Products of OJSC DPolimerF have received the international quality certificate ISO C 9001-2001. This was reported by the director of the DPolimerF plant, Mykola Filipchuk. OJSC DPolimerF is engaged in the manufacture of raw, petrol-and-oil-resistant and cushioning rubbers and general-purpose rubbers.

At the Lutsk Automobile Plant, commercial products worth more than 100 million hryvnias were manufactured in the first quarter of this year, the press center of VAT ULuAZF reported.

Lutsk city authorities consider the Year of Poland in Ukraine as one of the factors for deepening bilateral economic integration processes. This was repeatedly stated by Lutsk mayor Anton Kryvytskyi.

As early as May 1, Lutsk residents may be left without hot water. This was stated by Lutsk Mayor Anton Kryvytskyi.\nThe reason for this forecast is the drop in March in the level of payment by the population for consumed utility services.

Almost 115,000 tons of coal were extracted to the surface in the first quarter of 2004 by the enterprise "Volynvuhillia". The quarterly task, which amounts to 143,000 tons, was fulfilled at 79.7 percent. This was reported by the general director of the state enterprise "Volynvuhillia" Leonid Hochachko.

In the first quarter of 2004, 58 land plots with an area of 7.8 hectares worth UAH 1,304 thousand were sold. This was discussed at a staff meeting in the regional state administration. As of April 1, 2004, 40.

In the first quarter of the current year, 155.5 million UAH was received to the general fund of budgets of all levels in the region, which constitutes 96.7 percent of the assigned target.

Today, the central district of Lutsk was without electricity for two hours. \nFrom 13:10 to 15:05, buildings on Lesi Ukrainky, Bohdana Khmelnytskoho, Kovelska, Bratkovskoho, Hlushets streets, part of Prospekt Voli, and Vynnychenka and Slovatskoho streets were disconnected from the power supply.

Soon a new hotel and restaurant complex may appear in Lutsk in the area of the Omelianivka River. This was discussed today at the next meeting of the press club at the city executive committee.

In Volyn, winter grains were sown on an area of 186 thousand hectares, which is 17 percent more than last year. Spring crops are planned to be placed on 265 thousand hectares. These figures were cited at a meeting of the board of the main department of agriculture and food of the regional state administration.