President Viktor Yushchenko congratulated Oleksandr Moroz on his legitimate election to the post of parliament speaker and stated that he expects constructive work from the Verkhovna Rada.

Oleksandr Moroz was elected Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. This was announced by the head of the counting commission, Yevhen Shaho, from the rostrum on Thursday. \n \nAccording to him, of the 238 deputies who received ballots, all supported Moroz's candidacy.

We present the full text of Viktor Yanukovych's speech in parliament:

As «Glavred» learned from reliable sources, «Our Ukraine» is preparing to hold a Verkhovna Rada session outside the walls of parliament, where, as is known, representatives of the Party of Regions are blocking the rostrum.

Recently, employees of feldsher-midwife stations in the Ratniv and Starovzhiv districts of the Volyn region received manuals "Nursing in Gynecology," which were presented to them by the Volyn Public Center of the All-Ukrainian Public Organization "Our Ukraine."

In Kyiv on Independence Square, participants of the All-Ukrainian protest action against tariff increases planned for today by the Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine have gathered.

On June 24, during the meeting of the third session of the Lutsk City Council, after lengthy discussions and debates, the structure of the council's executive bodies, the total staffing of the apparatus and its executive bodies was approved.

The candidacy of Yulia Tymoshenko has already actually been submitted to the president for her appointment as prime minister.

BYuT leader Yulia Tymoshenko announced the creation of a coalition of democratic forces. \n \n"I have been given the great honor of announcing the news that the whole country has been waiting for.

About 3-4 thousand Volyn residents from all cities and districts of the region took part in a protest rally organized on June 21 at 16:00 in Lutsk on Kyiv Maidan by the Federation of Trade Unions of Volyn.