\nThe fall in the dollar exchange rate leads to another increase in housing prices - roughly by 20% by the end of the year. \nCurrently almost no one is buying or selling anything. Only lease agreements for commercial space are being concluded. The market is waiting. And sellers are recalculating the cost of housing.

On April 26, in Minsk, law enforcement officers detained five activists of Ukrainian youth organizations who were participating in events organized by the Belarusian opposition dedicated to the 19th anniversary of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident.

On April 27, activists of the Volyn Regional Committee of National Salvation picketed the session of the Volyn Regional Council, reported the own correspondent of the Western Information Corporation.

Under the head of the Volyn Oblast State Administration, Volodymyr Bondar, a Consultative Council has been formed from among politicians who took the most active part in the "Orange Revolution.

According to the order of the head of the regional state administration, Yurii Verbych has been appointed head of the organizational department of the RSA apparatus. This was reported to "Lutsk Investment" by the press service of the Volyn RSA.

On April 26–27, 2005, the second stage of the inter-university scientific seminar on the topic "Terminological System of Slavic Literary Studies" was held at Lesya Ukrainka Volyn State University.

FIFA President Sepp Blatter has announced the prize money amounts for the national teams that will participate in the final part of the 2006 World Cup. The teams have something to compete for.

The State Property Fund of Ukraine intends to sell a 7.3% stake in VAT "Hotel Complex "Rus", a 26.22% stake in VAT "Voltex" and a 17.46% stake in VAT "Rivne Airline "Universal-Avia", reports the press service of the First Stock Trading System.

On April 26, during a demonstration in Minsk, 5 activists of the National Alliance led by the head of the Organization Ihor Huz were detained. The Ukrainians were beaten during detention. On April 27, Wednesday, the NA is holding a picket of the Belarusian embassy in Kyiv at the address 3 Kotsiubynskoho St.

German investor Marjan von Heesen has appealed to the Prosecutor General's Office, the Volyn Regional State Administration and the media with a request to protect him from corrupt actions, threats and revenge by employees of the Kovel inter-district prosecutor's office.