WBC heavyweight world champion Vitali Klitschko is suspected by German customs of smuggling. After arriving from Kyiv to Frankfurt am Main, the Ukrainian was detained by customs officers. \n \n"They took me to an inspection room and asked me to open my travel bag.

The Verkhovna Rada has scheduled the next presidential election in Ukraine for Sunday, October 25, 2009. \n \n \n401 deputies voted "for." In particular, 174 deputies from the Party of Regions, 155 from BYuT, 26 from NU-NS, 27 from the Communists, 19 from the Lytvyn Bloc.

On March 28 in Lviv, representatives of student self-government bodies from Lutsk and Lviv participated in a master class on effective informing about student initiatives in higher education institutions.

Lutsk City Council deputy Dmytro Moskvych, who has been in custody since the end of January 2009 due to accusations of receiving a bribe in especially large amounts, is reviewing the materials of the criminal case. This is reported on March 18 by "Volynski Novyny".

The Verkhovna Rada adopted amendments to the budget that removed Articles 84 and 86 regarding the government's control over bank refinancing by the National Bank. \n \n333 deputies voted in favor. \n \nAs is known, the International Monetary Fund insisted on the removal of these articles.

The governments of Ukraine and Japan have agreed on cooperation in the field of developing new energy and industrial technologies and implementing green investments.

Yulia Tymoshenko makes a mistake in local elections for the second time. The first time this happened a year ago, when through the efforts of the BYuT faction, early re-election of the Kyiv City Council and the capital's mayor was announced.

Zenit captain Anatoliy Tymoshchuk will leave the team by summer. \n \nThis was reported by the club's head coach Dick Advocaat, according to the Interfax-Ukraine agency. \n \n"In May-June Tymoshchuk will leave the team.