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The Verkhovna Rada of the fifth convocation began its work \nThe session was opened by the chairman of the previous Verkhovna Rada, Volodymyr Lytvyn.

On May 24, at a session of the Volyn Regional Council, the council chairman Anatoliy Hrytsiuk announced that factions would operate in the council - UNP, BYuT, "Our Ukraine," SPU, Party of Regions, "Ridna Volyn," and the Bloc of Volodymyr Lytvyn.

From September 1 of this year, all first-year students of Volyn State University will begin studying under the credit-module system, and from 2007 all specialties of the university will switch to this system.
“Nothing significant has happened over these two months; one can speak only of the delay in forming the coalition and of the fact that this delay is happening primarily on the part of the “Our Ukraine” bloc,” said Volodymyr Filenko, deputy head of the “Reforms and Order” party, commenting on the process of creating a…

May 24, 2006 The Center for Political Education and the Center for Public Youth Organizations of Volyn "Nasha Sprava," with the support of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (Great Britain), are holding a roundtable in the city of Lutsk "Do residents of Volyn Oblast trust local authorities?
The head coach of Lutsk "Volyn" Vitaliy Kvartsyany managed to restructure the game during the season, but it was already too late, writes Podrobnosti . The coach accepted his team's relegation from the elite division with dignity and, remaining faithful to Volyn football, will continue his work in Lutsk.

Employees of the Yahodyn Customs and border guards detained a large shipment of contraband cigarettes. According to the accompanying documents, domestically produced refrigerators were supposed to be heading to Germany in a DAF truck driven by our compatriot.
The National Bank of Ukraine from Monday, May 22, is putting into circulation a banknote with a nominal value of 1 hryvnia of the 2006 model. This is stated in the NBU announcement. The predominant colors in the new banknote are blue and yellow.

The bodyguard of the president's son Andriy Yushchenko may be involved in the wounding of Boryspil inter-district prosecutor Oleksandr Kuzovkin.
In the restaurant of the "Ukraina" hotel (Lutsk) on May 24 at 19:00, the jazz trio "Julian Thomas & friends" from Great Britain will perform.