Today, June 26, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I conveyed a blessing through the President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko to all Ukrainian citizens. According to the press secretary of the head of state, Irina Vannikova, today Viktor Yushchenko met with Bartholomew I in Istanbul.

Especially for Kommersant, the heads of the main TV channels sum up the results of the TV season Entertainment and trash became the dominant genres of the 2006/2007 season. Channel One has surpassed everyone not only in the number of premiere shows, but also in the high quality of their performance. TNT managed to find new formats and niches of “live” television for its target audience.

The mayor suspended the head of the district for non-payment of VAT by the house management company 101 2 minutes. ... Yesterday, the mayor of Nizhny Novgorod, Vadim Bulavinov, temporarily suspended the head of the Prioksky district of the city, Viktor Yashkov, from his duties. The reason for such measures was that the house management company (DUK) of the Prioksky district did not transfer VAT for six months, resulting in debts to the tax authorities of 40 million rubles.

President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko made changes to the decree "On issues of representation of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea." The head of state increased the number of deputies to his permanent representative in Crimea to five people. Previously, the presidential permanent representative in Crimea had four deputies, including one first; signed a decree on urgent measures to develop the State Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine "Pirogovo" (Kiev).

The world's leading manufacturers of personal protective equipment (PPE) have begun to launch production of their products in Russia. They explain their desire simply: the PPE market in our country is growing rapidly, by 30-40% per year. The total volume of the PPE market in Russia, according to the Russian PPE Association, is estimated at approximately $750 million. At the same time, 70% of the market is occupied by domestic manufacturers.

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Today, June 26, employees of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) seized a record batch of Arsan ephedrine tablets of Turkish origin at the Ilyichevsk seaport in the Odessa region. According to the press service of the SBU, at night police officers blocked the channel of entry into Ukraine and seized 29 thousand packages (more than 583 thousand tablets) of a psychotropic substance based on ephedrine, which is one of the components of the common narcotic substance “ecstasy”.

TermRussian rubleEuro*English pound*Japanese yenSwiss FrancIndian RupeeUkrainian hryvnia Overnight 25.8877 1.34575 1.99749 123.8641 1.23022 40,797 0.208 Tomorrow 25.8883 1.34575 1.99749 123.8641 1.23022 40,798 0.238 1 week 25.8779 1.34607 1.99743 123.7521 1.22958 40,785 0.708 1 month 25.8591 1.34706 1.99693 123.3995 1.22755 40.86 1,898 2 months 25.8292 1.34846 1.99603 122.9127 1.22476 40,935 3,868 3 months 25.8091 1.34976 1.99504 122.44 1.22203 41.0225 5,608 6 months 25.8242 1.35292 1.99133

Today, June 26, the consulting company “Ukrainian Trade Guild” (UTG) and the Ukrainian division of the largest retail chain Auchan Group, the company “Auchan Ukraine”, agreed on cooperation. According to the signed agreement, UTG will conduct marketing research for the Kiev retail real estate market for Auchan Ukraine.

President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko sent greetings to the participants and guests of the III International Conference of the Council of Europe on interregional cooperation of the countries of the Black Sea basin. “The development of interregional, border and cross-border cooperation is one of the priorities of the state policy of Ukraine. And constructive interaction between central and local authorities at the international level is an important factor in ensuring it.

Today, June 26, the Constitutional Court of Ukraine refused to open constitutional proceedings in the case on the submission of people's deputies on the constitutionality of the decree of the President of Ukraine on the dismissal of Valery Pshenichny, Suzanna Stanik and Vladimir Ivashchenko from the position of judges of the Constitutional Court.

Today, June 26, a meeting between Viktor Yushchenko and Viktor Yanukovych took place, at which they agreed to hold an extraordinary meeting of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC). At the meeting of the National Security and Defense Council, a tender procurement mechanism will be determined until the adoption of the relevant law by the newly elected parliament.

A delegation from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) arrives in Pyongyang on June 26 to discuss with the North Korean side the details of shutting down the Yongbyon nuclear reactor. “We are going there to discuss the details: how to make sure and guarantee that the Yongbyon reactor will be shut down,” IAEA Deputy Director General Olli Heinonen, who led the delegation, said in Beijing, where he made a stop before leaving for North Korea.

Today, June 26, a two-day regular meeting of the Ukrainian-American Working Group on Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Export Control (WGNEC) began in Kyiv.

The concern announced losses for the first time The Russian IT company Sitronics announced yesterday a net loss of $28 million for the first quarter of 2007. Experts state that Sitronics is suffering losses due to the fact that it was unable to diversify its business and get rid of dependence on its parent company, AFK. System". Sitronics yesterday announced unaudited consolidated US GAAP results for the first quarter of 2007.