Political Information Agency "Navigator" of the Center for Social Design "Vozrozhdenie" announces an open competition of research papers (essays) on the modern socio-political process in the Pskov region Students of higher educational institutions and specialists who are interested in political research and live and work in the Pskov region are invited to participate in the competition.

February 23 to April 5 Deputy Sergei Yushenkov submitted a draft law to the State Duma, which proposes to postpone the celebration of the Russian Army Day from February 23 to April 5. “It seems to me that the date of February 23 does not correspond to the historical truth. On this day, the Red Army suffered a crushing defeat near Pskov and Narva, after which the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was concluded, so February 23 is not Defender of the Fatherland Day, but the anniversary of national disgrace.

Mikhail Margelov, Chairman of the International Committee of the Federation Council, has been proposed from Russia for the post of Vice Speaker of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. The decision was made on Monday at a meeting of the senatorial part of the Russian delegation to PACE. / PAI According to the publication of the Rossiya newspaper, the Pskov region ranks 73rd in the rating for attracting foreign investment among the regions of Russia.

The "anniversary" city budget of Pskov does not create the impression of the holiday Despite the first time, the budget exceeded a billion Russian rubles, and in the anniversary year the city will have to tighten the belt even tighter. Last Friday, the Pskov City Duma in the second final reading adopted the city budget for 2003. The main work of deputies was to consider more than fifty amendments, which developed disagreements with the city administration.

A new place for a mini-market on the street. Civil sparked civil protest small business Chairman of the Pskov City Duma L. N. Trifonov Deputies of the Pskov City Duma Copy: to the editorial office of the newspaper "Pskov province" Dear Leonid Nikolaevich! Dear deputies!

On board the "steamer" stepped the leg of the first European celebrity The Giant Hall “Steamboat” safely began to fulfill his noble mission, for which he was actually created. On January 19, in the New Hall on Oktyabrsky, 56, a concert “Stars of the French pop singer In-Grid” took place. In-city-of course, the stage pseudonym. The real name of the singer is Ingrid Alberini.

The budgetary possibilities of the Pskov region remain modest The regional budget adopted at the end of last year is the main regional state document of the coming year. Its content is not encouraging. Coming The real achievements of the regional administration lie in a five percent increase in tax revenues (if any). It is tax revenues that are the result of the work of the authorities with the economy of the Pskov region. However, there are several pitfalls hidden here.

Appeal of the staff and management of the TV and radio company "Pskov" to the heads of enterprises and organizations, individuals, entrepreneurs of the Pskov region Dear Colleagues! All the creative, engineering and technical personnel of the Pskov State Television and Radio Company are addressing you. Trouble has come to our house.

Issue four I'm going to work under the new Code. I've worked for more than 10 years at one enterprise, now there is a variant with a new job. I know that a new Labor Code has been in effect since last year. Are there any new document requirements that I need to submit when applying for a job? Will there be an employment contract with me? Sincerely, Kuznetsov A.S., Pskov. The Labor Code of the Russian Federation (Labor Code of the Russian Federation) came into force on February 1, 2002.

Prices for station products increased by 50% During the period from January to November 2002, the production of electric power products in the Pskov region decreased by 8%, the Pskov regional committee of state statistics reported. This figure is largely due to the difficult situation at the Pskovskaya GRES, which operates on natural gas. Since the beginning of the year, the selling price for gas has risen twice, and its growth amounted to almost 40%.

spy inside North Korea "The New York Times" , USA James Risen January 20, 2003 According to sources in the United States intelligence community, in the 1990s, Russian intelligence officers, at the request of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), secretly planted sophisticated nuclear detection equipment in North Korea to help the United States monitor the North Korean nuclear weapons program.

Question of the Week: Do you have enough money to live on? Andrey Bukin, General Director of the industrial and financial company Sintez, member of the Board of Directors of the Pskov Plant of Radio Components Pleskava, deputy of the Pskov Regional Assembly of Deputies: As a person or as a deputy? Do you know at least one person who has enough money to live on, you know? Show me this man!

Cinema with Evgeny Shaskiki Philip Yankovsky, after one and a half hundred video clips, made a full -length film The appearance in our weekly review of the product of the domestic manufacturer is a rare and pleasant event. As soon as he was released on the screens of the capital's cinemas, the film “In Movement”, produced by Fedor Bondarchuk, caused a wide variety of responses. “In the movement” - the directorial debut of Philip Yankovsky.

Virtual networks of astrology Many people, opening a printed or virtual publication, first read a horoscope, believing that all problems are predetermined here. Frantically run around the text of their zodiac sign and relieves to turn to another page, not finding terrible lines "This week you are awaiting major troubles." Star path To predict fate or some events on the stars is a good thing and somewhere useful.

Neue Zuercher Zeitung , Switzerland, editorial article, January 13, 2003 As a legal afterword to the drama with the capture of hostages in October last year, a process has now begun in the Moscow Theater Center, during which the plaintiffs demand compensation from the city. The lawyers of the former hostages and family members filed a lawsuit to receive compensation for moral damage in the amount of 59 million US dollars.