The European Chess Champion has become 15-year-old Kateryna Lahno. The athlete from Kramatorsk defeated Russian Nadezhda Kosintseva in the decisive round on the tie-break.

Former Ukrainian Vadym Milov, who now represents Switzerland, has become the sole leader of the European Men's Chess Championship, which is taking place in Warsaw. In the sixth round, Milov defeated Krasenkow and reached 5.5 points.

On June 24, a new WOG-branded fuel station complex opened on the Kyiv-Chop highway (international transport corridor No. 5) in the village of Hoshcha, Rivne region, the Western Information Corporation was told on June 24 by the press service of the Western Oil Group joint venture.

Bank "Aval" from June 21, 2005 began implementation of the Loyalty Program for clients – consumers of retail products in the branches of three regional directorates - Volyn, Khmelnytskyi and Kherson, the bank's press service reports with reference to the retail business department of APPB "Aval".

Today, a reporting and election conference was held at Lesya Ukrainka Volyn State University, where a new rector of this educational institution was elected. Out of eight candidates for the position, the head of the state university, Professor Ihor Kotsan, who had previously been the acting rector, won.

The final round of the European Women's Chess Championship did not reveal the best chess player on the continent. On Friday, the champion will be determined in a tie-break between Ukrainian Kateryna Lahno and Russian Nadezhda Kosintseva, who both scored 9 points. \n \nIn the 12th round, Lahno drew with Dembo of Greece.

On Thursday, in the second round of the Wimbledon tournament, Ukrainian tennis player Olena Bondarenko defeated Russian Tatyana Panova in three sets and advanced to the third round of the competition. The match ended with a victory for Olena Bondarenko with the score: 6:3, 2:6, 6:3. \n

JSC "Ukrsotsbank", as the organizer and paying agent, has begun placing bonds of OJSC "Lutsk Automobile Plant". It was this bank that won a kind of tender conducted by the financial and analytical services of the "Bohdan" corporation.

On June 20-26, the VI International Plein Air of Artists "Kolorit" is taking place in Volodymyr-Volynskyi, in which young artists from Ukraine, Poland, Russia, and Belarus are participating, – reported the own correspondent of the Western Information Corporation.

On June 22, a museum of labor glory of the western Ukrainian trade corporation "Pakko" was opened in Lutsk, reported the Western Information Corporation's own correspondent.