Representatives of the civil party "PORA" in Volyn have again come to the attention of criminals. On the night of December 13-14, 22-year-old Ivan P., a member of the Volyn Regional Organization of the Civil Party "PORA," and 16-year-old Zakhar T.

The Central State Laboratory of Veterinary Medicine of Ukraine has confirmed the presence of the H5 subtype avian influenza virus in dead birds in the village of Prysyvashshia, Sovetskyi district, and the village of Chornomorske, Chornomorske district, of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (ARC).

Director of the Institute of Influenza of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Oleg Kiselyov, predicts the emergence of a pandemic (global epidemic) of "bird flu" in two years.

A deputy of the Lyuboml district council of the Volyn region, Ivan Dzenyk, was killed as a result of a robbery attack on his house in the village of Byrky (Lyuboml district). This was reported by investigator of the Lyuboml prosecutor's office Anatoliy Sydoruk, reports "Ukrainian News".

Yesterday, at around three in the morning, at the "Yahodyn" checkpoint on the Ukrainian-Polish border, a Ukrainian stormed the state border in a minibus with contraband. After inspecting the "Fiat" cargo van, the control services turned it back to Poland.

Examination by the Central State Laboratory of Veterinary Medicine of Ukraine dated December 12, 2005 revealed: antibodies to the avian influenza pathogen of serotype H5 (2 samples from the village of Urozhaine, 1 sample from the village of Yakymivka), and influenza A virus DNA of serotype H5 (11 samples from the…

WHO experts have arrived in Ukraine to assess actions for organizing anti-epidemic measures and providing practical assistance. This was reported to "proUA" by the press service of the Ministry of Health.

Information that cases of mass death of poultry were registered in the Ivanychi district alarmed many people.

Russian Lab confirmed over the telephone that the material of dead birds in Crimea which was sent to them, consists of dangerous for people bird flue culture H5N1

Last Friday after two o'clock in the morning, the duty unit of the Lutsk City Department of Internal Affairs received a report of a theft from the premises of the central department store.