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\nOn the eve of Generous Evening, guests visited the pupils of the Lutsk boarding school with carols and shchedrivky. The campaign "Generous Evening – Good Evening!
On January 14 in Kyiv without significant precipitation, ice on the roads, north wind, 3-7 m/s, temperature at night -3...-5 degrees, during the day -1...-3 degrees, reports Ukrainian News.
The urban population as of December 1 stood at 31,886.688 thousand persons, which is 0.01%, or 3.534 thousand persons, fewer compared with November 1; the rural population was 15,072.052 thousand persons, which is 0.2%, or 25.238 thousand persons, fewer compared with the previous month.

In a number of regions of Ukraine, school holidays have been extended. This was reported to "proUA" by the press service of the Ministry of Education and Science. \n \nDecisions to extend school holidays were made by local authorities, whose competence includes the management of general education institutions.
The campaign for the election of the Lutsk city mayor is developing slowly and to a large extent latently. Of the officially declared candidates, so far one can confidently speak of only one – the UNP nominee Yevhen Melnyk.

The VI International Festival of Puppet Theaters "Christmas Mystery" is taking place in Lutsk. From January 8 to 11, puppet companies from neighboring states are demonstrating their acting skills and filling the capital of Volyn with the Christmas spirit.

A protocol between the governments of Belarus and Ukraine has been signed in Minsk, according to which residents of Kovel in the Volyn region will also be able to cross the Ukrainian-Belarusian border under a simplified system.
Activists of the Volyn regional organization "Youth Union Our Ukraine" on December 24 sent a letter-appeal to Putin V.V. in a "little envelope" - a one-meter polyethylene pipe.
On the eve of the new year, a veteran of the Great Patriotic War, liberator of Lutsk, retired lieutenant colonel Anatoliy Pankevych received a new car.
The regional youth rehabilitation center "Dzherelo Zhyttia" was organized in 2002 thanks to the efforts of mothers who have sick children. For many years before that, they were confined within four walls with their misfortune.