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The size of the minimum wage from July 1, 2006 increases by UAH 25 to UAH 375 instead of the previous UAH 350 that had been in effect since January 1, 2006. The next increase in wages from December 1, 2006 – to UAH 400.
The first meeting of the Expert Committee on Economic Development (KER) took place in the Lutsk City Council, during which a "Protocol of Intent" was signed between the USAID project "Economic Development of Cities" (ERM) and the Lutsk City Council.
After the recent increase in natural gas prices by 25% as of May 1, 2005, we are facing a more significant increase in its price – by another 85%. The maximum level of the wholesale price of enterprises for natural gas used for the needs of the population, in the amount of 414.
From today, the Russian export duty on petroleum products supplied to Ukraine has increased to a record amount - $146.9 per ton. \nAs the Kommersant newspaper writes, in connection with this, wholesale prices for gasoline and diesel fuel will increase by 10-15%.
They will be exported to Slovakia. According to the press service of the Volyn Regional State Administration, this became possible thanks to the opening in Lutsk of a new joint German-Slovak-Ukrainian enterprise "Svit-Stroy Lutsk".
"Starting July 1, companies providing cable television services are forced to raise the prices of social packages, since the cost of such services is currently at a critical level," said Serhiy Boyko, president of the company "VOLIA," on Tuesday, June 6.
On June 6, during an operational meeting, Lutsk Mayor Bohdan Shyba noted that he would meet with the heads of village and district councils of Lutsk and Kivertsi districts to resolve issues of land management.
Significant discrepancies between the statements and the real first steps of the new Lutsk authorities headed by city mayor Bohdan Shyba and the parliamentary majority of representatives of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc in the city council continue to cause surprise.
In Volyn, 20 permit offices have been created and are actually operating, and the same number of persons have been appointed to the position of state administrator. Indicative in this regard is the permit office operating in the Rozhyshche district, where an off-site meeting of the Lutsk Press Club of Reforms was held.
The Cabinet of Ministers approved the financial plan of "Naftogaz Ukrainy" for 2006, which envisages a 50 percent increase in gas prices for the population from July 1.