To begin with, let us try to analyze what is the reason for the success of the "Our Ukraine" bloc. And in general, what is "Our Ukraine" in its essence? What role does this association play in Ukrainian society?

The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) intends to change the format of the qualifying cycle for the 2008 European Football Championship, the decisive stage of which will be held in Austria and Switzerland. \n \nTeams that finish second and third in their groups will have a chance to reach the final stage.

Employees of the State Customs Service of Ukraine seized 1,700 liters of vodka and 132 marble slabs that two residents of the Volyn region tried to illegally import into the country. This was reported by the press service of the State Customs Service.

On Monday, January 31, in her 88th year, after a severe long illness, Varvara Tymofiivna Yushchenko, the mother of Viktor Yushchenko, died.

The village of Bashova became the thirteenth settlement in the Rozhyshche district to be gasified during the years of Ukraine's independence. Natural gas reached 58 houses. By 2005, they plan to gasify three more villages here.

Activists of the "orange revolution" created a new party – the People's Union "Ukrainians". The founding congress was held in Kyiv on Saturday, UNIAN reports.

These days, a tender conducted by the open joint-stock company "Volynoblenergo" for the purchase of single- and three-phase electricity meters has concluded. The procurement of electricity meters through open bidding in Volyn was held for the first time.

Yesterday, the fourth personal painting exhibition of thirty-year-old artist Vitalii Manoilo from Volodymyr-Volynskyi opened at the "Krainia Khata" art gallery. His previous personal exhibitions were held in Volodymyr-Volynskyi, Novovolynsk, and Chervonohrad. The exposition features about 30 works by the artist.

The fourth day of competition for the Ukrainian Tennis Cup, which is taking place in Dniprodzerzhynsk, brought Lutsk resident Oksana Khomyk, a trainee of the "Millennium" tennis club, two more victories.

On January 28, a draft Resolution on granting consent to the appointment of Yulia Tymoshenko as Prime Minister of Ukraine was registered in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. \nThe subject of the legislative initiative is the President of Ukraine, Viktor Yushchenko.