Head of the tariff policy and licensing department at Ukrenergoconsulting, Natalia Kostyshena, believes that electricity transmission and supply tariffs for oblenergos do not correspond to oblenergos' costs for carrying out electricity transmission and supply. \n"There is such a need.

Recently, the British investment company SV Motors Ltd bought almost 65 percent of LuAZ shares. At first, many suspected that the founders of the British concern were close to "Ukrprominvest," which controlled LuAZ.

From now on, according to the order of Lutsk mayor Anton Kryvytskyi, the decision on power disconnection for non-payment of departmental dormitories will be made only by a specially created commission headed by him. It will include representatives of the municipality and energy companies.

In January compared to the corresponding month of last year, industrial production volumes increased by 8.4%. At the same time, compared to the previous month, production output decreased by 8.4%. \n \nThis was reported by the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine.

In January, real gross product grew by 6.5% compared to January of last year and amounts to 24,278 million hryvnias. These data were made public by the State Statistics Committee, reports "Ukrainian News". \n \nThe 2005 state budget envisages GDP growth at the level of 6.

Inflation in 2005 may be 8-9%. This was stated by the head of the National Bank of Ukraine, Volodymyr Stelmakh, according to "Podrobnosti". \n \nAccording to him, such growth will occur under the condition of stabilization of the budget process and financial indicators.

In January, the official unemployment rate remained at 3.6%. These are the data from the State Statistics Committee, reports "Ukrainian News". \n \nAs of February 1, 2005, 1.029 million unemployed people were registered with the State Employment Service, or 3.6% of the working-age population.

In March, the regional center of Volyn will begin implementing the largest city project – the construction of an underground passage. All construction work will be carried out by a contractor specializing in the construction of nuclear power plants.

To date, the level of foreign investment per capita in the city of Lutsk exceeds the average indicators for all of Ukraine by 5 times.

As reported by the press service of "Volynoblenergo," last year the average payment rate of household consumers was 99 percent. Industrial enterprises, the agricultural sector of Volyn, and local budget institutions fully paid for the electricity used in 2004.