July 21, 2011, 15:58 Business Medvedev decided that a new Labor Code is not needed, the old one must be amended, no matter what Prokhorov says President Dmitry Medvedev does not see the need to adopt a new Labor Code, but calls for regular amendments to it. Medvedev meets with trade unions in Gorki . Several union representatives criticized the current code. They argue that it limits the ability of trade unions to fight for the interests of workers.

Sport Southern Germans are not afraid Mikhail Youzhny reached the quarterfinals of the tournament in Hamburg Ilya Andreev Mikhail Youzhny reached the quarterfinals of the tournament in Hamburg, defeating the German Julian Reister. The Russian will compete with Croatian Marin Cilic for reaching the semi-finals. At the competitions in Baku, Vera Zvonareva, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Ksenia Pervak ​​won further victories.

The Paraguay national team reached the final of the Copa America, beating the Venezuelan team. Regular time ended with the score 0:0, and the Paraguayans were stronger in the penalty shootout (5:3). It is curious that the official website of the Paraguayan Football Federation ( AFP ) was attacked by hackers, Marca reports. This happened just before the reporting match.

July 21, 2011, 11:37 Sports Arshavin: to assess the chances of the Russian national team at Euro 2012, you must first get there Russian national team footballer Andrei Arshavin believes that before assessing the likelihood of a good performance of the national team at Euro 2012, it is necessary to win the right to play in the final part. “How ready is the Russian team for great achievements at Euro 2012? “We first need to take a step,” Arshavin is quoted as saying by his official website .

Porsche management is thinking about creating a modern version of the legendary Porsche 550 Spyder roadster, which was produced from 1953 to 1956 and became famous for its victories in circuit racing at Le Mans and the Nurburgring. According to the head of the company, Matthias Müller, such a car may be of interest to the brand’s customers even now.

Heavy downpours with thunderstorms and possibly hail will occur in all areas of Moscow on Thursday evening, a specialist at the Phobos weather center said. “An atmospheric front is approaching, it will be accompanied by heavy rains and thunderclouds. According to radar observations, hail may fall in places,” the agency’s source said. The day before there had already been heavy rain and large hail in Moscow. Now the atmospheric front will move from the southeast to the northwest within an hour.

21 July 2011, 14:05 Cars Interethnic incineration of cars Radical youth may be behind a series of arson attacks on cars with Caucasian license plates in Moscow Evgeniy Shipilov Overnight in Moscow, two BMWs with Dagestan license plates and a Zhiguli from Kabardino-Balkaria were burned. Before this, unknown persons burned more than a dozen cars with Caucasian license plates in Balashikha.

July 21, 2011, 15:18 Society America's last shuttle The last Atlantis shuttle lands in the United States, the space shuttle program ends Anastasia Berseneva close The Atlantis shuttle, the last in the history of space shuttles, landed at the John F. Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island in Florida exactly on schedule at 5.57 a.m. (13.57 Moscow time). Now the United States is left without spacecraft capable of delivering astronauts to the ISS.

— 21.07.2011 08:50 — The next “portion” of thunderstorms is expected in the capital region on Thursday, the Hydrometeorological Bureau of Moscow and the Moscow Region told Interfax. “During the day in Moscow the air will warm up to 30–32 degrees, in the region up to 34 degrees. With partly cloudy weather, thunderstorms are expected,” the agency’s source said. According to him, during the day the southeast wind will blow at a speed of 4-9 meters per second.

July 21, 2011, 07:31 Sports The Russians took fifth place in the open water team competition at the World Championships The World Aquatics Championships continue in Shanghai. Americans Andrew Gemmell, Shen Ryan and Ashley Twichell won gold in the 5km open water swim, 1.2 seconds ahead of the Australians. The Germans won the bronze medals, while the Russians Evgeny Drattsev , Sergei Bolshakov and Ekaterina Seliverstova came fifth.

July 21, 2011, 16:54 Sports R. Koeman took charge of Feyenoord The famous Dutch specialist Ronald Koeman, as expected , was appointed head coach of Feyenoord. According to AP , the coach signed a one-year contract with the Rotterdam club. The last place of work of 48-year-old Koeman was AZ, which he headed in 2009. Before this, the 1988 European champion also managed to work in his homeland with Vitesse, Ajax and PSV.

The Briton hoped to avoid a fine for speeding, justifying himself by saying that he had recently experienced a bereavement: his beloved parrot died. John Williams ' lawyer said in Portsmouth court that the death of his pet had unsettled his client and he deserved a reduced sentence, The Daily Express reports. “John's parrot died that night. He was very upset,” the lawyer tried to pity the judges.

July 21, 2011, 21:33 Society Abuse of "Bulgaria" Employees of the Kama River Shipping Company, which owned the Bulgaria, are accused of abuse of power Anastasia Berseneva , Alexandra Koshkina As part of the investigation into the death of the motor ship "Bulgaria", a criminal case has been opened against employees of the Kama River Shipping Company. They are suspected of abuse of power; no charges have been brought against anyone yet.

July 21, 2011, 21:55 Sports Genk won the Belgian Super Cup On Thursday, the match for the Belgian Super Cup took place, in which Genk turned out to be stronger than Standard with a score of 1:0. Goal : Tezher 45

Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak threatened the leadership of St. Petersburg with prosecution if the ugly situation with snow and icicle removal repeats in the city this winter. At a conference call to prepare for winter, Kozak noted that last year in St. Petersburg, “we saw a disaster, the messages were reminiscent of reports from the front.” “The situation the year before and last winter in terms of removing snow and icicles should not be repeated,” Kozak said.