Authorities and society on the eve of a new confrontation 1K 7 min. ... riots in France As of yesterday, the law on the first labor contract in France came into force. President Jacques Chirac signed the decree without delay, despite ongoing protests. This did not relieve either tension or irritation in society. The situation threatens to result in a new wave of demonstrations and, alas, accompanying violence. With details - Kommersant's own correspondent in France NATALIA GEVORGYAN.

Kyiv, April 3 (YULIA Kommersant-Moskalenko). Mobile operator life:) announces the start of a new promotion - SMS-quiz “A thousand every day!” SMS quiz “A thousand every day!” from life:) will take place from April 3 to April 30, 2006. Individual subscribers servicing on a contract or prepaid basis, as well as life Platinum subscribers, will be able to take part in the promotion. life:) subscribers will receive an SMS with an invitation to take part in the promotion and win 1000 hryvnia daily.

Bertelsmann sells its stake to Sony BMG Last Monday, The Financial Times, citing sources close to the company, reported that the German media concern Bertelsmann plans to sell its stake in the record company Sony BMG, as well as its subsidiary music publishing house BMG Music Publishing. Sony BMG is Bertelsmann's 50/50 joint venture with Japan's Sony Corp. and is the world's second-largest record company by revenue after Universal Music.

834 1 min. ... Australian dollar** 359.6235 British pound** 877.7312 Belarusian ruble* 0.0235 Hungarian forint*** 23.0019 Danish krone** 81.9109 U.S. dollar** 505.0000 Euro** 611.2520 Icelandic krona** 7.1026 Kazakh tenge** 3.9330 Canadian dollar** 434.0045 Norwegian krone** 76.7182 Polish zloty** 155.0417 Russian ruble* 1.8231 Turkish Lira** 374.4728 Czech crown** 21.3762 Swedish krona** 64.8096 Swiss frank** 386.8439 Japanese yen*** 42.9190 *For 10.**For 100.***For 1000.

Today is the 72nd birthday of Federation Council member Alexander Dzasokhov Member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation , Bishop of Stavropol and Vladikavkaz Feofan, congratulates Alexander Dzasokhov on his birthday: — Dear Alexander Sergeevich! On your birthday, please accept my warmest and kindest wishes, God's blessings and every success! Our friendship with you has been going on for many years.

Vinnitsa, April 3 (LEONID Kommersant-TARATUTA). As Kommersant learned today, the governor of the Vinnitsa region, Alexander Dombrovsky, signed a decree on the procedure for partial reimbursement from the regional budget of interest rates on bank loans attracted by small and medium-sized businesses to implement investment projects.

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199 9 min. ... Photo: ALEXANDER MIRIDONOV “I don’t buy stocks or bonds for myself.” The first position in the ranking of portfolio managers was taken by Oleg Larichev, an employee of Troika Dialog Management Company (he manages two of the largest Russian open-end mutual funds - Dobrynya Nikitich and Ilya Muromets; the amount of assets under management is $1.3 billion), in In connection with this, Dengi correspondent Dmitry Ladygin spoke to him.

Kyiv, April 3 (YULIA Kommersant-Moskalenko). At the end of the pilot project, Rockwool Ukraine and the KEY Communications agency entered into an annual cooperation agreement. The pilot project included PR support for the presentation of DENA, a guide to energy saving, in the preparation of which Rockwool took part as one of the project sponsors.

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Volleyball Men. First matches of the 1/4 finals "Dynamo" (Moscow) - SK "Luch" (Moscow) 3:0. "Lokomotiv-Belogorye" (Belgorod) - "Lokomotiv-Izumrud" (Ekaterinburg) 3:2. "Fakel" (Novy Urengoy) - "Neftyanik Bashkortostan" (Ufa) 0:3. "Iskra" (Odintsovo) - "Dynamo-Tattransgaz" (Kazan) 3:2. Series up to three wins. Basketball Men. Russian championship "Spartak" (St. Petersburg) - "Sibirtelecom-Lokomotiv" (Novosibirsk) 69:74. Women. Euroleague. Final Four in Prague 1/2 finals.

488 4 min. ... Photo: Reuters Non-sports achievements The American magazine Forbes calculated the earnings of famous athletes. The magazine's experts believe that the main source of their income is advertising contracts. The authors of the rating found that the vast majority of the richest athletes have a contract with Nike. The last to sign a contract with the company was Russian Maria Sharapova, who, for the sake of cooperation with Nike, decided to completely change her image on the court.

Uzhgorod, April 3 (VICTORIA Kommersant-PETROVA). As reported today by the Main Department of Statistics in the Transcarpathian region, during 2005, every seventh enterprise operated at a loss in the region. The total losses of these enterprises amounted to 74.2 million hryvnia. In addition, 173 enterprises did not make a profit. A third of unprofitable companies are enterprises in the finishing industry. Municipal enterprises suffered losses of 8 million hryvnia.

Barcelona did not defeat ten Madrid players eurofootball The Spanish “classico” Barcelona-Real, as always, turned out to be very tense and eventful. The match ended with the score 1:1, with Real winning back in the minority. Meanwhile, Manchester United has moved closer to Chelsea in the English Championship standings, now 7 points behind the Londoners. Spanish Championship This match was all about Barcelona. The Catalans played faster and sharper.

Dnepropetrovsk, April 3 (IVAN Kommersant-KRASIKOV). Today, the regional election commission decided to invalidate the results of the elections of deputies of the Dnepropetrovsk regional council in the city of Nikopol. This decision was due to the discrepancy between the voting results indicated in the protocol of the Nikopol City Election Commission, in comparison with the protocols of the city’s precinct election commissions.