Maximum acceleration of the customs clearance procedure for goods became the main topic of the round table held on Sunday, March 13, at the State Customs Service of Ukraine, LIGABiznesInform reports. \n \nThe meeting was attended by the newly formed Council of Importers and the leadership of the State Customs Service.

After the signing of the Ukraine-EU Action Plan on 21 February 2005, experts from the European Commission, Poland and Ukraine met in Kyiv on 11 March 2005 at a trilateral technical meeting to review progress in the development of the Odesa-Brody-Plotsk oil pipeline project.

President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko, by his orders, appointed heads of district state administrations of the Volyn region.

In the matches of the 18th round, apart from the "Obolon" vs "Dynamo" game, the result that surprised, if not shocked, was that of "Borysfen". In Donetsk, the team from Boryspil, which is languishing at the bottom of the standings, defeated the third team of the national championship - "Metalurh" - with a score of 3:1.

In order to analyze and monitor the work of the regional executive power regarding the fulfillment of the main principles of the program foundations of President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko and public control over the latter's activity, a coordination center has been created in our region.

People's Deputy of Ukraine, First Deputy Chairman of the People's Party Ihor Yeremeyev intends to go to court to protect his honor and dignity regarding the statements and appeals that Svitlana Zvarych makes against him. Yeremeyev himself stated this at a press conference in Lutsk on Saturday.

The Communist Party calls on President Viktor Yushchenko to dismiss Economy Minister Serhiy Teriokhin. This is reported by "Ukrainian News". \n \n"The Communist Party demands from President Yushchenko the immediate resignation of minister-provocateur Teriokhin," says the statement from the CPU press service.

Yuliana Fedak, who won her first-round match in Virginia against Rossana of France – 6-3, 6-0 back on Wednesday, was supported yesterday by two more Ukrainians – Olena Bondarenko defeated the experienced Katarina Srebotnik in three sets – 6-4, 2-6, 6-3, and Odesa native Viktoriya Kutuzova, who received a wild card…

The consumer price index in January-February 2005 is 113%, reports «LIGABiznesInform». \n \nAccording to the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine, compared to the same period last year, prices for food products increased by 16.8%, for non-food products – by 5.4%, for services – by 6.7%.

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine is considering the possibility of abolishing the value added tax and the consequences of this. This was stated by Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, speaking on Friday at the forum "Business and Government - Partners," reports "Ukrainian News.