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"The 'Polissya TV' studio is being systematically driven to ruin," this statement was made today at a press conference by the studio's creative team.
The ecological quarter-2005 in Lutsk begins with the citywide campaign "Let's Make the World Clean!!!". It will take place in the regional center of Volyn from March 14 to 19. As part of the event, collection of recyclables, namely waste paper and PET bottles, is being organized at the city's educational institutions.
The leadership at the Yahodyn Customs has changed once again. As reported by Svitlana Fedoniuk, senior inspector for public relations and mass media at this customs office, Vitalii Kuchman has been appointed as acting head of customs starting March 1.
These days, an unusual exhibition is on display at the Volyn Regional Archive – "Historical Figures in Autographs.
* Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko introduced the new head of the UMVS of Ukraine in the Volyn region, Mykhailo Lebed. Previously, the colonel held the position of head of the criminal police of the UMVS of Ukraine in the Kherson region.
Today, two new books were presented in the regional center of Volyn. At the youth library, those present at the presentation were shown a collection of poems by Vasyl Martyniuk, a postgraduate student of Lesya Ukrainka Volyn State University, titled "My Beaten and Dried-Up Heart.
On the weekend, Volyn Governor Volodymyr Bondar presented personal scholarships from the head of the regional state administration for 2005 to People's Artists of Ukraine, leading creative workers, veterans, and pensioners of culture and art.
In the eighth week of 2005 (as of February 28), according to data from the Ukrainian Center for Influenza, in 10 control cities compared to the previous week a slight decrease in influenza and ARVI incidence was observed – by 6.4% (85,404 patients were registered).
Ukraine at the 50th Eurovision Song Contest will be represented by the group "Gryndzholy" with the song "Razom nas bahato," which became the anthem of the "Orange Revolution" of November-December 2004.