Ukraine's parliament approves new PM

Pro-EU opposition leader Arseniy Yatsenyuk has been approved by the Ukranian parliament as the country's new prime minister.

Ukrainian prime minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk. (AAP)

Ukraine's parliament has approved the nomination of pro-EU Arseniy Yatsenyuk as the crisis-hit country's new prime minister until presidential polls are held in May.

Yatsenyuk was one of the most prominent leaders of the three-month anti-government protests that swept Ukraine, culminating in deadly violence last week that precipitated the ouster of president Viktor Yanukovych and the collapse of his entire government.