For all the years of his service, the Swiss diplomat Thomas Borker did not follow the instructions of such a delicate. He prepares his government’s response to the accusations that during the Second World War his country successfully played the role of a banker of Nazi Germany. International Jewish organizations claim that the Swiss banks who accepted the stolen gold from the Nazis refuse to return the money on the accounts of the Holocaust.

While Columbus and Magellan, in search of Eldorado, led Caravel to the West, the Russian explorers went east. Both of those and others were pushed by the thirst for adventure and profit, an indomitable desire to go beyond the borders of the excited. It took the Russians almost a hundred years to go from the Urals to the Pacific Ocean. And more two hundred to establish and get used to this territory.

In the case of Izvestia, this is not about freedom or non -freedom of the word, but about the rights of the investor. The decision to choose the investor was made by the Izvestia itself, and the newspaper chose Lukoil as a stable and creditworthy structure. Whether we offer the newspaper a five -year development program worth about $ 40 million. If they wanted to remain completely independent, they could leave stocks at home and switch to the saving regime.

Yaichko, as you know, is dear to Christ Day. And therefore, having heard the formidable presidential: “Something we have not fought with corruption for a long time!”, Russian Pinkertons stood up and got (though not without the help of foreign colleagues) Easter gift to Boris Yeltsin. And not any imported, but, following the last installation, the most likely homegrown.

Igor Golempovsky: Oddly enough, I was one of the few who believed that the ventures with collective letters are completely useless to the president. When Vsevolod Bogdanov recently gathered a group of chief editors, I said: “Keep in mind, dear colleagues and friends, that the president has no legal reason to intervene in this conflict.” In addition, I can firmly say: I have no hopes for this intervention, and I do not believe in it.

and unity and struggle of opposites The posters “towards the XX ... Congress” no longer call the eyes, the newspaper leaders do not repent articles about the labor exploits of “the entire Soviet people”, no one takes on increased obligations on the eve of the party veche. The parties are a lot, you can’t please everyone.

newspaper, like with a well. And with journalists as with drilling masters: “Close the valve! Open the valve! ”... From conversations in Izvestia: “If you have an oil well, and not one, it’s stupid to try to pump money out of newspaper paper. It is much easier and profitable to swing extra from the ground twice, the experienced commentator of Izvestia argues aloud. - The newspaper in modern Russia is not a means of enrichment. This is a trouble production factory.

Victor Pivovarov. "Actors" The previous exhibitions of Viktor Pivovarov in Moscow were devoted to the resettlement of souls and intelligence secrets of an unknown country. For a Russian artist, not the first ten years living in Prague, before that (like his friend and colleague Ilya Kabakov) playing the double role of the famous illustrator of children's books and one of the initiators of Moscow conceptualism, similar topics are natural.

as a way to get rid of all problems Almost all newspapers that existed since the Soviet era have long been corrupted. And only “labor” pulled everything with the definition of its form of property. The leadership of the former trade union publication, accustomed to iron intra -editing discipline, did not want to be subjected to the dangers that the corporatization is fraught with.

Computers now help to monitor the yield and quality of vineyards from the French Bordeaux province. They record the readings of the soil composition, analyze the data, give relevant recommendations. Such close attention to winemaking is understandable. Last year, a record amount of local wine was sold abroad. According to the Bordeaux Chamber of Winel, a total of 1.96 million hectoliters in the amount of $ 890 million were sent for export. In Europe, 75 percent of supplies settles.

The Balchug bar is located opposite the Kremlin, on the second floor of the hotel of the same name. The windows of the bar are looking at the Moscow River, the dome of the Kremlin cathedrals and Basil Blessed. This is a charming bar, the walls of which are decorated with several paintings with pictures from Russian life, which should be especially interesting to foreign visitors to the bar. Usually visit Teli Bara - these are pop, political and film recognition.

Pocket computers in their capabilities catch up with older brothers A couple of years ago, to have a personal computer at home was considered a great luxury, and the portable laptop was an attribute of only very large bosses. But times are changing rapidly.

The Association of German Pivovars is alarming: beer consumption in Germany is steadily falling. Last year, the average German drank 10 liters less than in 1991. More than a third, the number of jobs in the beer industry was reduced, 122 breweries closed. According to the President of the Michael Ditzsh Association, the Germans are based on the refusal of the drink so beloved by them are mainly economic reasons.

I don’t know what way of life the goddess Hera led. Maybe a lot of ragweed during pregnancy. Again, stresses around - the Trojan war at that time took place. And she married her brother. Zeus was his name. In general, one way or another, but she gave birth to an inferior baby Hephaestus. This is the god of fire and part -time blacksmith. He walked, however, with difficulty, his legs were weak and did not bend (high tone), and the gods, I remember, were very amused by him.

The situation on the Korean Peninsula again sharply worsened. Pentagon’s official Kenneth Bacon warned Pyongyang that, in the case of military provocations in the demilitarized zone, the United States would apply a “crushing blow” in the DPRK. Bacon’s statement was reply to the statement of the high -ranking North Korean defector Hwan Dyan both about the fact that North Korea was preparing for war and can turn the southern Korea into a “sea of ​​fire”.