Ukraine's parliamentary election - Journal (english) 01.10.2007 10:00 UTC

We begin in Ukraine, where Sunday's parliamentary election is heading for a very close result. The latest figures - which have come out in the last hour - give the alliance led by pro-Europe opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko just over 33 percent of votes so far counted. That's just slightly ahead of the pro-Russian Prime Minister Victor Yanukovich, whose "Party of the Regions" has a 31 percent share.