According to experts' forecasts, the flood water level this year will be one and a half meters higher than usual. The main danger lies in the sudden melting of snow.

Recently, on the occasion of the 120th anniversary of the Ukrainian women's movement, an interregional scientific and practical conference "The Ukrainian Women's Movement: Traditions and the Present" was held at the Lutsk Basic Medical College.

From Saturday, March 12, the leadership of the region in Volyn has been fully formed and agreed upon with the Cabinet of Ministers. This was reported on March 14 at the weekly operational meeting by the first deputy head of the regional state administration, Bohdan Shyba.

Not only residents of Lutsk, but also residents of Novovolynsk, Rozhyshche, Starovyzhivka and Shatsk districts this Sunday took part in a small rally on Teatralnyi Square in Lutsk — the first action dedicated to the consequences of the orange revolution in a series of planned ones.

Kyiv ranks 68th in the ranking of the world's most expensive cities. This is evidenced by the results of a study by the Swiss bank UBS "Prices and Earnings," which reflects purchasing power in 71 cities around the world, reports "Galician Contracts.

In Lutsk, People's Deputy of Ukraine, Chairman of the Committee on Combating Corruption and Organized Crime, and Chairman of the Christian Democratic Union party, Volodymyr Stretovych, was present.

Orthodox Christians begin Great Lent on March 14.\n\nThe 40-day Great Lent is considered the main of the four multi-day fasts and is connected with the Gospel account of how the Lord fasted for 40 days in the desert.

The signing of an agreement with oil traders on the allocation of discounted fuel for spring field work, proposed by the Cabinet of Ministers, is not a market method.

Futures oil prices rose noticeably on March 11, but remained below their recent record price levels registered two sessions earlier, RBC reports. \n \nRecall that on March 9, prices for Brent oil transactions reached a new absolute record of $54.30 per barrel.

\n \nPrime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko recommends that the population keep savings in hryvnias. She said this at a press conference.