\nThe issue of the results of the work of the region's tourism industry for 2003 and promising directions of work in 2004 was considered today at a staff meeting in the regional state administration. \nThe structure of flows by types of tourism in the region has not changed significantly.

An interview by Oleksandr Moroz with "Ukrainska Pravda" has been added to the "Analytics" section.

The article by Andrii Luchyk "Dziamulych vs Shyba: an expected victory or an unexpected defeat?" has been added to the "Analytics" section.

On February 8, Sunday, elections for a deputy to the regional council were held in multi-mandate district No. 19 (Turiisk district). The victory was celebrated by the incumbent head of the education and science department of the Volyn Regional State Administration, Ivan Dziamyluch.

According to preliminary data, the financial result from ordinary activities before taxation of business entities in the region (excluding statistically small enterprises) for 2003 amounted to 51 million hryvnias in losses, the Volyn Regional Statistics Department reported.

In the housing services sector, the Lutsk city authorities have introduced a basic principle according to which users of services must know what specifically and how much they are paying for, as well as in what quantity and of what quality they should receive the service for this.

With the financial support of the delegation of the European Commission in Ukraine, the public association "Volyn Perspectives" in 2004 will implement the project "Reducing the level of female unemployment in the villages of Kivertsivskyi district of Volyn oblast.