Month: February 2013

High Council of Justice dismissed an Uzhgorod City Court judge from his position. He was fired for violating the oath.

Late at night an ambulance delivered an injured man to the Mukachevo district hospital. The victim was a 68-year-old resident of the village of N.Luchky in Mukachevo district, who was diagnosed with an open head injury, brain contusion and, worst of all, suspected fracture of the skull base.

A meeting of the Standing Committee of the Regional Council for the development of tourism and recreation, headed by Dmytro Andriyuk was held.

In recent days, Chop border guards prevented another attempts to illegally cross the border. This time, at the checkpoints on the Hungarian border.

February 4 to 10 in Transcarpathia there will be the first “Week of Hungarian dishes in Beregovo district.” Almost all the major restaurants and farmsteads of the district, that is home to the largest Hungarian community in Ukraine, will participate in this event.

Yesterday, February 3, at 8.00, 6 houses of the private sector in Zaliznychny lane of the regional center were disconnected from the gas supply.

In 2012, local budgets of Transcarpathian region received 808,000 UAH from the tourist tax. This is a local tax that is paid for accommodation in hotels, boarding houses, motels. In Svalyava district they have earned on tourists the most – nearly 230,000 UAH, in Beregovo district – the least – a little less than 4 thousand. In the regional center the budget received 155,000 UAH from the tourist tax. In Beregovo – 31,000, in Mukachevo – almost 37,000.

Khoroshkovskiy explained that his decision to sell the “Inter” group to Dmytro Firtash was caused by financial difficulties and, according to media reports, has already left Ukraine. Experts believe that by buying Khoroshkovsky’s assets, Firtash saves him. “In these circumstances I have no way to ensure further development of the group, and these factors were the main reason for selling” – said Khoroshkovsky.

This year 700,000 UAH from the regional budget will be spent on book publication. This sum is provided under the regional program for support of local authors publishing.

The city airport shall pay “Microsoft” Corporation 66,000 USD as a compensation for copyright infringement in the form of using unlicensed software.