Ukraine's state debt in 2004 increased from UAH 77.5 billion to UAH 85.4 billion. This was stated by Finance Minister Viktor Pynzenyk while presenting a report on the implementation of Ukraine's state budget for 2004 in the Verkhovna Rada, reports a «proUA» correspondent.

On May 19, First Deputy Head of the Volyn Regional State Administration Bohdan Shyba held a meeting with the president of the board of the household appliances manufacturing company "Svyatovit" Krzysztof Sledzinski (Republic of Poland).

Supply and demand, price and quality, needs and opportunities, problems and prospects of housing construction in Lutsk were analyzed at a meeting of the "Lutsk is European" press club.

By the end of May, the price of gasoline will not change, and in June it may change in accordance with fluctuations in raw material prices, believes People's Deputy Ihor Yeremieiev.

Lutsk Mayor Anton Kryvytskyi signed an order on the creation of a working group to verify compliance with legal requirements and the implementation of state policy in the field of regulation of land relations.

In order to stabilize the situation on the petroleum products market in the long term, a draft law will be developed that provides for stimulating the reconstruction of existing refineries.

The volume of direct foreign investment in Ukraine increased by 2.7% in January-March, or by 234.96 million dollars, and as of April 1, 2005 amounted to 8,797.423 million dollars. This was reported by the State Statistics Committee.\n\nThe net increase in foreign capital for January-March amounted to 299.

President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko has instructed Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko by June 10 to ensure the transfer to OJSC “Ukrnafta” of state packages of shares of a number of oil companies with the aim of stabilizing the situation on Ukraine's petroleum products market.

Over the past 2 weeks, a trend toward an increase in the dollar exchange rate has emerged, despite the National Bank's efforts to keep the hryvnia exchange rate high.

On May 18, 2005, the regional branch of the State Property Fund of Ukraine in the Volyn region announces a competition for the sale of a block of shares of OJSC "Volynrybhosp". \n \nAs the State Property Fund reported to the IA "Hot Line", a block of shares in the amount of 732,036 units, which constitutes 25.