The Verkhovna Rada adopted a law establishing criminal liability for unauthorized interference in the operation of computers, which led to the leakage, loss, forgery and blocking of information, distortion of the information processing process or violation of the established procedure for its routing.

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Thursday adopted in its entirety, by 313 votes, the bill "On Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine" (regarding the taxation of agricultural enterprises).

The head coach of Lutsk "Volyn" Vitaliy Kvartsyany, two years after the strange match with "Dnipro," in which his team, leading 4:1 during the game, lost 4:5, decided to cut the truth and tell everything about that meeting.

Yesterday at the oil trading sessions in New York and London, oil prices fell sharply. Thus, on the International Petroleum Exchange (IPE) in London, futures quotes for Brent crude oil for the nearest delivery month fell at once by $1.73 and reached $40.64 per barrel.

Non-affiliated people's deputies of Ukraine Oleh Zarubinsky, Volodymyr Kafarsky, Vitaliy Oluyko and Serhiy Shevchuk joined the faction of the People's Agrarian Party of Ukraine, and deputy Volodymyr Ryabika joined the "Yedyna Ukraina" faction.

The regional tour of the All-Ukrainian competition "Young Entrepreneur of the Year" has started in Volyn, which will last from December 2004 to April 2005. On this occasion, a press conference was held today.

At the regional state scientific library named after Olena Pchilka on December 22, during the exhibition "The World of the Volyn Book – 2004," the laureates of the competition of the same name were announced. Among them are the following Volyn authors.

On December 21, a delegation from the Iranian company "Industrial Export Development Co" (IED) led by Director General for Export Affairs Jafar Molimzadeh visited Lutsk. IED specializes in the manufacture of automobiles, buses, and agricultural machinery.

In Volyn last week, more than ten suicides occurred. However, the most tragic was the 21-year-old resident of Novovolynsk who took his own life. On December 19, Mykola D. celebrated both his name day and his birthday. Around 9 p.m. he came home and asked his mother for vodka.

In the mining town of Novovolynsk, an 84-year-old grandmother and her 24-year-old granddaughter died from food poisoning. They were taken to the infectious diseases ward of the city hospital at around six in the evening. At first, the women complained of general weakness, stomach pain, and diarrhea.