During June-July 2004, excavations of Trypillian culture sites took place in the village of Holyshiv, Lutsk district. Thirty years ago it was believed that there were practically no sites of this proto-civilization in Volyn.

In Lutsk, they don't know how to deal with eleven Somali citizens whom fate has thrown into the land of lakes and forests. Their story began in May of this year, when the Somalis flew from Mogadishu to Moscow, and from there traveled to Ukraine.

The city authorities of Lutsk have launched a new campaign to combat non-payers of housing and communal services. They decided to remind malicious debtors in an original way that it is necessary to pay off the debt or restructure it. A new project called "Evening Bell" has started operating in Lutsk.

More than two hundred participants of folklore groups from various countries of the world gathered in Lutsk during these hot July days. According to a good tradition, before the opening of the festival, a church service was held at the Holy Trinity Cathedral and the Church of Saints Peter and Paul.

Today a round table was held to discuss issues of pension and social security for military service veterans, initiated by the Volyn Regional Committee on Social and Legal Security of Servicemen, Customs Service Employees and Their Family Members.

Today in Lutsk, the 9th International Festival "Polissian Summer with Folklore" begins.

Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma has awarded state decorations of Ukraine to a group of veterans of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 from Volyn region by his decree. This was reported to ForUm by the press service of the Ukrainian president.

In the first half of 2004, the Volyn branch of OJSC "Ukrtelecom" installed 1,080 telephones in the homes of those citizens who have privileges in accordance with the current legislation of Ukraine, including 765 for war veterans, 282 for labor invalids, and 33 for participants in the liquidation of the Chornobyl…