THE WASHINGTON POST 9 February 2010 By Philip P. Pan International monitors on Monday described Ukraine's presidential election as free and fair, putting pressure on Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to concede defeat despite a tight vote count and charges of irregularities. Tymoshenko, the heroine of Ukraine's Orange Revolution, canceled a news conference and appeared to be mulling a court challenge as opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych held on

President Joao Soares speaks to reporters after the press conference. KYIV, 8 February 2010 – Ukraine’s run-off presidential election confirmed the international election observation mission’s assessment that the electoral process met most OSCE and Council of Europe commitments. In a statement issued today, the observers noted that the election consolidated progress achieved since 2004. But they also concluded that the lack of mutual trust

EURONEWS 8 February 2010 There is growing pressure on Yulia Tymoshenko to concede defeat. Supporters of pro-Russian Viktor Yanukovich are celebrating his victory as Ukraine's new president. This even though the final results have not yet been announced after Sunday's run-off ballot. But election commission officials say there is no chance of changing the score: Yanukovich will stay ahead by at least two percentage points. This is a spectacular

BLOOMBERG 8 February 2010 By Daryna Krasnolutska and Kateryna Choursina Viktor Yanukovych, the Ukrainian opposition leader whose first presidential election victory was overturned by the courts after the 2004 Orange Revolution, won yesterday's vote on a promise to end years of turmoil.Yanukovych, 59, took 48.68 percent over 45.73 percent for Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko, with 98.97 percent of the ballots counted, according to the Central

KYIV, 5 February 2010 - The International Election Observation Mission for the presidential election in Ukraine will present its preliminary post-election statement at a news conference on Monday, 8 February, in Kyiv. The mission is a joint undertaking of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR), the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA), the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), the European

MOLDPRES 01 February 2010 CHISINAU -- "The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe continues to be an important forum for dialogue in our efforts to integrate our state," Parliament Speaker and acting President Mihai Ghimpu said at a today's meeting with a special representative of the OSCE chairman-in-office for protracted conflicts, Bolat Nurgaliev, the parliament's media relations department has said. President Mihai Ghimpu