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The largest energy-saving project in the region was presented in Lutsk. Back in November 2002, the strategic development plan of the enterprise "Lutskteplo" was approved. At that time, utility workers and the authorities envisioned combined production of electricity and heat energy.
As of August 1, 2004, the revenue part of the general fund of local budgets (excluding inter-budgetary transfers) received 9,794.8 million UAH, or 61.8% of the plan. Compared to the corresponding period last year, revenues increased by 72.7 million UAH, or by 0.7%.
The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine has granted permission to LLC "Trading House "Kontynium-Galychyna" (Lutsk) to receive in lease the property complexes of 19 gas stations of the joint Ukrainian-British enterprise "Western Oil Group" (Lutsk), located in Ternopil, Lviv and Cherkasy regions.
The labor collective of OJSC "Lutsk Automobile Plant" addressed the President of Ukraine, the Prime Minister of Ukraine, the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, the Minister of Internal Affairs, and the head of the Volyn Regional State Administration with the following statement.
From August 2 to August 4, 2004, 2,722 real estate purchase and sale agreements were concluded in Ukraine. The highest business activity in real estate transactions was recorded in Donetsk region (272 agreements), in Kyiv (238 agreements), and in Kyiv region (221 real estate purchase and sale agreements).
In Volyn, there are 55 millionaires. This was reported by the tax legislation explanation department of the regional state tax administration. At the same time, tax officials say that most of the millionaires did not pay taxes.

The Lutsk company "Western Dairy Group" together with the advertising group "TriPlan-Ukraine" (Moscow-Kyiv) is successfully mastering the market of the Kyiv region and is actively preparing for national promotional campaigns.
Since the beginning of the year, deposits of Volyn individuals have increased by 87 million hryvnias; today their volume stands at 534 million. This happened mainly due to an increase in hryvnia deposits. Dollar deposits decreased by 2 million, while euro deposits increased by almost 2.5 million.

The August increase in pensions affects 236,000 pensioners in Volyn.

Apple orchards in Volyn have turned into a winter forest in the middle of summer. Previously, in the orchard of the village of Maiaky, 5,000 tonnes of apples were harvested and sold even to Russia and Belarus. This year, there is an invasion of caterpillars here.