For the first time in its history, a Russian club has become the winner of the UEFA Cup. Let me remind you that back in distant 1972, the Dynamo Moscow players played in the decisive match, but they could not withstand the Scottish "Glasgow Rangers".

A group of Swiss scientists caused a sensation by announcing on May 14 at the annual congress of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, held this time in Orlando (Florida, USA), the results of testing an experimental vaccine designed to combat nicotine addiction.

The volume of direct foreign investment in Ukraine increased by 2.7% in January-March, or by 234.96 million dollars, and as of April 1, 2005 amounted to 8,797.423 million dollars. This was reported by the State Statistics Committee.\n\nThe net increase in foreign capital for January-March amounted to 299.

President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko has instructed Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko by June 10 to ensure the transfer to OJSC “Ukrnafta” of state packages of shares of a number of oil companies with the aim of stabilizing the situation on Ukraine's petroleum products market.

Over the past 2 weeks, a trend toward an increase in the dollar exchange rate has emerged, despite the National Bank's efforts to keep the hryvnia exchange rate high.

In the resort town of Morshyn, a representative international boxing tournament among juniors, the "Carpathian Cup 2005," started on Wednesday, with the "Morshynska" trademark as its general sponsor.

On May 18, 2005, the regional branch of the State Property Fund of Ukraine in the Volyn region announces a competition for the sale of a block of shares of OJSC "Volynrybhosp". \n \nAs the State Property Fund reported to the IA "Hot Line", a block of shares in the amount of 732,036 units, which constitutes 25.

In Luhansk region, officials of the subsidiary enterprise "Luhansk Oblavtodor" of the Open Joint-Stock Company "State Joint-Stock Company "Automobile Roads of Ukraine" have been exposed. This was reported to "proUA" by the Department of Public Relations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the procedure for calculating minimum prices for grain products, sugar, and sugar raw materials. This was stated after a Cabinet meeting in an interview with journalists by Minister of Agrarian Policy Oleksandr Baranivskyi, reports "Ukrainian News.

In the updated ranking of the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) published today, the Ukrainian national team rose by 3 positions and currently occupies 39th place. As before, the ranking list is headed by the Brazilians. In second position is the Czech team.