As part of the All-Ukrainian program tour-discussion of the draft Program "Strategy for the Development of Ukraine," an educational seminar "Education of Ukraine of the New Millennium: Challenges Born of Freedom" was held on December 26 in Lutsk with the participation of Pavlo Khobzei, an expert of the educational…

In this way, the CEC responded to the appeal of the Head of AMoRe, Mykhailo Shelep, with a request to grant permission to the VRYPO "Association of Young Reformers (AMoRe)" to have official observers during the elections of people's deputies of Ukraine on March 26, 2006, in the territory of Volyn Oblast.

On December 20, at the "Rava-Ruska-Khrebenne" checkpoint (Lviv region, Ukrainian-Polish border), Polish harcerze officially handed over the Bethlehem fire to members of the National Scout Organization of Ukraine (plastuny). This was reported by the press service of the State Customs Service of Ukraine.

A strange object was discovered by astronomer Lynne Allen from the University of the Canadian province of British Columbia (Vancouver) in images obtained by the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope in December 2004.

In Lutsk, as part of the EU Project "Strengthening Regional Social Services," a three-day training for social workers titled "Developing Needs Assessment Skills" was held. This was reported to the Western Information Corporation on December 13 by the Center for European Information.

This was reported on Friday by "Interfax-Ukraine" with reference to the State Statistics Committee.

On December 8, the third National Seminar on organizational structures for river basin management of the Bug, Latorytsia, and Uzh rivers began in Lutsk.

A regular meeting of the standing commission of the Lutsk City Council on social protection, healthcare, motherhood and childhood was held, at which the current demographic situation in the city was considered. The head of the city executive committee's healthcare department, Fedir Koshel, presented this information.

At the next meeting of the executive committee of the Lutsk City Council, an important medical and social issue was considered – the state of tuberculosis incidence and the progress of implementation of the National Program for Combating Tuberculosis for 2002–2005.

A meeting with participants of the Polish-Ukrainian project "European East – Experience – Development. Polish-Ukrainian Center for Civic Education" was held at the European Information Center in the city of Lutsk.