In Ukraine RTE/RFL reports Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko as saying that the government crisis is over. In contrast to previous speculation, the cabinet will reprise the Orange coalition from December 2004. Crucially, though, a new partner has also been included. Former colleague of President Viktor Yushchenko, Volodymyr Lytvyn, was elected speaker of parliament and his group, the Lytvyn People’s Bloc, which has 20 seats in parliament, has been included in the coalition. This gives the government around 248/450 seats.