Today the secretariat of the Verkhovna Rada registered a draft resolution submitted by the leader of "Our Ukraine" Viktor Yushchenko and People's Deputy of Ukraine Viktor Pynzenyk "On the unacceptability of the draft Law of Ukraine on establishing the size of the minimum wage for 2003-2005.

On November 14, the first conceptual Skoda auto center of the company "Promtekhservis" in the western region was opened in the city of Lutsk. This is the second such center opened in Ukraine after Kyiv.

Nestle, one of the world's largest food companies, has made a new investment in Ukraine's economy by acquiring VAT "Volynholding," whose products are known under the trademark "Torchynproduct."

In October, OJSC "Lutsk Automobile Plant" stopped twice - from October 6 to 8 and from October 20 to 23. \n \nThe formal reason for the plant's stoppage was the non-delivery of vehicle kits for assembling Russian VAZ automobiles.

Since the beginning of the restructuring of debts for utility services, Lutsk residents have reduced their debt by 1 million UAH. Currently, in the city it amounts to about 31 million hryvnias.

By November 14, a working group of the State Tax Administration of Ukraine consisting of 68 people will work in the region. More than 20 business entities in the region will become the object of inspection by the capital's tax officials.

President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma signed Decree No. 1208/2003 of 24.10.

On October 14, a round table was held on the topic: "On compliance with the requirements of current legislation in the field of trade." According to the first deputy head of the regional state administration, Volodymyr Panchyshyn, a steady trend toward an increase in retail turnover volumes has emerged in this sector.

Participants of the press conference held on September 29 in the premises of the "UNIAN" information agency expressed sincere surprise at the actions of the Lutsk City Council, which at a session meeting on June 20 of this year adopted a decision to sell the land plot where the production premises of the joint venture…

During a two-day visit to Ukraine (September 11-12), European Union Commissioner Günter Verheugen emphasized the new opportunities offered to Ukraine by the European Union regarding enlargement and especially in the context of the EU's "new neighbourhood policy."