The volume of trade turnover in Lutsk is 2.5 times higher than the wage fund.

There will be no newcomers in the national team's camp. \n \nHead coach of the Ukrainian national team Oleh Blokhin has announced a list of 22 players who will prepare for the official matches of the 2006 World Cup qualifying tournament against the national teams of Kazakhstan and Greece.

On May 20, the head of the Volyn Regional State Administration, Volodymyr Bondar, after his return from Kyiv, held a press conference for local journalists.

The Ukrainian documentary film "Travelers" directed by Ihor Strembytskyi won in the documentary film competition of the Cannes Film Festival. This is reported by UNIAN.

In the first quarter of 2005, foreign investors invested 382.2 million dollars of direct investment in the Ukrainian economy, including 14.7 million dollars from CIS countries (3.9% of the total volume), and 367.5 million dollars from other countries of the world.

As of April 1, 2005, the population of Ukraine was 47.16 million people. This was reported by the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine, according to "LIGABusinessInform". \n \nThe urban population was 31.95 million people, the rural population - 15.21 million.

The winner of the 50th anniversary song contest "Eurovision-2005" was singer Helena Paparizou with the song "My number one". Europe's viewers gave her 230 points. Therefore, the 51st contest will be held in Greece.

President Viktor Yushchenko considers the joint participation in the elections of the "People's Union 'Our Ukraine'", the "Batkivshchyna" party and the People's Party "original.

The winner of the representative chess tournament that ended in Sofia was the host of the competition, Veselin Topalov. In the last round, the Bulgarian defeated the Russian Vladimir Kramnik.

1 (1). Davenport (USA) - 5,105 points \n \n2 (2). Sharapova (Russia) - 5,014 \n \n3 (3). Mauresmo (France) - 4,477 \n \n4 (4). S. Williams (USA) - 3,991 \n \n5 (5). Dementieva (Russia) - 3,807 \n \n6 (6). Myskina (Russia) - 3,371 \n \n7 (7). Kuznetsova (Russia) - 3,212 \n \n8 (8). Molik (Australia) - 2,470.