President Leonid Kuchma signed the Decree "On Holding the Year of Georgia in Ukraine." This was reported to "proUA" by the press service of the head of state.

The Ukrainian-Russian film “A Driver for Vera” will compete for the prestigious “Oscar” award. The committee of the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences confirmed that this film is among the contenders for the nomination “Best Foreign Language Film.

On October 5, 2004, a personal exhibition of works by the renowned embroidery master of the region, Lutsk resident Yuriy Emanuilovych Savka, opened at the Volyn Museum of Local Lore; on October 7 of this year he celebrates his 70th birthday.

The saga with the distribution of baby packages appears to be drawing to a close. Last week, the bags with a blanket, hats and diapers finally reached the city and district maternity hospitals. However, there is still no clear mechanism regulating exactly who should receive the packages.

This is the essence of library service. Today is a real holiday for schoolchildren in Lutsk. With the assistance and financial support of the city authorities and the US Embassy in Ukraine, they received as a gift a newly renovated children's library premises, where an Internet center has also been opened.

On October 4, a presentation of the book took place in the premises of Lesya Ukrainka Volyn State University: Danylo Bratkovskyi. "The World, Considered in Parts." – Lutsk: Volyn Regional Printing House, 2004.

In London, staff at one of the homeless dog shelters were forced to conduct a real investigation. Every night, the four-legged wards somehow got out of their cages and ended up in the kitchen.

On the eve of Volodymyr Klitschko's fight with Davarryl Williamson, the book "Brotherly" written by the boxing brothers has been published. Klitschko Jr., for example, told the story of his acquaintance with Julia Roberts. They met on the set of the film "Ocean's Eleven". "Julia did not look at all untouchable.

Today the autumn conscription for compulsory military service in the Ukrainian army begins. According to the press service of the Ministry of Defense, this year almost 29 thousand conscripts will join the army. This is seven thousand fewer than in previous conscriptions.

That morning, law enforcement officers guarding the Volyn "white house" were shocked. As soon as the weekly meeting had ended in the session hall, an elderly man approached the police post, greeted them politely, and... pulled a grenade out of a bag.