At once three Ukrainian clubs will continue the fight in the 1/8 finals of the FIBA Men's EuroLeague draw. Following the capital's BC "Kyiv", which defeated the Russian UNICS, on Tuesday "Khimik" from Pivdenne and Mariupol's "Azovmash" secured their place in the next round of the Eurocup.

In January 2005, funds placed by individuals in bank accounts in hryvnias and foreign currency increased by 2.635 billion hryvnias (6.3%) to 44.286 billion hryvnias as of February 1, 2005, reports "Ukrainian News". \n \nIn particular, hryvnia deposits in banks in January increased by 1.469 billion hryvnias (6.

Recently, tennis competitions among boys born in 1989 and younger for the Lutsk Cup were held at the base of Lutsk School No. 2. Yevhen Horbik and Andriy Kondratyuk met in the final of the competition. The tennis players were worthy opponents of each other; after a tense struggle, Andriy Kondratyuk celebrated victory.

Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania has died, Minister for Police and Public Security Vano Merabishvili told journalists. According to Merabishvili, Zhvania died last night as a result of an accident. The prime minister was poisoned by gas, Merabishvili specified.

Perhaps not all our readers know that Major General Anatoliy Frantsuz was not simply appointed governor of the region by Leonid Kuchma, but according to an order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine dated June 12, 2002, was seconded to Volyn.

A letter from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, endorsed by First Deputy Minister Serhiy Husarov, has arrived at the address of the head of the Volyn Regional Council, Vasyl Dmytruk.

It was opened at the Lutsk Palace of Student Youth by the Volyn Chamber of Commerce and Industry with the multi-sector exhibition "PromprodEXPO". Its goal, noted at the grand opening the president of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Serhii Naumenko, is to promote the active development of trade in the region.

In Donetsk, in the courtyard of residential buildings on 50-richchia SRSR Street and Teatralnyi Avenue, an unidentified explosive device went off last night.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe blast wave blew out windows in apartments on the first and second floors of a five-story building.

The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has divided the banks into four groups by asset size for 2005, changing the threshold asset sizes for all groups, the NBU said in a telegram to the banks, reports "UA TODAY".

Former Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma may soon be arrested. A number of people's deputies of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine insist on this. \nToday, two deputies' inquiries were received at once by the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine regarding the possibility of initiating a criminal case against L.