Gold and foreign currency reserves of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) from the beginning of 2005 and as of March 29 increased by 2 billion 379 million dollars - to 11 billion 904 million dollars (at the current exchange rate). This was reported in the NBU statistics and reporting department.

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has set the maximum size of Ukraine's external debt by the end of this year at 8,317.1 million dollars instead of the 9,285.5 million dollars envisaged by the previous version of the law on the state budget. This is stated in the amendments to the law "On the State Budget for 2005".

A three-day seminar on the organization of financial monitoring in the regions was held at the State Committee for Financial Monitoring of Ukraine, with the participation of the heads of regional departments of Volyn, Zaporizhzhia, Lviv, Kherson oblasts and the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.

As of March 1, the amount of unpaid wages increased by 4.6% compared to February 1 to 1,282.587 million hryvnias. This was reported by the State Statistics Committee.

People's Deputy of Ukraine, First Deputy Chairman of the People's Party Ihor Yeremieiev will soon head the supervisory board of VAT "Ukrnafta." \n \nThis was reported by sources in the Cabinet of Ministers. \n \nAs is known, I.

First deputy of the Lutsk city mayor Sviatoslav Kravchuk reported at an operational meeting that last week in Kyiv, at the summing up of the work of the housing and communal services by Derzhkomunhos, the work of two municipal enterprises "Lutskvodokanal" and "Lutskteplo" was recognized.

In February, Ukraine's direct external debt increased by 0.03%, or by 2.5 million dollars, and as of February 28 amounted to 8,724.9 million dollars. This is stated in an official report by the Ministry of Finance. \n \nUkraine's direct domestic debt in February increased by 3.95%, or by 865.

In February, the average wage increased by 4% compared to January to 666.76 hryvnias per month. This was reported by the State Statistics Committee. \n \nThe highest level of wages was registered in Kyiv, where the average wage was 1,099.85 hryvnias, having increased by 7.3% compared to January.

The city authorities believe that it is time to review the operating hours of kiosks, since quite often under their signage at night alcohol and vodka products are sold without authorization.

The head of the parliamentary committee on construction, transport, housing and communal services and communications, Valeriy Pustovoytenko, is confident that in 2005 housing in Ukraine will become more expensive by another third. He stated this on Sunday evening in an interview with the program "Business World.