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The Committee on Agrarian Policy and Land Relations recommends that the Parliament adopts as a Basis the Bill "On Amendments to the Land Code of Ukraine regarding Proprietary Rights of Foreign Citizens, Stateless Persons and Foreign Legal Entities to the Land Plots of Agricultural Puprose"
On Wednesday, 2 April, Arseniy Yatseniuk, Chairman of The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, met Sergey Mironov, Chairman of the Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
The Committee on Taxation and Customs Policy recommends that the Parliament rejects the Bill on Amendments to the Law of Ukraine "On Value Added Tax" (re Taxation of Services concerning Oil and Natural Gas Transit)
The Committee on Social Policy and Labour upholds the Bill on Amendments to the Law "On the State Budget of Ukraine for Year 2008 and Amendments to several Legislative Acts" (re Restoration of Social Security Safeguards by Establishment of a Living Wage)
The Committee on fighting Organized Crime and Corruption fails to uphold the Bill "On the Declaration about the Property Status, Income and Expenditures submitted by the Highest Officials of Ukraine, Public Officials of 1-3 Ranks and Leaders of the Local Self-Government Bodies"
The Resolution of The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine "On Amendments to the Schedule of the Second Session of The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the Sixth Convocation"
Arseniy Yatseniuk, Chairman of The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, will make an Official Visit to the Russian Federation on 2-3 April 2008
Plenary Meeting on 1 April 2008
On Tuesday, Arseniy Yatseniuk, Chairman of The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, met George Bush, President of the United States of America, and Condoleezza Rice, the US Secretary of State within the Scope of the Official Visit of the US President to Ukraine
The Committee on Freedom of Speech and Information recommends that the Parliament rejects the Bill "On Amendments to several Laws of Ukraine regarding Political Advertisement"
The Committee on State Building and Local Self-Government recommends that the Parliament adopts in its Entirety the Draft Resolution "On Holding of Extraordinary Election of the Deputies of Kharkiv City Council and Kharkiv Mayor"
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine passed a Resolution on holding Parliamentary Hearings on the Subject "On Conditions, Actions and Prospects of Overcoming Chornobyl Disaster Aftermath" on 16 April 2008
Volodymyr Yavorivsky, Chairman of the Committee on Culture and Spirituality, met Knut Vollebaek, the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, in order to discuss Coordination of Legislation in the Field of Language Use
The Committee on Fuel and Energy Complex, Nuclear Policy and Nuclear Safety scrutinized the Bill on Amendments to several Laws of Ukraine regarding Nuclear Waste Treatment
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