Corporation On Monday , General Motors intends to stop accepting applications from applicants for Opel. They must submit their final proposals on this day. The consortium, which includes Sberbank writes, citing its sources and one of the world's largest manufacturers of auto components, Magna International, has made a new proposal, Reuters .

Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said the club will not negotiate the acquisition of Chelsea's Portuguese defender Jose Bosingwa . “We showed interest in Bosingwa. However, Chelsea in London does not want to let him go. We have already come to terms with the fact that Bosingwa will not join our club this summer,” Bild quotes Rummenigge as saying.

LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky decided to improve his level of skill in playing chess. To do this, he will take several lessons from grandmaster Anatoly Karpov . “Chess is a whole world with its own history and laws. If in my youth it was just a game for me to develop my intellect, now, having many years of experience in political struggle, I look at the chessboard completely differently. And, of course, today I need a worthy partner for chess.

July 20, 2009, 13:54 News A monument to shuttle workers appeared in Yekaterinburg A monument to an engineer and a teacher, shuttle workers carrying goods for sale, was unveiled on Monday in Yekaterinburg opposite the entrance to the Tagansky Ryad shopping center. The author of the monument was Ekaterinburg sculptor Vladimir Krivushin. The height of the two-ton bronze sculpture is three meters.

July 20, 2009, 16:30 Culture Supermarket Fat Trust “Shopokop” is coming out Daria Goryacheva "Shopokop" is coming out - a hymn to consumerism, disguised as the shopping adventures of an overweight security guard. Having missed out on his job as a police officer, good-natured fat man Paul Blart ( Kevin James from Chuck and Larry: Firefighter) gets a job as a security guard at a supermarket. Also, by the way, a great responsibility.

July 20, 2009, 13:44 Society What fuel is to a transformer is food to the Chinese Dmitry Karelin The love of a 14-year-old Chinese resident for the animated series, and now the Transformers film series, became a tragedy for his family.

Joseph Kobzon is at the Russian Oncological Research Center named after. Blokhin on Kashirskoye Highway, a source in the capital’s medical circles said. “Iosif Davydovich arrived the day before at Kashirka, at the Oncology Center, in connection with the upcoming operation. The operation is planned for Monday,” the source said. “Before this, Kobzon was observed on an outpatient basis for quite a long time and came to the Oncology Center for examination once a week,” he added.

July 20, 2009, 02:57 News Negotiations between the leader of Honduras and the junta have been interrupted Negotiations between ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and representatives of the interim government have been interrupted. Costa Rican authorities, who are mediating in the conflict, said new negotiations could begin within 72 hours.

July 20, 2009, 21:11 Culture Dreamy realism The Tretyakov Gallery has officially changed its director Velimir Moist The personnel reshuffle promised two months ago has become a legal reality. Instead of the retired Valentin Rodionov, Irina Lebedeva was appointed general director of the Tretyakov Gallery, and on her first working day in her new position, she held a press briefing.

20 July 2009, 09:23 Cars VW is going to buy Porsche outright The Volkswagen concern plans to completely buy out the automaker Porsche AG from the Porsche SE concern, Bloomberg reports , citing the German magazine Der Spigel. According to the publication, Volkswagen is going to buy out Porsche's automotive business in two stages for €8 billion, after which Porsche will become the 10th brand of the VW Group.

Al Jazeera TV channel showed a video showing a US Army soldier captured by the Taliban (an organization banned in Russia) in late June in the Afghan province of Paktika. The American soldier is dressed in traditional Afghan clothing and has a shaved head. According to the Pentagon, 23-year-old Idaho native Bowe Bergdahl was captured.

July 20, 2009, 11:54 pm Sports Trivunovich headed Spartak St. Petersburg On Monday, Serbian specialist Alexander Trivunovich took charge of Spartak St. Petersburg, reports a Gazeta.Ru correspondent. Previously, ex-mentor of Sacramento and Golden State Eric Musselman refused to lead the St. Petersburg club.

News Putin persuaded businesses to give 300 million rubles. football club "Tom" Seven Russian companies are ready to provide financial assistance to the Tom football club, which is currently experiencing difficulties.

July 20, 2009, 11:34 Business Iran does not rule out the possibility of participating in filling Nabucco The head of the National Gas Company of Iran, Azizallah Ramezani, considers Iran’s connection to filling the Nabucco gas pipeline to be “highly probable.” He stated this today in an interview with Fars agency . “Given that the countries that signed the Nabucco agreement do not have sufficient potential to fill the gas pipeline, Iran’s connection seems very likely,” Ramezani said.

Sport Paixao was robbed Andrey Petukhov In the north-west of Moscow on Sunday evening, a laptop and money were stolen from the apartment of the Brazilian physical training coach of the CSKA football club, Paula Cesaro Paixao.