Viktor Yanukovych has won Ukraine's presidential election, near-complete returns showed on Monday. The opposition leader received 48.79% of the ballots cast Sunday, compared with 45.63% for his Orange Revolution rival, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, election officials reported in a count based on 99.38% of votes.
Mr. Yanukovych proclaimed victory. But Ms. Tymoshenko postponed a news conference and didn't comment Monday. A team of observers led by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe endorsed the vote as an "impressive display" of democracy and called on Ukraine's leaders to "listen to the people's verdict."
Opposition leader Yanukovich appeared to win Sunday's election for president, but challenges are expected from Yulia Tymoshenko.
For official results of the election go to:
HAPPY UKRAINIAN NEW YEAR!
A fun night was had by all at the 2010 Malanka. Eating, drinking, dancing and merriment was the theme of the night. The Rousers were great and according to the photos everyone enjoyed themselves immensely.
See you at next year's Malanka!
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Updated Thursday 14th January 2010
The Ukrainian Association would like to thank all the people that attended to make our Ukrainian Festival such a great success. Over 400 people attended the function consuming 2500+ varenyky on the day (not to mention the borsch, holubtsi and nalysnyky)! Everyone enjoyed the concert and bought many products from the stalls.
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Updated Tuesday 27th October 2009