Ukrainian President-elect Viktor Yanukovych is taking steps to force out the government of Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who is contesting his recent victory in the country’s presidential elections in court.

• 19 February 2010

A court in Ukraine has suspended the results of presidential elections after a complaint of electoral fraud. A decision on the validity of the poll is expected within days, ahead of a planned inauguration ceremony.

• 17 February 2010

Viktor Yanukovych has won the presidential election in Ukraine. The pro-Russian former Prime Minister defeated rival Yulia Tymoshenko in a tight race.

• 9 February 2010

Scholars of most academic disciplines across the social sciences have a fondness for comparing different regions in order to evaluate :

• why one may be developing more rapidly than another,
  
• why democracy may be stalled in one region or flourishing in another,
  
• why the benefits foreseen by economic reform have proven less conclusive in some regions when compared to others...

• 15 December 2009

• 8 May 2009