Current composition of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine 2013

Office	Party	Incumbent
Prime Minister	Party of Regions	Mykola Azarov
First Vice Prime Minister	Non-party politician	Serhiy Arbuzov
Vice Prime Minister (Ecology, natural resources, energy, coal industry and industrial policy)	Party of Regions	Yuriy Boyko
Vice Prime Minister (Infrastructure, regional development, construction, utilities and housing economy)	Party of Regions	Oleksandr Vilkul
Vice Prime Minister	Non-party politician	Kostiantyn Hryschenko
Minister of Social Policy	Ukraine – Forward!	Natalia Korolevska
Minister of Cabinet of Ministers	Non-party politician	Olena Lukash
Minister of Revenues and Duties	Non-party politician	Oleksandr Klymenko
Minister of Health	Non-party politician	Raisa Bohatyriova
Minister of Economical Development and Trade	Non-party politician	Ihor Prasolov
Minister of Regional Development, Construction and Communal Living	Non-party politician	Hennadiy Temnyk
Minister of Education and Science, Youth and Sport	Party of Regions	Dmytro Tabachnyk
Minister of Culture	Non-party politician	Leonid Novokhatko
Minister of Defense	Party of Regions	Pavlo Lebedyev
Minister of Internal Affairs	Non-party politician	Vitaliy Zakharchenko
Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food	Party of Regions	Mykola Prysyazhnyuk
Minister of Justice	Party of Regions	Oleksandr Lavrynovych
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Non-party politician	Leonid Kozhara
Minister of Finance	Non-party politician	Yuriy Kolobov
Minister of Energy [Generation] and Coal [Mining] Industry	Party of Regions	Eduard Stavitskyi
Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine	Non-party politician	Oleh Proskuryakov

IX. Reading and Comprehension

Exercise 19. Read and translate the text D without dictionary.

Text D

The judicial system of Ukraine

The judicial system of Ukraine is outlined in the 1996 Constitution of Ukraine.

The judicial system of Ukraineconsists of four levels of courts of general jurisdiction, as follows

Local Courts

Local "general" courts (combining criminal and civil jurisdiction) consisting of: district, urban district and town courts; and city courts in KievandSevastopol.

Local specialized courts(either commercial or administrative jurisdiction) consisting of: regional courts; commercial and administrative courts of the capital of Autonomous Republic of Crimea; city courts in Kiev and Sevastopol.

Courts of appeal

Courts of Appeal(combining criminal and civil jurisdiction), consisting of: regional courts of appeal; court of appeal of the capital of Autonomous Republic of Crimea; courts of appeal of the cities of Kiev and Sevastopol.

Specialized Courts of Appeal(either commercial or administrative jurisdiction) consisting of: commercial courts of appeal; administrative courts of appeal.

High courts with specialized jurisdiction

The High Specialized Court on Civil and Criminal Cases, covering civil and criminal cases;

The High Administrative Court of Ukraine, covering administrative cases;

The High Commercial Court of Ukraine, covering economic and commercial cases.

The Supreme Court of Ukraine

Supreme Court is the highest court within the system of courts of general jurisdiction. According to a judicial reform the Court is consisted of 48 justices. Appointments to the Court are made by the Parliamentand have no fixed time limit. But each member of the Court (as far as eachjudgein Ukraine) is obligated to retire at the age of 65.

The Constitutional Court of Ukraine is a separate entity and is independent from the courts of general jurisdiction. The activities of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine promote constitutional control in all spheres.

Exercise 20. Match the word combinations in column A with their equivalents in column B:

A	B
1). суди загальної юрисдикції 2). місцевий загальний суд 3). апеляційний суд 4). окружний адміністративний суд 5). місцевий господарський суд 6). апеляційний господарський суд 7). Вищий спеціалізований суд України з розгляду цивільних і кримінальних справ 8). Верховний суд України 9). Конституційний суд України 10). Вищий адміністративний суд України 11). Вищий господарський суд України	a). The Supreme Court of Ukraine b). The Constitutional Court of Ukraine c). administrative court of appeal d). Local "general" court e). courts of general jurisdiction f). The High Administrative Court of Ukraine g). The High Commercial Court of Ukraine h). Court of Appeal i). local administrative court j). The High Specialized Court on Civil and Criminal Cases k). local commercial court

Exercise 21. Look at the picture. Translate the Schematic representation of the Court system in Ukraine using the information from the text.

Exercise 22. Talk about the judicial branch in Ukraine using the information from the text D and from Exercise 21 .