At a press club meeting held on Thursday, November 4, dedicated to Social Sector Worker Day, the problems and prospects of social services were discussed.

On Thursday evening, French and Israeli media reported that Yasser Arafat had died. The death of Yasser Arafat was reported by Israel's Channel Two television and Israel Radio "Galei Tzahal." CNN also reported Arafat's death.

Dnipropetrovsk's "Dnipro" in the second match of the UEFA Cup group tournament defeated the Dutch "Utrecht" on foreign soil - 2:1.

On Thursday, November 4, 2004, the head of Viktor Yushchenko's election headquarters in the Volyn region, Volodymyr Bondar, held a press conference for local media about instances of violations of election legislation on voting day and during the campaign period.

In October, consumer prices rose by 2.2%. This was reported by the State Statistics Committee. \n \nIn particular, prices for food products in October rose by 3.0%, for non-food products – by 0.4%, for services – by 0.8%. In January-October, consumer prices rose by 7.9%, including for food products by 9.

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Thursday adopted as a whole the Law "On Providing Young People with Their First Job." 341 people's deputies voted for the adoption of the Law, a proUA correspondent reports.

In Dnipropetrovsk, people hired by Viktor Yanukovych's election headquarters to work at polling stations in Ternopil region are demanding the payment of the money promised to them, Radio Svoboda reports.

Hungary will withdraw its military contingent from Iraq by March 31, 2005. This was stated on Wednesday by Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany, who took over the Hungarian government a month ago.

Madrid's "Real", which came to Kyiv for a victory, barely managed to preserve a point in the game against Kyiv's "Dynamo" at the packed NSC "Olimpiyskyi", playing to a 2:2 draw.

Immediate implementation of political reform. Yushchenko must ensure the participation of the Our Ukraine faction in the constitutional process and support for the political reform project agreed upon in content and implementation timelines;