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WATCH: Ukraine's parliament voted to keep Arseniy Yatsenyuk as the country's prime minister on November 27. Yatsenyuk leads a new, five-party pro-Western coalition government. The legislature met for the first time since elections in October and began business with a rousing rendition of the national anthem. (RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service)
LATEST: European Union expands its sanctions list:
The European Union has agreed to add 13 Ukrainian separatists and five entities to the bloc's sanctions list.
Ambassadors from the 28 EU countries meeting in Brussels on November 27 targeted the separatists with asset freezes and travel bans and the entities with asset freezes.
An EU source quoted by Reuters says the separatists were targeted because of their "involvement in action undermining Ukraine's territorial integrity."
The names are expected to be published in the EU's Official Journal on November 29. According to diplomats, the entities targeted are mainly political groups rather than companies.
The EU has so far imposed visa bans and asset freezes on 119 people and 23 entities over Ukraine.
The latest measures come after EU foreign ministers earlier this month concluded that little improvement had occurred on the ground in Ukraine since a September 5 agreement which included a cease-fire between Ukraine and the pro-Moscow separatists in the east of the country.
Ukraine has a new/old PM and a new parliament speaker:
Ukraine's new parliament has elected Arseniy Yatsenyuk for a new term as prime minister.
In its first session on November 27 the Verkhovna Rada also elected former Deputy Prime Minister Volodymyr Hroysman as parliament speaker.
Pro-Western parties swept to victory in the October 26 elections, led by President Petro Poroshenko's bloc and Yatsenyuk's People's Front.
Poroshenko called the early poll in a bid to set Ukraine on a new path eight months after pro-Moscow President Viktor Yanukovych was ousted following opposition protests.
Five pro-Western parties which have agreed to form a ruling coalition control a total of 288 seats in the 421-seat parliament.
However, talks amongst the coalition partners on forming a new Cabinet have bogged down.
Analysts say the delay is due to rivalry between Poroshenko and Yatsenyuk over control of key portfolios. (Interfax, Reuters, AFP, and dpa)
Following Arseniy Yatsenyuk's reelection as prime minister: