Leader of "Our Ukraine" Viktor Yushchenko stated at today's briefing that the government has proposed a flawed budget concept. "For the first time in Ukraine's history, the minimum wage has been lowered. Such a vote took place thanks to the position of people who do not live on 205 hryvnias.

"We were united by a disaster that we are trying to prevent - the approval of the state budget of Ukraine for 2004 in today's government edition.

On November 23, meetings were held in Volyn with the leaders of the Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine (PSPU), Natalia Vitrenko and Volodymyr Marchenko. The meetings took place in Lutsk, Kovel, Novovolynsk and Volodymyr-Volynskyi.

As a result of misguided agrarian policy, the country is experiencing a systemic food crisis, which manifests itself in the rapid rise in prices for food products and bread. Every day the level of social protection of Ukrainian citizens decreases.

The "Avers" television company (Lutsk) will not be able to provide a live broadcast for Viktor Yushchenko. This notification was received today at the Volyn regional representation of the "Our Ukraine" bloc.

"Information has reached the Volyn headquarters that the authorities will create obstacles for delegates of the regional Forum of "Our Ukraine," which is planned to be held on November 15, said headquarters head Volodymyr Bondar during a meeting with journalists.

Today, the mayor of Lutsk, Anton Kryvytskyi, at an operational meeting in the presence of local media reported that the city authorities, together with the regional administration, had decided to provide the assembly hall premises of Volyn State University for holding a meeting between Viktor Yushchenko and voters.

As a sign of protest against the Volyn authorities' refusal to hold a meeting of voters with Viktor Yushchenko, tents were set up today by the regional headquarters of the "Our Ukraine" bloc in the center of Lutsk.

Meeting with Volyn journalists, the head of the regional headquarters of "Our Ukraine", People's Deputy Volodymyr Bondar, assessed the tactics that the authorities are currently maintaining regarding the "Our Ukraine" bloc, Viktor Yushchenko himself and his visits to the regions.

The purpose of the press conference held for Volyn media by the head of the regional headquarters of the "Our Ukraine" bloc, Volodymyr Bondar, was not to draw additional public attention to the construction of a dam in the Kerch Strait, but to express the position of the faction and Viktor Yushchenko's bloc regarding…