In the 1st half of 2004, the net profits of KB "Zakhidinkombank" LLC increased by 35.3 percent compared to the corresponding period last year, amounting to UAH 895 thousand. As reported at "Zakhidinkombank", in the 1st half of this year they totaled UAH 3,428 thousand.

Presidential candidate, leader of the Progressive Socialist Party Natalia Vitrenko will visit the Volyn region on August 25 for meetings with voters. \nThis was reported to Ukrainian News by the PSPU press service.

As of 17:00 on August 19, 102,000 signatures have been collected in the Volyn region in support of presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko, the regional campaign headquarters of the candidate reported.

Since August 24, 1991, Ukraine has been an independent, sovereign state. The proclaimed course toward integration into the world community is impossible without presenting Ukraine at the international level as a civilized state with deep and ancient traditions in various spheres of human activity.

Less than 20 days before the start of the qualifying tournament for the 2006 World Cup, we must state. We do not have a competitive national team that can worthily fight in matches against such teams as Denmark, Greece and Turkey.

In the Kyiv region, employees of the organized crime combating service detained an unemployed resident of Lutsk who had been wanted since 1999 for embezzlement of funds on an especially large scale and who engaged in prohibited types of entrepreneurial activity.

Mr. Hunchyk was brutally beaten and robbed on the night of August 7. \nIn an official statement, law enforcement officers claim that the attack on Mr. Hunchyk is an ordinary robbery. The criminals — already convicted natives of Rivne region — did not know who he was, the police claim.

In the 7 months of 2004, the open joint-stock company "Lutsk Automobile Plant" produced marketable products in current prices worth 230,345.9 thousand hryvnias. Compared to the corresponding period last year, the growth rate was 151.8 percent. This was reported by the press center of "LuAZ".

Four-time Olympic champion, Ukrainian swimmer Yana Klochkova has been deemed worthy of the country's highest award – the title of Hero of Ukraine. The decree was signed by Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma, the head of state's press secretary Olena Hromnytska told the "Interfax-Ukraine" agency.\n\nThis recognizes Y.

Today the Lutsk City and District Court of the Volyn Region recognized as not meeting the requirements of the law the actions of the editorial staff of the newspaper "Dosvitnia Zoria" in connection with the dissemination of an official report on the government's activity, with a commentary of an campaign nature about…