An EU delegation of inspectors headed by Nick Van der Lein is working in Lutsk.

The enterprise "Lutskteplo" is unable not only to repay the deferred debt for gas, but also to make current payments. Gas suppliers have warned about a reduction in gas pressure, which will force the cessation of hot water supply if at least 70% of the consumed resource is not paid for by February 1.

The article by "Viche" newspaper journalist Volodymyr Danyliuk ""Bonita": between heaven and earth..." has been added to the "Analytics" section.

In 2003, goods worth almost 160 million dollars were exported from Volyn, while in 2002 it was 147.9 million dollars, reports the director of the regional agricultural exhibition, Viktor Osadchyi. \nExport deliveries were made to 57 countries of the world. Agricultural and food industry products were sent worth 44.

In 2003, $72 million in foreign investment flowed into the city's economy, reported Lutsk deputy mayor Serhiy Tarasyuk. This accounts for about 90 percent of the investment that flowed into the economy of Volyn Oblast in 2003.

A cooperation agreement on the development of rural tourism has been signed between the Hushcha village council of the Lyuboml district and the Volya Ugruzka commune of the Lublin Voivodeship of the Republic of Poland, reports the newspaper UVolyntF.

Last year, the Volyn Customs transferred 116 million hryvnias to the State Budget, which constitutes 109 percent of the assigned target, the press service of the Volyn Customs reports. Based on the facts of unlawful actions by business entities and citizens, 9 criminal cases were initiated worth 169 thousand hryvnias.

In the last weeks of 2003, Yahodyn customs fulfilled the annual plan by transferring 206 million 500 thousand hryvnias to the State Budget of Ukraine, that is, it fulfilled the budget tasks by 102 percent, the press service of Yahodyn customs reports.

Today there are grounds to note significant improvements in the work of the Lutsk Electric Transport Enterprise, believes the enterprise's director Ivan Kubitskyi. Thus, for the first time in the past few years, the trolleybus administration has gotten rid of its debt for consumed electricity.

On January 20, Deputy Head of the Volyn Regional State Administration Oleksandr Syminskyi held a meeting of the Territorial State Labor Inspectorate in the region, where the results of the inspectorate's work over the past year were summarized, the regional state administration's department for internal policy issues…