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A resident of Lutsk who is engaged in entrepreneurial activity turned to the internal affairs bodies. The woman said that the head of one of the departments of the Lutsk city executive committee is demanding a bribe for issuing a permit for a minibus transportation route.
Representatives of the civil party "PORA" in Volyn have again come to the attention of criminals. On the night of December 13-14, 22-year-old Ivan P., a member of the Volyn Regional Organization of the Civil Party "PORA," and 16-year-old Zakhar T.
In Lutsk, a regional conference of the "Reforms and Order" party took place, which confirmed the blocking at the local level with the "Pora" party. The corresponding agreement was signed by the heads of the regional organizations of PRP Oleksandr Martyniuk and "Pora" Anton Sosnovskyi.
Ukrainian chess player Ruslan Ponomariov ultimately failed to become the winner of the FIDE World Cup 2005, the competition for which was held in the Russian city of Khanty-Mansiysk.
Some officials have submitted resignations from their positions in the executive branch to Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov. He stated this at a briefing after the inter-party congress of the bloc of political parties "Our Ukraine," which was held on Sunday in Kyiv.
In the first final game of the World Chess Cup, Ukrainian Ruslan Ponomariov and Levon Aronian of Armenia played to a draw. In the first game of the match for third place, Frenchman Bacrot and Russian Grischuk also played to a draw. \n
This is how the situation surrounding the increase in housing and communal services tariffs in the city of Lutsk is characterized by the head of the Volyn organization of the "Reforms and Order" party, Oleksandr Martyniuk.

\nIn November, real gross domestic product declined by 2.7% compared to November of last year - to 35,513 million hryvnias. This was reported by the State Statistics Committee, according to "Ukrainian News." \n \nFor January-November, GDP grew by 2.2% compared to January-November 2004 - to 363,163 million hryvnias.
A strange object was discovered by astronomer Lynne Allen from the University of the Canadian province of British Columbia (Vancouver) in images obtained by the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope in December 2004.
The Central State Laboratory of Veterinary Medicine of Ukraine has confirmed the presence of the H5 subtype avian influenza virus in dead birds in the village of Prysyvashshia, Sovetskyi district, and the village of Chornomorske, Chornomorske district, of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (ARC).