On Wednesday, May 16, at 11.00, the press center of the Interfax-Ukraine news agency will host a press conference entitled "Environmentalists and the State Environmental Inspectorate of Ukraine revealed a contraband Arab formation engaged in illegal exportation of wild song birds to the Arab countries." About half a million wild song birds were taken by airplanes out of Ukraine within ten years, which caused $2.5 million worth of damage to Ukraine. Participants include Deputy Head of the State Ecological Inspectorate of Ukraine Viktor Kantsurak, Director of the Kyiv Ecological and Cultural Center Volodymyr Boreiko, and representative of the Ukrainian Society for the Protection of Birds Tetiana Kuzmenko (8/5a Reitarska Street). Registration requires press accreditation. Additional information can be obtained by phone: (067) 715 2790, [email protected] (Director of the Kyiv Ecological and Cultural Center Volodymyr Boreiko).