The Ministry of Transport of Ukraine intends to initiate before the Cabinet of Ministers the creation of a special commission to study the situation with bribes collected from international road carriers at the "Yahodyn" checkpoint on the Ukrainian-Polish border.

The progress of the region's farms' preparation for spring field work was discussed at a staff meeting at the Volyn Regional State Administration. At the meeting it was noted that in 2004 it is planned to obtain 651.

Ukrainian President Leonid KUCHMA calls value added tax (VAT) one of the most criminalized taxes. He said this yesterday while opening a meeting on VAT issues.

\nLast year, the average monthly wage of residents of the Volyn region reached 319 hryvnias, the regional statistics department reported. \nCompared to 2002, it increased by 25 percent, but taking into account the rise in prices for goods and services, real earnings grew by only 19 percent.

This was stated in an interview with Radio "Svoboda" by First Deputy Foreign Minister Oleksandr Chaly.

The Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF) has removed Ukraine and Egypt from the "black list". This is reported by the organization's official website. \n \nAccording to the report, both countries were removed in connection with their implementation of significant reforms.

Prime Minister of Ukraine Viktor YaNUKOVYCH reported that in connection with the situation that has developed around HUTA CZESTOCHOWA, Ukraine received a proposal from Hungary to refuse Poland's services in representing our state's interests in the European Union.

The Polish press took a critical view of the choice of "LNM" as the investor for "Huta Czestochowa". Poland's most influential daily newspaper, "Gazeta Wyborcza", called what was happening around the privatization of "Huta Stali Czestochova" an "adventure."

According to the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated December 29, 2003, regarding the regulation of outdoor advertising placement, deputies of the Lutsk City Council adopted a decision to create the communal enterprise "Lutskreklama," the city council's press service reported.

One of the reasons for industrial injuries at the mines of the state enterprise "Volynvuhillia" is insufficient supervision by state inspectors of the Volyn State Mining and Technical Inspection over the state of safety measures and the improvement of occupational safety management at coal industry enterprises,…