But elections still haven't been held, and the region's electoral commission said the new developments have halted preparations for a vote due in November.
The protest began on Maidan Nezalezhnosti, Independence Square, in central Kiev, in November of last year, after President Viktor Yanukovych, apparently under pressure from Russia, halted preparations for a long-awaited trade agreement with the European Union.
PARIS UNESCO has halted preparations for a controversial $300,000 award in the life sciences named after Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, the dictator of Equatorial Guinea, until after an Executive Board meeting in 10 days.
The I.O.C. has issued guidance to sports organizations to halt preparations to hold competitions in Russia, and it has suggested that they actively search for alternatives.
A9 Court Will Not Halt Recall Vote The California Supreme Court refused to halt preparations for a vote on whether to recall Gov. Gray Davis, noting the consideration of a trial court on irregularities alleged in the signature collection process that authorized the election.
But the scope of the colonel's anger was not fully realized until Nov. 20, 2009, when the Libyan government unexpectedly ordered a team of visiting American and Russian scientists to halt preparations to ship the spent nuclear fuel to Russia, despite separate agreements Libya had reached with the United States and Russia.
Meanwhile, rebel groups say they are halting preparations for peace talks.
Ukraine's government said last Thursday it was halting preparations for signing the deal with the EU, amid concerns this would have a negative impact on Kiev's trade relations with Russia and cause mass job losses as a result.
Just hours after President Viktor Yanukovych's governing Party of Regions rejected legislation that would have allowed the jailed former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko to travel abroad for medical treatment, the country's government announced it was halting preparations for the Vilnius signing ceremony.
A climax of the conflict came Wednesday, when Spanish Civil Guard officers raided the Catalan regional government's offices, effectively halting preparation for the secession vote, which Spain continues to deem unconstitutional.
