The Prosecutor's Office of the Volyn Region has initiated a criminal case regarding the fact of illegal importation into the customs territory of Ukraine and registration of foreign-made automobiles by the Lutsk MREV of the State Traffic Police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in the Volyn Region, the…

90 million hryvnias were additionally assessed to the Lutsk Automobile Plant as a result of a several-month audit of this enterprise by the tax authorities.

Construction of a solid household waste landfill for the city of Novovolynsk. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine promises to finance it from the State Fund under the budget program "Waste and Hazardous Chemical Substances Management.

Today in Lutsk, the XI All-Ukrainian specialized construction exhibition "The Home of Your Dream" opened. The exhibition will run until February 27 in the assembly hall of the Palace of Student Youth.

About 20 percent of heat energy in Lutsk is lost as a result of transportation to the consumer. This figure was cited today by the director of the communal enterprise "Lutskteplo" Anatoliy Luchko.

Today, a press conference was held at the Lutsk City Executive Committee by the deputy mayor of Lutsk, Leonid KyryLchuk, and the director of the communal enterprise ULutskteploF, Anatoliy Luchko, regarding the economic justification of new tariffs for heat supply and water heating services.

All districts and cities of the region have allowed an increase in debt for consumed energy carriers since the beginning of the year, as of February 17.

Construction of the high-pressure gas pipeline Zymne-Ustyluh-Republic of Poland has begun, reports the newspaper UVolyńF. \nThe customer and investor of this gas pipeline on behalf of UNaftohaz UkrainyF, DK UUkrtranshazF is the directorate of main gas pipelines ULvivtranshazF.

On February 17, the XIV reporting and election conference of the regional Association of Farmers was held in the city of Lutsk. \nAs reported by the head of the Volyn organization of the Association of Farmers and Landowners, Bohdan Prus, 641 farmers work in Volyn, which is 43 more than last year.

A maximum profitability level of 5 percent of the full costs has been set for first- and second-grade wheat flour, bread made from first- and second-grade flour and from a mixture of rye and wheat flour, the press service of the Volyn Regional State Administration reported. \nIt will be in effect until July 1, 2004.