up to five key ministers next week over allegations of inefficiency, a Ukrainian weekly said. A government source told the Zerkalo nedeli. Ukraina weekly there was a “heightened degree of anxiety” in the cabinet after Yanukovych’s chief of staff, Serhiy Lyovochkin, accused the country’s ministers of not doing enough to act on the president’s instructions. Only a third of them ever get to be implemented, Lyovochkin told a reform committee earlier this month. The paper said Defense Minister Mykhaylo Yezhel, Education Minister Dmytro Tabachnyk, Culture Minister Mykhaylo Kulynyaka, Health Minister Oleksandr Anischenko, and Finance Minister Fedir Yaroshenko may all be sacked when Yanukovych attends a cabinet meeting on November 2. Speaking to Radio Liberty earlier this month, Yanukovych’s spokesman said the president was concerned about the cabinet’s work but had “no personal prejudice against individual ministers,” RIA Novosti reported. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel. Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. |