As of April 1, 2005, the population of Ukraine was 47.16 million people. This was reported by the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine, according to "LIGABusinessInform". \n \nThe urban population was 31.95 million people, the rural population - 15.21 million.

The winner of the 50th anniversary song contest "Eurovision-2005" was singer Helena Paparizou with the song "My number one". Europe's viewers gave her 230 points. Therefore, the 51st contest will be held in Greece.

At the initiative of His Eminence Bishop Mykhailo of Lutsk and Volyn, a new subdivision of the Volyn Eparchy Administration – the pilgrimage service – has begun its activity.

Ten semi-final winners of the jubilee 5th Eurovision Song Contest 2005 were defined in Kyiv on Monday - Tuesday night, according to Ukrinform.

19-20 May at Lesya Ukrainka Volyn State University, the Second International Scientific and Practical Conference of Students, Postgraduate Students and Young Scientists "European Integration Processes and Cross-Border Cooperation: International Relations, Economics, Politics, Geography, History, Law" is being held, —…

As reported by the radio "Family and Home" with reference to a reliable source at the university, after the conclusion of the Academic Council, the most authoritative members of the Council were summoned for a conversation at the Volyn Regional State Administration.

By order of the Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine Stanislav Nikolayenko, on May 16, 2005, Prof. Ivan Dmytrovych Oksepyuk was dismissed from the position of rector of Volyn State University in connection with the expiration of the fixed-term employment contract.

Ideally, this should lead to the standardization of approaches to the organization of the educational process in accordance with the European standard.\n\nUkraine joined the Bologna Process. This decision was adopted on May 19 at the conference of ministers of education of European countries in Bergen, Norway.

A group of Swiss scientists caused a sensation by announcing on May 14 at the annual congress of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, held this time in Orlando (Florida, USA), the results of testing an experimental vaccine designed to combat nicotine addiction.

The Lutsk Central Park of Culture and Recreation is the only one in Ukraine that has practiced a collective form of management since 1999. The integral property complex covering an area of 60 hectares has been taken on lease. Before that, the park was communal property.