The deputies of the Pskov Regional Assembly adopted two regional target programs - "Gifted Children" and "Orphans" - for 2003-2005. The estimated amount of funding for the Gifted Children program is 8.05 million rubles. (from the regional budget). Financing of the program has been increased by 2.3 times compared to the previous one. It is planned to allocate 9.43 million rubles from the regional budget for the program "Orphans", 18 million rubles will be allocated from the federal budget.

Cinema with Evgeny Shaskiki Ron Howard Pharmacist laid Paranoid schizophrenia and the Nobel Prize on Economics The film "The Games of the Reason" (a Beautiful Mind) appeared in the Russian licensed video rental relatively recently. The directorial work of Ron Howard (“Greench, Christmas kidnapper” (How the Grinch Stole Christmass) 2000, “ransom” (Ransom ”(Ransom) of 1996,“ Apollo 13 ”(Apollo 13) 1995) was marked by a weighty cinema, including Oscar in the“ Best ”nomination“ The best painting".

The Pskov region cannot afford to live on its own means On December 16, the Regional Assembly of Deputies adopted the draft budget for 2003 in the first reading. It happened belatedly, but that is Moscow's fault. The region itself, whose revenues are three-quarters of the funds of the federal center, could not plan anything until it became clear how much money the Government would allocate to it.

Another media project has started in the Pskov region On December 11, on the eve of the Constitution Day, the Andromeda restaurant hosted a banquet on the occasion of the presentation of the flagship issue of the weekly newspaper Novy Den v Pskov Oblast. The editor-in-chief of the newspaper Andrey Poletaev met up to a hundred guests, who gradually surrounded the tables with dishes.

Do you like to dance? I think many will answer this question positively. Do you feel dance? .. Here you have already thought. Do you know how to find equilibrium points in space when you dance? Silently frowned: "What is she carrying it?" Nothing special! I'm just talking about Modern dance. And about the people who live them. Lena is a little late. So far I am mentally tuning up for a once-speaking, repeating all the questions that I want to ask.

after reading "The Dogma of the Church in Canons and Practice" The Pskov Regional Printing House has published a new book by Fr. Pavel Adelgeim, The Dogma of the Church in Canons and Practice. Not having time to appear on sale, the publication caused a scandal among the clergy. Speaking to the parishioners of the Trinity Cathedral, Archbishop Eusebius of Pskov and Velikoluksky branded the book of Father Paul and asked the faithful to protect him from what he believes were unfair attacks.

LDPR started elections in 2003 The leader of the Liberal Democrats, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, intends to purge his party of "swindlers and traitors." He stated this on Friday at a meeting of LDPR activists, Ekho Moskvy reports. Zhirinovsky said that the names of the "crooks" would be included in special lists to be published in the party newspaper. The LDPR leader did not specify how he intends to identify undesirable elements.

Reporting on the modern day of the city was entrusted to Alexander Golyshev On December 15, a meeting of the organizing committee for the preparation and holding of the international scientific and practical conference "Pskov in Russian and European History" was held in the regional administration.

The image of the enemy as a means of political survival of the administration Evgeny Mikhailov The elected political leaders lies a special mission - being preferred part of the fellow citizens, they are designed to serve the whole society. Since the end of the election, the victorious politician no longer belongs to himself - he becomes part of a complex state machine, whose work is not quite similar, and often does not look like an election campaign.

Veteran's answer to veterans There are topics with a continuation. A reader, Grigory Derusov, came to the editorial office. He was touched by the response to the discussion between the communist Anatoly Koposov and the anti-communist Alexander Frolov in the 43rd issue of Pskov Gubernia on November 6 ( “Shall we agree and make peace?” ), written by Sergei Borisov and Igor Panchishin (“blasphemy masquerading as learning”, “Pskovskaya province", No. 47 of December 4, 2002 ).

Electronic postmen work faster and more precisely ordinary The most common way of communication between people on the Internet is e-mail (e-mail). She was one of the earliest services of the world network. Automation is the greatest advantage of electronic services over conventional, including postal ones. Each service, even electronic, has its pros and cons. You just need to choose what is right for you.

Menu specially for the press From 12 to 14 December, a regular seminar of the Moscow School of Political Studies was held in the Golitsyno educational and methodological center near Moscow. The theme is "Institute of Free Media". The Moscow School of Political Studies, or, as it is called by the name of its director and founder, the Elena Nemirovskaya School, has been operating (with the support of the Council of Europe and other Russian and European democratic institutions) for ten years.

And Pushkin with them "And we are in the holy Pushkin Mountains, my friend, long ago, it's time ..." In early December, the State Museum-Reserve A.S. Pushkin “Mikhailovskoye” adopted participants in the second international conference of Dobrochotov, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of S. S. Gamichenko.

But Benjamin Pinhasik sparkles with optimism Last Sunday, the general director of Pskovenergo OJSC, Veniamin Pinhasik invited journalists to a press conference. There was a lot of writer, speaker and shooting fraternity - to find out what Pskov electricity will be tomorrow and how much it will cost, probably everyone wanted. Mr. Pinhasik was in a beautiful mood and began his performance with congratulations to the power engineers.