Volodymyr Bondar, the head of the Volyn Oblast State Administration, is the youngest among his colleagues in this position — he is 36 years old. It is logical that his steps and actions in the governor's post draw considerable criticism from both representatives of the former government and recent associates.

According to unofficial data, the largest number of Ukrainian citizens become owners of passenger cars specifically in Volyn. Not because there is an automobile plant of its own operating in Lutsk.

Statistics show that compared to last year, purchase prices for milk across Ukraine increased by 30.7 percent. Considering inflation, which last year was 11.7 percent, the real price of raw milk increased by 12-15 percent. Why then are villagers so dissatisfied?

I am writing already when colleagues advised me to calm down and brought me a glass. Then another and another… So forgive me for possible grammatical errors and overly complex compound sentences. Be that as it may, the second day of the professional holiday.

One can only guess what irritated Volodymyr Nalkovych so much on the eve of May 23. Perhaps the not-quite-"convenient" interviews and analytical pieces on the occasion of his team's 100 days in the local and regional press.

Since the beginning of the year, expert and analytical circles in the field of electoral law and other interested persons, in particular politicians, have been summing up the results of the 2004 election campaign, discussing its "pluses" and "minuses," and actively debating the next elections in Ukraine – elections to…

Discussion of a possible administrative-territorial reform (ATR) in Ukraine after the 2004 presidential elections acquired new meaning and momentum in the state.

Today, the second powerful and visible challenge for Yulia Tymoshenko's government turned out to be the "fuel crisis" — this is how the Ukrainian prime minister herself characterized the situation that arose on the domestic petroleum products market.

The collapse of administrative market regulation and the flight to the other extreme, the ultraliberal one – the elimination of customs barriers on the path of imports into Ukraine – is as temporary a solution as the previous price restriction. And no less painful.

The first hundred days of the new government have witnessed triumphs and failures, indecision and vigor, naive emotions and cunning moves, revolutionary rhetoric and pragmatic actions. There have been staff “cuts and slashes”, public declarations, and amateurish intrigues.