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The decision of the parliament to cancel the VAT exemption for domestic book publishers will have serious and extremely negative political consequences for Ukraine, believes People's Deputy of Ukraine Serhiy Slabenko.
Each of us, no matter what anyone says, strives to enjoy this world as long as possible; in all toasts and greeting cards there sounds the wish for "long years of life." Let us see whether living long is such a happiness in Ukraine.
In 2003, goods worth almost 160 million dollars were exported from Volyn, while in 2002 it was 147.9 million dollars, reports the director of the regional agricultural exhibition, Viktor Osadchyi. \nExport deliveries were made to 57 countries of the world. Agricultural and food industry products were sent worth 44.
People's Deputy of Ukraine Ivan Plyushch believes that President Kuchma will run for a third term. He expressed this opinion in an interview with the weekly "Dzerkalo Tyzhnia".
For the US, Kuchma's current presidential term is his second. This was stated by US Deputy Secretary of State Elizabeth Jones during a press conference dedicated to issues of American-Ukrainian relations, held on Friday via a digital channel from Washington.
Borys Tarasyuk believes that Poland's year in Ukraine will be much more successful and productive for Ukrainian-Polish relations and will be perceived much more positively in Ukraine than Russia's failed year in Ukraine.
People's Deputy of Ukraine Yuriy Yekhanurov is convinced that a process of curtailing administrative reform is underway in Ukraine: "There is no longer any talk of administrative reform. This is a real 'bespredel,' a destruction of previous achievements.
By decree of the President of Ukraine, Borys Klymovych Kondratiuk has been appointed head of the Security Service Directorate in the Volyn region, who previously worked as deputy head of the SBU Directorate in the Chernihiv region.
First Justice Adviser Volodymyr Veselukha, according to an order of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, has been appointed First Deputy Prosecutor of the Volyn Region.
In 2003, $72 million in foreign investment flowed into the city's economy, reported Lutsk deputy mayor Serhiy Tarasyuk. This accounts for about 90 percent of the investment that flowed into the economy of Volyn Oblast in 2003.