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On December 7, 2003 elections of deputies of the State Duma of Russia of the fourth convocation will be held. Voting will take place from 8.00 to 20.00. Early voting is prohibited. Absentee certificates for those leaving their permanent place of residence are issued at precinct election commissions. 23 political parties and electoral blocs take part in the elections, 10 candidates are running for the 141st Pskov single-mandate constituency.

On November 27, OJSC Pskovenergo limited the electricity consumption of the Pskov Regional Radio and Television Transmission Center (ORTPTS) by self-limiting power consumption to values ​​that ensure only the operation of international and government communication channels, as well as the operation of security systems and high-rise buildings. According to representatives of the energy company, in October-November 2003 ORTPC's debt to the power industry was 1 million 22,926 thousand rubles. / PAI

In Italy, a protocol of intent was signed between the International Association of Economic Partners (Veliky Luki) and EURO Poliuretani Joint Stock Company (Bologna). The subject of the agreement is the creation of a joint venture in Velikiye Luki. MAEP undertakes to search for a Russian partner and ensure control over the implementation of the investment project. / PAI

On November 25, Sebezh hosted a meeting of the Council for Cooperation of the Border Regions of the Republic of Latvia, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Estonia. At the meeting, the representatives signed a framework agreement on the Pskov-Livonia Euroregion. For this purpose, an association of border regions was created in the Pskov region, which included the Pechorsky, Palkinsky, Pytalovsky, Sebezhsky and Krasnogorodsky regions. / PAI

From December 1 until the end of the week, the Estonian-Russian intergovernmental commission for cooperation in the field of protection and use of fish stocks has been working in St. Petersburg. The negotiations will provide an overview of the prospects for fisheries and fish stocks in Lake Peipus, Pskov and Teploye. The outcome of the negotiations should be a bilateral agreement not only on quotas for fishing in Lake Peipus, Pskov and Teploye, but also on its size and the size of the fishing net. / PAI

On August 26, Vadim Laptev, Chairman of the Foreign Relations and Tourism Committee of the Pskov Regional Administration, held working meetings with the Danish delegation. Among the discussed projects: a Russian-Danish project in the field of tourism, which has already been funded for 15 months, as well as prospects for the development of projects in the areas of local government, social policy, and assistance to HIV-infected and drug-addicted people. / PAI

On November 27-28, a seminar was held for directors of Pskov schools. The topic of the seminar is education quality management. The seminar was attended by 35 directors, employees of the city's education department and the center of educational technologies. / PLN

On November 28 in Pustoshka, a gathering of young educators from the Pustoshkinsky, Opochetsky, Nevelsky, Novosokolnichesky and Pushkinogorsky districts ended. As part of the meeting, young specialists got acquainted with new pedagogical technologies, discussed the prospects for the development of education in the Pskov region, visited the Pustoshkinskaya primary school, kindergarten-nursery No. 1 and the social rehabilitation center in Pustoshka. / PAI

On November 27, joint operational-tactical exercises of the railway transport police units of Russia and Belarus were held on the territory of the Pskov region in order to work out joint actions on highways to suppress and solve crimes in international passenger trains, and ensure the safety of passengers. The exercise was attended by employees of the transport police of Belarus, the North-Western Department of Internal Affairs, the Moscow, Western, Smolensk, Pskov and Velikoluksky Departments of Internal Affairs. / PLN

November 17-21 Khanty-Mansiysk hosted the 7th international festival of television programs and television films "Golden Tambourine", which was attended by groups from Moscow, Yekaterinburg, Krasnoyarsk, Sergiev Posad, Budapest, Tula, Surgut, Samara, Nizhny Novgorod, Irkutsk. Journalist of the Pskov television company "TV-com" Yevgeny Sumin received a diploma of the third degree for the film "Pskov Register. Veterans of the State Service” about the fate of the Pokrovskaya Tower of Pskov and became a diploma winner in the nomination “Screenwriter”. / PAI

On November 25, within the framework of the 11th international exhibition "Press-2004" in Moscow, the winners of the "Strategy of Success" contest were awarded. Among the winners is the photographer of the Velikolukskaya Pravda newspaper Anatoly Agafonov, who became one of two diploma winners in the photo essay nomination. / PAI

November 27-29 in Velikiye Luki, on the basis of the Center for Aesthetic Education, a regional seminar for leaders of choirs was held. More than 50 choir conductors from the Pskov region, Belarus, Leningrad, Murmansk regions and the Republic of Karelia took part in the seminar. Teacher-conductor, author of teaching aids, jury member of the International Orthodox Music Festival, head of chamber choirs Lyudmila Zhukova held master classes. / PAI

On November 20-23, Moscow hosted the All-Russian festival-competition of children's and youth creativity "Youth", in which 19 teams from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Belomorsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Yaroslavl, Vologda, Chelyabinsk, Tomsk, Lipetsk took part. The Velikoluksky exemplary dance theater "Zhemchuzhina" was awarded the diploma of the laureate of the 1st degree, the diploma of the laureate and the diploma of the laureate in the nomination "artistic director". / PLN