In Volyn, criminal cases are beginning to be opened against high-ranking officials who violated election legislation and exceeded their official powers.

The faction of the People's Agrarian Party of Ukraine at the beginning of the 7th session of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the 4th convocation intends to work with a membership of 33 people's deputies.

Yesterday at the oil trading sessions in New York and London, oil prices changed within fairly narrow ranges and by the close had changed differently. Thus, on the International Petroleum Exchange (IPE) in London, quotes for futures on Brent crude oil for the nearest delivery month rose by 11 cents and reached $40.

On December 22, 2004, the action "Orange Lutsk" took place, organized by the Volyn branch of the Youth Coalition "Our Ukraine". Within an hour, young people painted the name of their hometown in orange at the entrance to Lutsk from the Kyiv side.

Dnipro head coach Yevhen Kucherevskyi, in an interview with the "Lviv Newspaper," commented on the latest interview of Volyn's "coach" Vitaliy Kvartsyanyy, in which he mentioned a match with the Dnipropetrovsk team from two years ago, noting that his team's players threw that game for money.

Employees of the Lutsk municipal squad together with employees of the Lutsk Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in Volyn conducted inspections of non-ferrous metal collection points located on the territory of the regional center.

Lutsk city mayor has ordered the organization of transportation for disabled persons of groups II and III to polling stations. Transport services will be provided by 10 passenger taxis and 10 minibuses between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m.

The Ukrainian Parliament adopted the 2005 state budget on Thursday. \n \nPresenting the budget, acting Prime Minister Mykola Azarov reported that budget revenues amount to UAH 85.1 billion, the deficit is UAH 8.8 billion, to ensure increased social obligations starting already in January of next year.

Moreover, as is customary in Ukrainian football, the FFU leaders in the battle over the calendar took the side of Donetsk "Shakhtar" and Kyiv "Dynamo," who insisted on exactly such a start to the second round. The 1/2 final matches of the Ukrainian Cup will take place on April 9th and 21st.

The team of OJSC "Lutsk Bearing Plant" is increasing exports of bearings to the CIS market. Regular large batches of products have been sent to the flagships of the automotive industry of the CIS countries - GAZ, KamAZ, MAZ, UAZ, UralAZ.