In the absence of several decent forwards in Europe at this stage of the tournament, you will not get far on sheer self-sacrifice and the talent of coach Yevhen Kucharevsky alone. And Dnipro had none of them before the game against the French. For Dnipro, Marseille was a team they were expected to get past.

A Public Council of Lutsk has been created in the regional center of Volyn.

The Ministry of Transport of Ukraine intends to initiate before the Cabinet of Ministers the creation of a special commission to study the situation with bribes collected from international road carriers at the "Yahodyn" checkpoint on the Ukrainian-Polish border.

The progress of the region's farms' preparation for spring field work was discussed at a staff meeting at the Volyn Regional State Administration. At the meeting it was noted that in 2004 it is planned to obtain 651.

A meeting of the collegium of the Volyn Oblast Prosecutor's Office was held in Lutsk, at which the state of compliance in Volyn with labor legislation regarding the timely payment of wages and ensuring proper working conditions, as well as prosecutorial supervision on these issues, was considered.

On February 28, the Volyn Oblast Territorial Election Commission made a final decision regarding the elections in the Turiisk district. By the commission's decision, Ivan Vasylovych Dziamulych was recognized as the winner of the elections and accordingly as a deputy of the Volyn Oblast Council.

According to the data of observations of the hydrological state, in all rivers of the region the water has not left the floodplain and in most of them there is a decrease in water levels.

On Sunday, February 29, at around 6 PM, in a car accident that occurred at the intersection of Stolychnoe Highway and Lyubomyrska Street, the captain of the Ukrainian national gymnastics team, 2000 European champion and Olympic medalist in Sydney, Oleksandr Beresh, was killed.

Ukrainian President Leonid KUCHMA has decided to veto the Law "On Amending Certain Laws of Ukraine on Taxation Issues in Connection with the Adoption of the Law of Ukraine 'On the State Budget of Ukraine for 2004'" (No. 4000-1).

Ukrainian President Leonid KUCHMA calls value added tax (VAT) one of the most criminalized taxes. He said this yesterday while opening a meeting on VAT issues.