The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine has allowed the company SV Motors Ltd (Great Britain) to acquire more than 50% of the shares of the Lutsk Automobile Plant. \nThe Antimonopoly Committee reported that SV Motors Ltd is engaged in investment activity and does not operate on the Ukrainian market.

A museum of the Orange Revolution has appeared in Volyn. An exhibition titled "Freedom Cannot Be Stopped" has been opened in the exhibition hall of the Museum of Agricultural History in the village of Rokyni, not far from Lutsk.

Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma signed a series of personnel decrees on Friday evening. \n \nAccording to the press service of the head of state, Kuchma dismissed Minister of Agrarian Policy Viktor Slauta from his post.

Just now in the Swiss Nyon the opponents of the Ukrainian teams in the UEFA Cup were determined. Dnipro got relatively lucky, avoiding a meeting with Parma and Sporting. Kucharevsky's team will face the Serbs. But Dynamo and Shakhtar, one could say, were unlucky.

Director of the Amsterdam laboratory "Bio Detection Systems," professor of environmental toxicology Abraham Brouwer determined which dioxin poisoned candidate Viktor Yushchenko.

Industrial production growth for January-November was 13.4%, for November – 11.3% (compared to November 2003). This was reported to "proUA" by the press service of the Ministry of Economy and European Integration.

In one of the towers of Lutsk Castle, possibly the Styr Tower, a unique computer copy of a painting by Lithuanian artist Rimantas Mackevičius will be exhibited in the future. The painting tells about a famous event of the Middle Ages — the congress of European monarchs in Lutsk.

Seven people were injured as a result of a gas cylinder explosion in a residential building in the village of Kirovske, Dnipropetrovsk region. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

Today, participants of the car rally "I'm Going to Vote: 'No' to Falsification!" are visiting Horokhiv, Lokachi, Volodymyr-Volynskyi and Novovolynsk. The car rally is being held within the framework of the project "I'm Going to Vote: 'No' to Falsification!

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted as a whole the Law on Amendments to the Law "On Protection of Cultural Heritage." 321 people's deputies voted for the adoption of the draft law, reports a correspondent of "proUA".