Parliamentary TV-channel «RADA» ( uk, Парламентський телеканал «РАДА») is the official television channel of the
Ukrainian
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* Something of, from, or related to Ukraine
* Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe
* Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine
* So ...
parliament (
Verkhovna Rada
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ( uk, Верхо́вна Ра́да Украї́ни, translit=, Verkhovna Rada Ukrainy, translation=Supreme Council of Ukraine, Ukrainian abbreviation ''ВРУ''), often simply Verkhovna Rada or just Rada, is the ...
).
Until its relaunch in December 2021, it showed live broadcasts of the parliament's meetings, and others programs related to the law-making process. After December 2021, RADA was a state-owned, 24/7 news and informational TV channel. The channel was created in 1998 and is financed from the state budget.
[Rada TV channel fails to see fun in session hall]
Kyiv Post
The ''Kyiv Post'' is the oldest English-language newspaper in Ukraine, founded in October 1995 by Jed Sunden.
History
American Jed Sunden founded the ''Kyiv Post'' weekly newspaper on Oct. 18, 1995 and later created KP Media for his holdings. ...
(5 February 2013)
Controversies
According to
UDAR MP
Iryna Herashchenko in December 2013 the channel ignored the pro-European rallies of
Euromaidan
Euromaidan (; uk, Євромайдан, translit=Yevromaidan, lit=Euro Square, ), or the Maidan Uprising, was a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest in Ukraine, which began on 21 November 2013 with large protests in Maidan Nezalezhno ...
while broadcasting mostly speeches and statements made by
government
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In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government i ...
members and rallies held by
Party of Regions
The Party of Regions ( uk, Партія регіонів, Partiia rehioniv, ; russian: Партия регионов, Partiya regionov) was a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine formed in late 1997 that then grew to be the biggest party of U ...
(and thus not covering the activities of all parliamentary factions and MPs, including opposition and independent deputies).
CEOs
* Mykola Orlovskyi (1999 — 2012)
* Vasyl Klymchuk (February 2012 — March 2013)
*
Ihor Tolstykh (March 2013 — March 2014)
* Vasyl Klymchuk (acting, from March 2014)
See also
*
List of Ukrainian language television channels
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C-SPAN
Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network (C-SPAN ) is an American cable and satellite television network that was created in 1979 by the cable television industry as a nonprofit public service. It televises many proceedings of the United States ...
References
External links
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Television stations in Ukraine
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Television channels and stations established in 1999
Ukrainian-language television stations in Ukraine
1999 establishments in Ukraine
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