In the sixth week of 2005 (as of February 14), according to data from the Ukrainian Center for Influenza, the morbidity rate in 10 control cities compared to the previous week increased by 29% (77,842 patients were registered). This was reported to "proUA" by the press service of the Ministry of Health.

The leadership of the "Yabluko" party believes that at this stage of development the party has fulfilled its historical mission: this concerns "preventing Ukraine's slide into an authoritarian regime, the overthrow of Leonid Kuchma's regime, the democratization of society, and ensuring honest elections of the…

The seemingly unshakable chair of the president of the Football Federation of Ukraine, Hryhoriy Surkis, may soon be seriously rocked. The change of power in Ukraine is slowly reaching even the most influential and moneyed sports federations.

To date, the level of foreign investment per capita in the city of Lutsk exceeds the average indicators for all of Ukraine by 5 times.

Trucks are undergoing enhanced inspection for smuggling at the Ukrainian-Polish border, as a result of which vehicle queues have formed. The situation at the border is further complicated by the absence of leadership at the customs administration.

Yesterday in the Solomianskyi district of Kyiv on Vatutina St. - the Kyiv-Vyshneve highway, during the exit from the automobile bridge of a "MAZ-500" truck with a trailer-tank (cargo - liquid nitrogen, owner - CJSC "Kyiv Oxygen Plant"), due to a violation of Traffic Rules, the trailer overturned.

444 settlements remained without electricity supply during the night from Sunday, February 13, to Monday, February 14, due to worsening weather conditions (wind gusts up to 15-20 m/s, heavy snowfalls and wet snow sticking) and due to the activation of power line protection systems in 12 regions, reports "Ukrainian…

Today, lovers in most countries of the world celebrate their holiday — St. Valentine's Day. Massively this holiday is celebrated in Western Europe and the USA since the 13th century. In Ukraine — since the early 90s of the last century.

Ukrainian Olena Bondarenko suffered a defeat in the final of the singles tournament in Hyderabad, India, with a prize fund of 140 thousand dollars, losing in three sets to local tennis player Sania Mirza. The score of the match was 6:4, 5:7, 6:3.

Olympic champion of Athens, Russian Yelena Isinbayeva became the winner of the international pole vault tournament that ended in Donetsk, organized by Serhiy Bubka. In the women's competition, Isinbayeva set a new world record for indoor competitions, which now stands at 4.