West welcomes Ukraine poll win, urges unity
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Europe and the United States welcomed the outcome of Ukrainian presidential elections won by pro-Western Viktor Yushchenko, and urged the former Soviet state's leaders to heal their divisions to end a month-long crisis.
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EDMONTON (CP) - Members of the Ukrainian-Canadian community were taking Viktor Yushchenko's apparent victory in the Ukrainian presidential election in stride Monday, simply content to see that democracy had prevailed.
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Viktor Yushchenko, the winner of Sunday&#39;s Ukrainian presidential election rerun, on Tuesday sought to consolidate his victory over his rival, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich
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UKRAINEâS opposition leader, Viktor Yushchenko, was last night heading for victory in a re-run of a presidential election that has polarised the nation and rekindled Cold War-style rivalry between Russia and the West.
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The US and the EU welcome reforms approved by Ukraine's parliament which pave the way for a new election
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Supporters of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yushchenko, who has promised to move the country closer to the European Union, celebrated after exit polls showed him leading in the race to succeed ...
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Pro-Western opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko won Ukraine's presidential runoff election, comfortably beating pro-Russia Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich, an independent exit poll showed.
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Britain hailed Ukraine's historic presidential election re-run, with Foreign Secretary Jack Straw calling it "an important step forward for democracy" in the country.
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Thousands of supporters of Ukraine's opposition leader, Viktor Yushchenko, celebrated on the streets in the early hours on Monday after an exit poll showed him winner of a bitterly fought presidential election.
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Democracy seems to have been successfully employed somewhere in the worldâthe Ukraine âas Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko has declared victory in Ukraine âs presidential election.
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Ukraine's opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko hails "a great victory" after parliament passes wide-ranging reforms.
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Ukrainian opposition presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko shows a victory sign during a celebration rally at the Independence Square in Kiev, Dec.
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Up to 12,000 supporters of West-leaning liberal Viktor Yushchenko massed in Kiev&#39;s main square urging authorities to acknowledge what they believed was a triumph in Ukraine&#39;s presidential election on Sunday.
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Western diplomats said on Monday they had  secured assurances that Ukraine would hold a free and fair  presidential run-off election, seen as a choice between closer  ties with Russia or moves toward the West.
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Early press reactions to opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko's victory in Ukraine's presidential election show relief tinged with concern about relations with Russia, the country's traditional partner.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin  congratulated Viktor Yushchenko on Thursday on becoming leader  of Ukraine, nearly a month after a re-run presidential election  in Russia's ex-Soviet neighbor.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium  - European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso on Monday praised the outcome of Ukraine's presidential election and insisted that the divisive campaign should not lead to the breakup of the country.