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The Forum was attended by members of Youth Public Councils and public organizations, representatives of local self-government bodies and executive authorities.
President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko signed Law No. 3368-IV "On Amending Certain Laws of Ukraine Regarding the Time of Voting," adopted by parliament on January 19, 2006. This was reported to "proUA" by the President's press service.

Due to the introduction of restrictive measures on livestock products from Ukrainian enterprises, prices for hard cheeses have begun to rise in Russia. This was reported at a press conference on Wednesday by Minister of Agrarian Policy Oleksandr Baranivskyi, according to a correspondent of "proUA".

The sales area of the BUM supermarket (building universal store) occupies 2,000 m2, and the product assortment includes more than 10,000 items. The owners claim that by the end of January 2006 more than 2 million US dollars had been spent on the project, and that all investments are domestic, Volyn investments.
On January 31, at a press conference in Lutsk, the head of the Volyn Regional State Administration, Volodymyr Bondar, did not deny his intention to run for the position of Lutsk city mayor.
In 2005, consumers in the region used 19 million cubic meters more natural gas, or 2.8% more than in 2004. The increase in natural gas consumption among consumer groups was recorded only among the population – by 8.7% (27.2 million cubic meters) and among industrial enterprises – by 2.6% (3.5 million cubic meters).
On January 31, a presentation of a mobile fuel quality control laboratory took place at the WOG gas station network.
On January 28, the Lutsk city and Volyn oblast conferences of the Party of Regions were held, at which candidates for deputies to the respective councils were selected. No candidate was selected for the position of Lutsk city mayor, since they count on only 10% of voters' votes.
In Volyn, a Rivne smuggler of mobile phones was detained. Recently, a resident of Rivne tried to bring a batch of mobile phones and chargers for them into Ukraine.
During January 27-29, a series of district inter-party conferences of local organizations of the "Reforms and Order" party and the civic party "PORA" took place, in particular in Shatsk, Turiisk, Lokachi, V.-Volynskyi, Kamin-Kashyrskyi, Ivanychi and Lutsk districts.