"Orange coalition" collapses in Ukraine

The "Orange Coalition" in Ukraine's parliament has officially ceased to exist, speaker Arsen Yutsenyuk today said in a statement, reports the Ukrainian official new agency Unian The coalition incuded the factions of prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko and pro-Yuschenko Our Ukraine -- People's Self-defense.

Ukraine's president Viktor Yuschenko is likely to dissolve the parliament and call for a snap election.