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A new Privatbank Microcredit Center has opened in the regional center of Volyn. To date, there are already 4 such centers in the region, three of them in Lutsk.

Ukraine at the 50th Eurovision Song Contest will be represented by the group "Gryndzholy" with the song "Razom nas bahato," which became the anthem of the "Orange Revolution" of November-December 2004.
President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko by his order dismissed Mykola Kruhliy from the post of head of the Ratniv District State Administration of the Volyn Region. \n \nAs reported by "LIGA", this was done in connection with the expiration of the term of office of President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma. \n
Final presentation of the project results - Kyiv, 01 March 2005 The project ‘Improving of SME Environment in Ukraine’, with a budget of 2,850,000 EUR, was implemented by a consortium led by ECORYS (the Netherlands) during two years in Ivano-Frankivsk and Volyn Regions.
On Sunday, the 77th ceremony of the most prestigious award in the field of cinema – the "Oscar" award, presented by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences – took place in Los Angeles.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs appointed Colonel Mykhailo Lebed as the head of the MIA department in the Volyn region. This was announced by Minister of Internal Affairs Yuriy Lutsenko on February 26 in Lutsk, introducing the new head of the Volyn police, according to "Ukrainian News.
The Ukrainian film "Against the Sun" received an award at the short film festival in Clermont-Ferrand (France), UNIAN reports.
People's Deputy of Ukraine, head of the NPU faction in the Rada Ihor Yeremeyev forecasts UAH 6 billion in revenues to the State Budget of Ukraine annually as a result of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine introducing 20% VAT on oil imports into Ukraine.
The Ministry of Economy forecasts inflation in 2005 at the level of 11.2-11.4% in the event of the adoption of the necessary amendments to the state budget for the current year and with unchanged monetary policy. This was stated by Economy Minister Serhiy Teriokhin, reports "Ukrainian News".
The National Bank of Ukraine has canceled the 2% limit on the deviation of the cash currency purchase and sale rate from the official rate. This was stated at a press conference on Thursday to journalists by NBU Governor Volodymyr Stelmakh, reports a «proUA» correspondent.