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\tThe exposition of the exhibition "Science and Culture" is quite interesting. It presents 50 books by participants and winners of the "Aventis" Prize for scientific literature – an annual book award that recognizes the best examples of works in the popular science genre for adults and children.
The news, which in the absence of real snow lays claim to the nomination "snow on your head": five minutes before his resignation, the head of the regional state administration, Anatoliy Frantsuz, has been recognized as a nominee for the "Person of the Year-2004" award.
The prospects for cooperation between regional development agencies of Volyn and Donbas were discussed at a meeting of heads of public organizations and media representatives with the chairman of the board of the ARR "Donbas" Vyacheslav Koval.

The literary and artistic prize named after Vasyl Stus, a well-known poet and freethinker, was awarded in Kyiv recently.
A delegation of American specialists consisting of the health programs advisor of the Kyiv office of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Aghma Prin, a specialist of the nutrition division of the global health bureau of the Washington office of this organization, Monique Mosolf, and other…
Volyn viewers saw another episode of the "Public Forum" program on the air of the "Polissya-TV" TV channel on Saturday, January 15. The program was dedicated to issues of healthcare and medical services for the population.

Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Member of the European Commission, sent today a message of congratulations to the new President of Ukraine, Victor YUSCHENKO:

Published ranking of countries by life expectancy.
According to Ukrainian scientists, warmer winters and cooler summers will become a reality for Ukraine over the next ten years. As a result of warming, record positive temperatures and a complete absence of snow are currently being observed.
This is stated in the December report of the company Sputnikmedia.net (portal bigmir.net).