Pskov and the region were visited by Stefan Stein, head of the St. Petersburg branch of the representation of the German economy in Russia. The prospects for cooperation and development of long-term programs and projects were discussed with the governor and the mayor.

You have witnessed a car accident. Happy to help, but don't know how. The 911 Rescue Service can teach this. Its employees Niall Barnes and James Shamard give the following advice to readers. The first thing to do is to take the victim out of the car. But in no case do it alone, look for two or three volunteers. If a person cannot move, assume the worst - he has a spinal injury. But even if this is not the case, it is better to play it safe than to execute yourself for a disservice later.

In Stary Oskol (Belgorod region) a qualifying tournament for the Russian championship in swimming among the Youth Sports School was held. The competitions were held in a new 50-meter swimming pool, which, according to experts, is one of the best in Russia today. 400 swimmers from 25 teams took part in the tournament. Pskov youths successfully performed in the team event. Leaving the Voronezh team ahead, the pupils of the Pskov swimming school "Bars" took second place.

The sambo championship was held in Rzhev (Tver region). Only the winners and finalists of the championships of their regions took part in the competition. In total, wrestlers from 49 regions of Russia took part in the championship. Pskov was represented at these competitions by two pupils of the Brigantina sports club. In the weight category up to 59 kg Sergey Fomin from Pskov scored five clear victories over his rivals and became the winner of the championship.

The dark brown drink is unusually fragrant, rather reminiscent of dried fruit compote, only more delicate, with a whole range of flavors. It has many useful properties, but the most important of them is that chaga mushroom infusion is used to treat malignant tumors (unless surgery or radiation therapy is indicated). The infusion improves the general condition of the patient, slows down the development of metastases, reduces pain, relieves nausea. How to prepare an infusion?

The eighth international bodybuilding and fitness tournament "Dovmontov Cup" was held in the hall of the College of Culture in Pskov. In addition to the hosts, athletes from Latvia, Belarus, Moscow, Tula and Leningrad regions and Ostrov took part in the competition. Among juniors, Volchkov Dmitry from the Pskov club "Titan" was recognized as the best. The girls won Lidia Ershova (Pskov, "Power"). In aerobic fitness, her teammate Olga Alexandrova won.

This year, the Pskov Medical and Pedagogical Center and the German school "Rurtal" were awarded the prize of the BMW Foundation for a joint project in the field of education of children with disabilities. The project was ranked third among several thousand different educational institutions in the world.

In Pskov, in the sports complex "Mashinostroitel", the traditional fourth international tournament in rhythmic gymnastics, dedicated to the memory of Grand Duke A. Nevsky, was held. This time, gymnasts from Belarus, Latvia, St. Petersburg, Orel, Ufa, Petrozavodsk, Dmitrovgrad, Novgorod, Kaliningrad, Ryazan came to visit the Pskovites.

On Tuesday, in the middle of the day, Kiselev asked the journalists the question: what was to be done with the Saratov judge Nikolaev, so that he would change his decision on the illegality of holding a meeting of NTV shareholders to the opposite? Yes, not during the night, Evgeny Alekseevich, but in an hour -the maximum.

To the inhabitants of the Pskov region Dear citizens, citizens of Pskov! For several months, many of you have been following with deep emotion the events taking place with one of the leading national television channels in Russia - NTV. For millions of Russian citizens, the name of this channel has always been deciphered as Our Television.

Teachers of Russian schools and universities will now be able to take a break from pupils and students for a whole year. According to the law of the Russian Federation "On Education", those with ten years of work experience will be granted long vacations from 2002. According to the Ministry of Education of Russia, a teacher will be granted a long leave at his request at any time, unless his absence from the workplace will adversely affect the work of the institution.

The intelligentsia defends not only NTV For almost a year now, the country's largest non-state nationwide television company, NTV, and its partners in the Media-Most corporation have been under unprecedented pressure. For this pressure on them, all the power of our law enforcement system is used. For almost a year it has been steadily intensifying, gradually acquiring the character of repression.

The report "Illicit Drug Trafficking in Russia" prepared by the German Max Planck Institute together with Russian state and non-governmental organizations has been published. The publication of the report began the development of the federal targeted program Comprehensive Measures to Combat Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in 2002-2004, ordered by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov.

The first removal of heroin in Pskov was registered in 1997. After three years, the pace of the onset of this drug on the region can be compared with the plague epidemic. Last year, from the total number of heroin’s narcotic substances seized, it amounted to 49 percent, and this year the situation is even worse. In March alone, out of 30 cases of drug trafficking in 20 cases, it was heroin. Heroin's sales in the Pskov region are mainly gypsies.

On April 13-14 from 9 o'clock in the morning the regional pre-Easter food fair "Spring-2001" will be held on Pushkin Street. Commodity producers, agricultural processors, enterprises of the regional consumer union, farmers of the region will take part in the fair. A wide range of food products will be presented at prices below market prices.