This statement was made by Ukraine's Economy Minister Serhiy Teriokhin the day before in London at an investment conference.

On March 15, at the initiative of the Volyn regional organization of the political party "Bratstvo," a picket of the Lutsk City Council took place, where its participants demanded that the city authorities prevent an increase in the cost of travel in minibuses of the regional center.

People's Deputy Oleh Blokhin has submitted a resignation letter from the position of head coach of the National Football Team of Ukraine. He announced this on Wednesday, March 16, in parliament, reports a correspondent of "proUA".

The volume of direct investments as of January 1, 2005 amounted to 175.9 million dollars. This was reported to "proUA" by the State Statistics Committee. \n \nUkraine invested the most in the economy of the Russian Federation – 94.6 million dollars (53.8%), Panama – 18.9 million dollars (10.8%), Vietnam – 15.

Real gross domestic product of Ukraine grew in January-February 2005 compared to the corresponding period last year by 5.5%, - reports the State Statistics Committee. \n \nIn February of the current year compared to February last year, GDP grew by 4.5%.

According to the order of the head of the regional council Vasyl Dmytruk, the nineteenth session of the regional council of the fourth convocation will be held on March 29, 2005 at 10:00 a.m., for consideration of which the following issues will be submitted:

Travel in Lutsk minibuses will indeed become more expensive soon. Today, at the weekly operational meeting, Lutsk Mayor Anton Kryvytskyi instructed the city's chief transport official Fedir Koretskyi to hold a meeting with carriers regarding fares for travel in minibuses.

A driver from Germany, a former citizen of Ukraine, tried to transport an AK-47 assault rifle across the international vehicle checkpoint "Yahodyn"... The man was traveling on an international scheduled bus to Germany.

Recently, Lutsk Mayor Anton Kryvytskyi met with all operators of the analog telephone communication market, which has already become traditional for Lutsk.

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has amended the customs tariff of Ukraine. 346 deputies voted in favor of adopting the corresponding law as a whole, a proUA correspondent reported. \n \n The law provides for the abolition of duties on the import of mobile phones and their components.