The leaders of the European Union have not yet been able to reach an agreement on issues related to the preparation of a pan-European constitution in negotiations that continued in Brussels until late Friday night, reports the BBC. The EU leaders' meeting is hosted by Silvio Berlusconi, Prime Minister of Italy, which currently holds the EU Presidency. Difficulties that arose during the summit are related to the definition of voting conditions.

Igor Georgadze. Photo from the site compromat.ru The Central Election Commission of Georgia refused Igor Georgadze to register a presidential candidate, RIA Novosti reports. According to the press service of the CEC, the decision was made on Saturday evening and is fixed by the resolution of the department.

Gross violations of fire safety rules were revealed in 148 dormitories located in Moscow. This, according to Gazeta.ru, was reported to Interfax on Saturday at the capital's department of the State Fire Service (UGPS). To date, 667 hostels, or almost 90%, have already been checked. Fully checking is planned to be completed by the middle of next week. For 148 dormitories, orders were issued to suspend their operation.

President of Azepbaijan Heydar Aliyev. NTV frame, Archive http://www.lenta.ru/world/2002/10/30/aliyev/ Former President of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev died on Friday at the Cleveland Clinic located in the American state of Ohio. This was reported by RIA "Novosti" with reference to the press service of the clinic. Aliyev was 80 years old. He died at 10 a.m. local time (18.00 Moscow time).

Nepalese Maoists, who have been fighting for the proclamation of a communist republic in the Kingdom of Nepal since 1996, are undergoing treatment and rehabilitation in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. This is reported by AP with reference to the Nepalese police. Three terrorist suspects were arrested on Monday while trying to take a friend to a hospital in the state capital, Luknov.

A monument erected in honor of the wives of sailors will appear in St. Petersburg, Interfax-AVN reports with reference to the city committee for urban planning and architecture. "The monument to the Sailor's Wife, which has no analogues in the world, will be installed on the Sea Embankment of Vasilyevsky Island at the confluence of the Smolenka River into the Gulf of Finland - a place from where ships arriving at the Sea Port of St. urban planning and architecture of the administration of St.

The participants of the EU summit failed to reach an agreement on issues related to the single constitution of the EU, reports Reuters. The leaders of European countries have not been able to solve the problem of the distribution of votes in the EU when making decisions. According to diplomats, the summit participants are going to continue negotiations, but the date of the new meeting has not yet been determined. The next round of negotiations is expected to take place in May next year.

4% of motor transport users living in Moscow complain about the unsatisfactory work of the traffic police. These data are cited by Interfax with reference to the results of a poll conducted by the Public Opinion Foundation in November. According to the respondents, traffic inspectors are "arrogant" and "picky", while they perform their duties in traffic control poorly. According to the FOM, 64% of Muscovites use cars as drivers or passengers.

Queen Elizabeth II left London's King Edward VII Hospital on Saturday morning after undergoing successful knee and facial surgery. It is reported by RIA Novosti. Judging by the footage of the live broadcast, which was conducted from the entrance to the hospital by the British TV channel Sky News, Her Majesty looks quite cheerful. She walked down the stairs on her own, albeit with a cane, and got into the car. On Friday, the queen underwent two operations: on her left knee and on her face.

In the supermarket "Mega" on the Kaluzhskoye highway, visitors are being evacuated, Ekho Moskvy reports. The cause of the alarm is a suspicious object found in the mall. Most of the administration staff were also evacuated. According to Gazeta.Ru, there were a lot of visitors in the hypermarket, so now there are traffic jams on the roads adjacent to Mega.

The funeral of ex-president of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev will take place on December 15 in Baku at the Alley of Honor, the presidential administration told Interfax-Azerbaijan on Saturday. "According to the order of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, the burial ceremony of Heydar Aliyev will be held on December 15 at 16:00 local time. The farewell ceremony will be held on December 15 at 9:00 local time at the Palace of the Republic," the administration said.

On Saturday it became known that the head of the department of the Stavropol branch of the Krasnodar Law Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, a police colonel, committed suicide. According to NEWSru.com with reference to Interfax, the officer shot himself in the head with a pistol while at home. Now the branch command is investigating the cause of the suicide. The name of the deceased has not been released.

President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev presented the Mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov with the State Prize. The "Peace and Progress" award was presented during a solemn meeting in Astana on the occasion of the 12th anniversary of Kazakhstan's independence. It is reported by RIA Novosti.

On Friday, three explosions rocked three cities in Turkey, AP reports. According to the agency, no one was hurt, there was no serious damage. The first bomb exploded near a courthouse in central Istanbul, the second at a courthouse in the Turkish capital Ankara, and the third near a police station in Izmir. So far, no one has claimed responsibility for these explosions.

In Veliky Novgorod, the prosecutor's office has charged contract servicemen of the Pskov airborne division of the Russian Defense Ministry suspected of robbery, RIA Novosti reports. According to representatives of the Novgorod garrison prosecutor's office, the contractors were charged under article 162, part 2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“robbery”), which provides for punishment in the form of imprisonment for a term of 7 to 12 years with confiscation of property.