The screens of Scorsese about The Rolling Stones was released on the screens of the capital, the film of the famous American director Martin Scorsese “The Rolling Stones. May there be light ”in February solemnly opened the Berlin Film Festival, in June he closed the Sochi Kinotavr, and now he was released on Moscow screens. The number of these screens is small, when compared with those that any Hollywood film of medium size striving.

15:28 // 24.07.2008 Representatives of the main shareholders of the INGOSSTRAKS OSAO - PPF Investments and the Basic Element - negotiations began on the annual meeting of shareholders OSAO the day before, in order to withdraw from the conflict situation around the insurer, the PPF Investments said on the official website. "Currently, PPF Investments and the" basic element "are negotiating to withdraw from the conflict situation around OSAO Ingosstrakh.

The number of universities in Russia can be reduced five times by the Minister of Education and Science Andrei Fursenko, speaking on Thursday at a meeting on the development of scientific and educational centers in MEPhI, conducted by President Dmitry Medvedev, the intention announced to radically reduce the number of universities. According to Fursenko, of the available almost 1 thousand establishments, about 50 universities and 150-200 other universities should remain.

The President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Mehmet Ali Talat in an interview with Gazeta today should announce the start of negotiations on the removal of borders and the unification between the leadership of the Cyprus and the Turkish Republic of the Northern Cyprus-an unrecognized state in the territory of the island occupied in 1974 by Turkish troops during the conflict between the Greeks-Cypriots and Turks-Cypriots.

In the beginning there was a word. On any significant political turn in Russia, a password changes. Let me remind you, at the beginning of Putin’s presidency, the password was "competitiveness." The economy, and workers, and the state, and officials should have become competitive. Then came the "public-private partnership", "sovereignty", unknown and from this even more miraculous nanotechnologies. Medvedev does not have his password yet. "Continuity" is not a password, but an input ticket.

The Public Chamber wants to pretend the mistakes of the Ministry of Health and Social Development today members of the Public Chamber for the first time in two years after the creation gathered to discuss the problems of practical health care, as well as the experience of public healthcare organizations.

The antimonopoly service begins the federal antimonopoly service (FAS), the federal antimonopoly service (FAS) is starting to fulfill all the instructions of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Today it became known that in addition to the monopolists from the aircraft and oil, the fuel oil supply and oil were in the black list of service.

Governor of Chukotsky Autonomous Okrug Roman Kopin, whose candidacy is a week back the district parliament, solemnly He took office by swearing on the charter of the region .. Governor of Chukotsky Autonomous Okrug Roman Kopin, whose candidacy is a week back the district parliament, solemnly He took office, swearing on the charter of the region. Kopin took the oath, after which he was awarded a certificate Head of the region. It is reported by RIA Novosti .

The new law on the security of the Senate of Italy on Wednesday adopted a new edition of the Security Law. The law was adopted with a minimum advantage (161 votes for, 120 - against). The Democratic Party and the Italy of Values party considered the law of discriminatory. According to Senator Anna Finakyaro, the law violates the constitutional principle of equality.

For five months, the insurance company deduced nine "daughters" from its balance according to the reports published on the website of Ingosstrakh, from October 31, 2007 to March 28, the current insurer stopped participating in the capital of its nine subsidiaries at once.

21:20 // 24.07.2008 The Russian mining and metallurgical "Mechel", the general director and main shareholder of which was criticized by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, lost almost a third of her capitalization on the New York Stock Exchange NYSE in the afternoon. As of 21.00 Moscow time, on Thursday, the quotes of American depository receipts (ADR) "Mechel" collapsed by 33% and continue to move down. Source: gzt.ru

17:44 // 24.07.2008 In the Arkhangelsk region, two operational employees of the Investigative Department under the Department of Internal Affairs of the region were convicted of receiving a bribe.

The traffic police advises to change the driver’s licenses in the summer for drivers should once again check the validity of their rights and hurry to the inter-district registration and examination department (MREO) of the traffic police. The fact is that just now the driver’s license should end with those who received them 10 years ago, exchanging Soviet rights.

The Salzburg festival opens on July 26, the Salzburg festival starts - the largest music and theatal forum of Europe, which was founded in 1919, the director Max Reinhardt, composer Richard Strauss and playwright Hugo von Hoffmannstal. The current quartermaster (artistic director) Jurgen Flim has been heading the festival for the second year. The opera program of last summer looked unconvincing, especially against the background of the concert, much more thoughtful.

The founder of Microsoft Corporation Bill Gates and New York mayor Michael Bloomberg are going to deploy a third-world countries to combat smoking campaign. Third world countries have become the main market for the spread of tobacco products for tobacco companies that suffer great losses in Europe, the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, where governments pursue a successful anti -tobacco policy. As a result, it is in developing countries that 1 billion smokers live.