Monday, February 1, entered into force on the controversial agreement between the EU and the United States, under which the U.S. authorities to combat terrorism once again have access to information on millions of banking transactions made through the firm to provide financial services to SWIFT, with headquarters in Belgium.

term of the contract - only 9 months. A further period is expected to conclude a lasting agreement. However, it is clear that the deputies of the European Parliament at the meeting on Feb. 10 will try to reject the treaty. They believe that this document violates the law on the protection of private data, as well as their own rights. The agency AFP says that, in accordance with the Lisbon Treaty on reforming the EU MEPs have every right to participate in making such decisions.

future EU Commissioner for Justice, Viviane Reding has expressed doubts that an agreement on SWIFT is necessary or effective measure to combat terrorism. Click to continue »

Party of Regions (PR) recorded 150 signatures of People"s Deputy and a draft resolution for an extraordinary session of the Verkhovna Rada on February 3 to review the law on amending the law on presidential elections. This information was confirmed by MP from PR Vladislav Lukyanov.

"In fact, such a meeting will take place, because we believe that the adoption of the law on presidential elections is important and necessary," - he said.

Earlier today, Deputy Chairman of the BYuT faction Andrey Kozhemyakin said that OS has registered a resolution to hold an extraordinary meeting of parliament on February 3 this year

In turn, the speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn BP did not exclude the possibility of holding an extraordinary session of parliament before the end of the week with a view to making changes to the law on presidential elections in Ukraine.

In accordance with the schedule of BP on Feb. 3 provides work in committees and factions.

Recall January 28 this year BP has supported the first reading of the bill № 6004 "On Amendments to the Law of Ukraine" On elections of President of Ukraine "(concerning the organization of the electoral commissions)." The draft law proposed by the First Vice President, Party of Regions MP Oleksandr Lavrynovych, 226 deputies voted in favor (OL - 172, BYuT - 0, the OU-PSD - 25, CPU - 27, Lytvyn bloc - 0, non-factionalism - 2) of the 415 registered in the hall. Click to continue »