An unprecedented case of customs clearance of a car took place at the Yahodyn customs. One million 246 thousand 134 hryvnias in customs payments went to the state treasury after the clearance of a prestige-class car, 2005 model year.

The newly appointed governor of Volyn, Volodymyr Bondar, will most likely make public the composition of the new management team no earlier than Wednesday-Thursday. Over the weekend, a meeting of the regional Committee of National Salvation was held, which has already decided on personnel appointments.

First Vice Prime Minister Anatoliy Kinakh believes that there are no grounds for a sharp jump in prices for petroleum products in the first half of the current year.

In January 2005, inflation in Ukraine was 1.7%, which is 0.3% higher than in January 2004, reports "APK-Inform". \n \nMost noticeably last month, according to the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine, food products became more expensive – by 2.3%. In particular, vegetables rose in price by 14.9%, eggs – by 6.

Company SV Motors Ltd. (Great Britain) bought 64.68% of the shares of the Lutsk Automobile Plant (Volyn region). This is reported by "Ukrainian News" with reference to an informed source.

Following the results of January, the unique audience of the Ukrainian Internet amounted to 5,545,929 people. These are people who accessed the Internet at least once during the last 31 days. Compared to December, the number of unique network users decreased by 359,536 people or by 6.09%, reports "Podrobnosti".

In Ukraine, the highest GDP growth among CIS countries was recorded for 2004 – 12%. This information is reported by the interstate CIS Statistical Committee, according to RBC. \n \nIn Belarus, GDP growth for the specified period was 11%, in Tajikistan - 10.6%, Azerbaijan - 10.2%, Armenia - 10.1%, Kazakhstan – 9.

The population of the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) at the beginning of 2005 is estimated at 279 million people, reports the intergovernmental CIS Statistical Committee.

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has signed a law amending the law "On Service in Local Self-Government Bodies," reports "Podrobnosti.

Volodymyr Bondar began his tenure as head of the Volyn Regional State Administration according to an old Ukrainian custom – with the consecration of the office and the entire premises where the new leadership of the region will work.