On August 11, the first stone was laid in the Rozhyshche district of Volyn for the construction of a plant for the production of granulated organic fertilizers based on chicken manure.

The Lutsk Automobile Plant, which is part of the "Bohdan" corporation, received a net profit of UAH 4.1 million in the first half of this year. \nAccording to "Interfax-Ukraine", the volume of production in the first half of this year increased almost twofold compared to the same period of 2004 – to UAH 396.02 million.

French investors have announced that they are ready to increase the amount of investment in the region's economy from 50 to 100 million dollars.

The Cabinet of Ministers has instructed the State Property Fund, the Ministry of Fuel and Energy, and the Lviv Regional State Administration to conduct, during August, a review of compliance with the terms of the purchase and sale agreement for the share package of OJSC "Galychyna Oil Refining Complex" (Drohobych,…

Frames for the plant of the German company "Kromberg & Schubert," which is being built in Lutsk district, will be trained on special equipment.

This was reported by the public relations and media department of the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine on Tuesday, according to "Interfax-Ukraine."

The last hot days of July called almost all farmers into the field.

The increase in industrial production in the region over the half-year compared to the corresponding period last year is 16.4 percent; output has been increased in most types of industrial activity.

On July 28, during a session of the city executive committee, new tariffs for wastewater disposal and water supply were approved, and the water consumption norm was also restored (increased), effective from August 1, 2005, reported the own correspondent of the Western Information Corporation.

As of July 27, the independent rating agency "Credit-Rating" left unchanged the long-term credit rating of category uaBBB of OJSC "Lutsk Automobile Plant", which is part of the "Bohdan" corporation.