The CEC has processed 100% of the voting protocols from December 26. According to preliminary data, 51.99% of voters cast their votes for Viktor Yushchenko, while his opponent was supported by 44.19% of citizens. \n

His body was found with a gunshot wound to the head on December 27 in the summer house of a country home in the settlement of Bortnychi, near Kyiv.

Transport Minister Heorhiy Kirpa was found dead with fatal gunshot wounds at his dacha in Bortnychi, reports Channel 5.\n\nAnchor Roman Skrypin emphasized that this information is being verified and clarified.

According to data for the first half of Monday, the number of victims of the earthquake and the devastating tsunami that resulted from it in Sri Lanka reached 11,000 people, in India - 5,600, in Indonesia - 4,500, in Thailand - about a thousand.

Consolidated budget revenues for January-October 2004 amount to 72.3 billion UAH (27.1% of GDP), which is 80.0% of annual allocations. This is reported by the State Statistics Committee, according to «LIGABusinessInform». \n \nRevenues were mainly formed from tax receipts (68.1% of total revenues).

WBC champion Vitali Klitschko, before meeting the mandatory challenger for this organization's version in June of next year, plans to hold another voluntary title defense. According to AllBoxing, this fight may take place in March of next year in Germany.

The Orange Marathon has started on Teatralnyi Maidan in Lutsk. About a thousand people have gathered here, joining the action "Let's Meet Victory Together" organized by the coalition Power of the People. The number of people is increasing every minute.

As of 15:00, the activity of Volyn residents is the highest in Ukraine. According to the Lutsk territorial commissions, as of 17:00, 70% of Lutsk residents took part in voting.

Yesterday, December 24, in the city of Lutsk, the Volyn Regional Fund for Investment and Development held a "round table" on the topic "Prospects and Realities of Public Participation in Community Strategic Planning Processes.