During the May holidays, Ukrainian citizens will have 7 days off, report "Fakty, ICTV". \n \nDays off will be April 30 (Saturday) – May 3 (Tuesday).

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine intends to strengthen the fight against tobacco smoking. 241 deputies voted for the adoption in the first reading of bill No.

During the first quarter of 2005, about 36 thousand applications, complaints and proposals from citizens were received by the President of Ukraine. \n \nThe largest number of letters was received in March – 17,492.

To begin with, they spoke about the action dedicated to Environment Day, which AMoRe together with ecology students of LDTU held last Saturday in the LPZ district around the small river Zhyduvka. Then the AMoRe leadership spoke about what the organization was doing throughout the past year.

For the past three years, the staff of the "Turiya" mother and child sanatorium in Kovel has been in turmoil. Several directors have changed, and complaints about violations of financial and economic activity and tactless behavior by the directors continued to arrive at the regional council from the labor collective.

On April 8-10, the annual International Specialized Exhibition "Education and Career – Applicant 2005" and the First Exhibition of Foreign Educational Institutions "Ukrainian International Educational Fair" were held at the Arts Palace "Ukrainian House" (Kyiv).

The Lutsk Automobile Plant intends to start assembling VAZ-2110 cars by September. This was reported by the Russian company "AvtoVAZ" (Russia), according to Ukrainian News.

Last year, the "Kovelsilmash" plant operated at a profit for the first time in the past six years, despite maintaining a rather significant portion of the social sphere – a preventive care facility and a Palace of Culture and Technology, which do not pay for themselves at all.

1 (1). Davenport (USA) - 5,169 points 2 (2). Sharapova (Russia) - 4,892 3 (3). Mauresmo (France) - 4,808 4 (4). S. Williams (USA) - 4,174 5 (5). Dementieva (Russia) - 3,852 6 (6). Myskina (Russia) - 3,455 7 (7). Kuznetsova (Russia) - 3,323 8 (9). Molik (Australia) - 2,585.45 9 (8). V. Williams (USA) - 2,369 10 (10).

On April 16, a conference of the regional organization of the Ukrainian Society "Prosvita" named after T. Shevchenko was held in Lutsk. This is reported by the department for internal policy of the Volyn Regional State Administration.