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Last night in Lutsk, near his own home, the general director of the Lutsk Automobile Plant, Volodymyr Hunchyk, was beaten. He is currently in the hospital in serious condition. Law enforcement officials are not commenting on the beating for now.

These days, the Holy Trinity Cathedral in the city of Lutsk joyfully welcomed dear guests. Making a pilgrimage journey through Ukraine on a friendly visit, the Primate of the Montenegrin Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Michael, and the Primate of the Orthodox Church in Italy, Metropolitan Anthony, arrived.

In Volyn, there are 55 millionaires. This was reported by the tax legislation explanation department of the regional state tax administration. At the same time, tax officials say that most of the millionaires did not pay taxes.

From the beginning of August, the Volyn headquarters of presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko began collecting signatures in support of its candidate.

Despite positive trends in the fight against tuberculosis (increased treatment effectiveness, stabilization of the mortality rate from the disease), the epidemic situation in Ukraine remains threatening.
13 patients, including 2 children, have been hospitalized at the infectious diseases department of the Manevytsi Central District Hospital in Volyn Oblast with a preliminary diagnosis of "gastroenterocolitis." This was reported by the Ministry of Health's press service.
To see the outlines of the future, they say, one should look back. At least - a decade. It was then, in early August of ninety-four, that Leonid Kuchma first visited Volyn in the rank of President of Ukraine.

The Volyn Regional Organization of the Democratic Party of Ukraine has adopted a statement supporting presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko. This was announced today by the head of the regional DemPU organization, Ivan Bratchenya.

In the night from Monday to Tuesday, the head of the Volyn Regional State Administration, Anatoliy FRANTSUS, got into an accident. \nAccording to preliminary information received from the RSA press service, the accident occurred in Mykolaiv Oblast. The Volyn governor was returning from a business trip from Crimea.

At the Yahodyn customs (Volyn region), a shipment of smuggled mobile phones worth 5 million hryvnias was seized. This was reported by the press service of the Western Regional Customs.\n\nAccording to "Podrobnosti", a Lithuanian citizen tried to import the phones into Ukraine from Poland in an Iveco vehicle.