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The Verkhovna Rada adopted in the first reading the draft state budget for 2006.
First of all, the members of the executive committee considered the issue "On the improvement of adolescent children's health." The information on the state of health improvement of adolescent children was reported by Fedir Koshel, head of the health care department of the Lutsk city executive committee.
“Today we cannot find common ground with the owners of Kovelsilmash regarding the 25% of shares for which no public sale ever took place. From our point of view, this block of shares was stolen from the state.
The international seminar "Investment Policy in the District" was held in Lutsk on October 27. It was attended by Volyn Governor Volodymyr Bondar, Poland's Consul General in Lutsk Wojciech Gałązka, Polish entrepreneurs, and Volyn officials.
After the AMC's recommendations, the mobile operators may be cut off from significant revenues, writes "Delo" on Thursday.
The Minister of Finance of Ukraine, Viktor Pynzenyk, announced this yesterday on the air of one of the Ukrainian TV channels. Pynzenyk emphasized that it is inadvisable to cover permanent budget expenditures with one-time revenues.

A one-time inflow of funds from the sale of "Kryvorizhstal" will not cause shocks on either the currency or the hryvnia market of Ukraine. This opinion was expressed by Finance Minister Viktor Pynzenyk on the evening broadcast of the "1+1" television channel.

In the near future, a new paper-processing enterprise will appear in Lutsk, providing about 300 new jobs. In addition, it will produce goods worth 2 million dollars monthly. Lutsk Mayor Anton Kryvytskyi reported this at the weekly operational meeting.
The Ministry of Economy forecasts inflation at 0.8-1% in October of this year, reports Ukrainian News. This was stated by Economy Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk.

In Lutsk, as a result of a conflict between the staff and the director of the "Lyubart" Trading House, the line for producing fermented dairy products has been stopped and only hard cheese production has been left, the Western Information Corporation's own correspondent reported on 24 October.