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The Polish government has authorized the Ministry of State Treasury to begin negotiations with the Ukrainian company "AvtoZAZ" regarding the buyout of state shares in the Warsaw Automotive Factory. This was announced yesterday by Minister of State Treasury Jacek Socha.
Commercial output at the Lutsk Automobile Plant in October increased by 0.8 percent compared to September to UAH 36.16 million. This was reported by the press center of OJSC "LuAZ".
The famous Ukrainian transport aircraft An-225 "Mriya" has broken all records for transporting oversized cargo and has entered the Guinness Book of Records. This was reported to journalists by the press service of the Antonov ASTC with references to official data from the International Aviation Federation (FAI).
Recently, the well-known breeder, senior research fellow of the Volyn Institute of Agro-Industrial Production, Iryna Ivanivna Maister, received a certificate of authorship issued by the State Service for the Protection of Rights to Plant Varieties for the winter rye variety she created — Iryna.
The currency hype that had been bothering bankers and their clients over the last two pre-election weeks has somewhat eased these days. This is evidenced by data published today by the regional branch of the National Bank of Ukraine in the Volyn region.

At a press club meeting held on Thursday, November 4, dedicated to Social Sector Worker Day, the problems and prospects of social services were discussed.
In October, consumer prices rose by 2.2%. This was reported by the State Statistics Committee. \n \nIn particular, prices for food products in October rose by 3.0%, for non-food products – by 0.4%, for services – by 0.8%. In January-October, consumer prices rose by 7.9%, including for food products by 9.
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine plans to return to consideration of the draft State Budget of Ukraine for 2005 on November 30. Deputies made this decision after long battles over the State Budget of Ukraine for 2005, reports a correspondent of "proUA".
On October 29, in Warsaw, the heads of the Industrial Development Agency of the Republic of Poland, the Polish enterprise PZL Mielec, and the Antonov Aeronautical Scientific and Technical Complex signed an Agreement on long-term cooperation.
The Japanese automobile manufacturing company Isuzu Motors and its trading representative Sojitz Corporation accuse the Cabinet of Ministers of creating unequal competitive conditions through the adoption of the investment program of the Kremenchuk automobile assembly plant (Poltava region).