\tThe exposition of the exhibition "Science and Culture" is quite interesting. It presents 50 books by participants and winners of the "Aventis" Prize for scientific literature – an annual book award that recognizes the best examples of works in the popular science genre for adults and children.

Analyzing this year's city budget, First Deputy Mayor Sviatoslav Kravchuk noted that the financial year will be very tense. The 30% increase in the 2005 budget compared to last year's occurred only in actual figures due to the growth of wages for public sector employees.

On Thursday, the head of the presidential administration, Viktor Medvedchuk, placed a statement of his resignation on President Kuchma's desk.

A collective letter from entrepreneur-carriers has been received by Lutsk City Mayor Anton Kryvytskyi with a demand to set new maximum tariffs for travel in route taxis around the city in the amount of UAH 1.50. \n \nThe letter provides the following justification: "The previous maximum tariffs in the amount of UAH 0.

Along with our state's course toward European integration, ties with the countries of the Asian continent are deepening, including with the People's Republic of China.

From the press conference of the head of the UMVS of Ukraine in the region, Oleksandr Kmita This year's press conference of the head of the UMVS of Ukraine in the region, Major General Oleksandr Kmita, was held these days at lightning speed and, as they say, ahead of schedule.

The Verkhovna Rada adopted as a whole the Law "On Amendments and Additions to the Law of Ukraine 'On Civil Service'." 327 people's deputies voted for the adoption of this document, a proUA correspondent reports.

The Cabinet of Ministers has allowed the Lutsk Automobile Plant (Volyn region) to invest 1,833.7 million hryvnias in production during 2005-2008, reports "Ukrainian News".

The news, which in the absence of real snow lays claim to the nomination "snow on your head": five minutes before his resignation, the head of the regional state administration, Anatoliy Frantsuz, has been recognized as a nominee for the "Person of the Year-2004" award.

Since the beginning of the year, there has been no certainty on the Ukrainian real estate market. Under the new legislation, housing transactions are taxed from 1 to 13 percent. It all depends on how often a person sells real estate during the year.