Only 15% of Volyn postgraduate students defend their dissertations, 5% of patented inventions find application, and there has been no graduation from doctoral studies with dissertation defense at higher education institutions in the region for 5 years in a row, the Western Information Corporation was told in the…

On May 17, the International Scientific and Practical Conference "Ukrainian Political Journalism and Elections" began its work at the Lutsk Humanitarian University, – reported the own correspondent of the Western Information Corporation.

On Monday evening, the International Song Contest "Eurovision-2005" was officially opened.

Again, on the third Sunday of May, for the seventh year in a row, people gathered in the village of Khorlupy in Kivertsivskyi district for the son-in-law festival.

The origins of the conflict that led to such a collision go back to the first days of the "orange revolution" in Lutsk. On November 29, a group of picketers led by the regional Committee of National Salvation demanded that the FPO publicly declare its political sympathies.

Head of the Rivne Regional State Administration Vasyl Chervoniy does not plan to file an appeal against the decision of the Kivertsy Court of the Volyn Region, which rejected the lawsuit against TDV VD OHO, "Rivne Newspaper" and its editor Olha Ilchuk.

"Ukrposhta" will likely start carrying out currency transfers from abroad starting in June. This was reported by Minister of Transport and Communications Yevhen Chervonenko. The corresponding license has already been obtained by "Ukrposhta," thus Western Union's monopoly in this segment has been overcome.

The highest "red" level alert in Washington and the urgent evacuation were triggered by two hapless rural pilots from the farming hinterland of Pennsylvania.

There is an opinion that a newspaper lives for one day.

On May 6-7, the International Scientific Conference "The Western Region of Ukraine in the Second World War of 1939-1945" is being held at Lesya Ukrainka Volyn State University. Scholars from Ukraine, Poland, and the USA are participating in it, reported the Western Information Corporation's own correspondent.