Today, August 24, the Dutch Heineken NV reported that the company's net profit for the first half of 2011 decreased by 14% and amounted to 605 million euros compared to 700 million euros received for the same period a year earlier. At the same time, the company's revenue for the past half year increased by 11% - to 8.358 billion euros compared to 7.520 billion euros for the same period a year earlier.

Alexey Slashchev, 38 years old, business manager. Married, two children. Driving experience - 20 years. The distance from home to work is 25 km. The vehicle being tested is a 2012 Jaguar XF. Have you ever tried to look closely into the eyes of a jaguar - a striking representative of the cat family. No? Well, that's right. Why tempt fate? As my friend, an experienced traveler, explained to me, they, that is, wild cats, perceive gaze as a challenge. This really irritates them.

Today, August 24, Israel and Gaza exchanged blows despite the truce. An Israeli airstrike killed a Palestinian militant. According to Palestinian sources, the Islamist died after a rocket hit the car he was in. According to the Israeli military, the man killed was the commander of a group responsible for attacks in southern Israel that killed eight people. In response, the Palestinians fired several rockets towards Israel.

The former head of the Domodedovo police department was asked a housing question On Wednesday, the former head of the Domodedovo police department, Boris Zhukov, was detained at Domodedovo airport. According to preliminary data, he was taken into custody as part of a criminal investigation into housing fraud that took place when Officer Zhukov was a member of the Chekhov police.

The Board of the Housing and Communal Services Fund approved the application of Chuvashia, according to which the republic will receive 334.2 million rubles in 2011. Co-financing from the region will amount to 204.2 million rubles. The Republic will use the funds received for the overhaul of 97 apartment buildings and the resettlement of residents of 117 dilapidated buildings. Living conditions should improve for 6.3 thousand people.

BYuT deputy on the dispersal of an opposition rally The Ukrainian opposition tried to hold unauthorized rallies in the center of Kyiv on Independence Day. Supporters of Yulia Tymoshenko wanted to stage a march to the presidential administration, but the police did not allow them to do so. Now activists are trying to organize an alternative action. Deputy from the BYuT faction Andrei Shkil told the details to Alexey Korneev.

15K 2 minutes. ... Rasul Mirzaev stated in court that he hit Ivan Agafonov in self-defense. Earlier, the Moscow City Court decided that it was impossible to release the athlete on bail. Mirzaev's defense considers the decision political. The lawyer of the deceased’s family, Igor Trunov, discussed the situation with Kommersant FM presenter Anna Kazakova. — How do you evaluate the words of the defendant’s lawyer that the Moscow City Court made a political decision? - We expected this.

Education Khabarovsk authorities said that by the beginning of the school year, all educational institutions were equipped with security alarms, and 35% of schools were equipped with video surveillance systems. There are a total of 177 municipal educational institutions in the city. The mayor's office spent 28 million rubles to ensure security during the preparatory period, and 9.6 million rubles to purchase technological equipment.

and test them for drug addiction The governor of the Tula region, Vladimir Gruzdev, intends to change the region's charter, which guarantees compensation to officials in case of early dismissal, and also to test his subordinates for drugs and lie detector tests. As moral compensation worth 10.8 million rubles, off-road vehicles will be purchased for employees of the regional administration. Mr.

The Russian national football team rose five positions and took 13th place in the International Football Federation (FIFA) ranking, the official website of the organization reports. In the July ranking, the Russians were in 18th place. There have also been changes in the top three of the rankings: the Dutch team has displaced the Spanish team from first place.

During a shootout on August 23, Dagestan law enforcement officers killed a man who opened fire on them. An explosive device was found at the scene.

The Zheleznodorozhny District Court of Krasnoyarsk sentenced Anna Bukharina, the former chief accountant of the Krasnoyarsk Railway Directorate, the press service of the West Siberian Transport Prosecutor's Office reported. She was found guilty under Part 3 and Part 4 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (fraud using official position, on an especially large scale).

He criticized the construction of a vascular surgery center in the Kama Valley Deputies of the regional legislative assembly checked the progress of construction of a perinatal center and a cardiovascular surgery center in the Kama Valley. This time, the construction of the “City of Heart” caused the most criticism.

199 2 minutes. ... There is no threat to the safety of astronauts on the ISS: despite the accident of the Progress, which was supposed to deliver cargo, the astronauts have sufficient supplies of food and oxygen. However, the flight program will be adjusted, experts said. The ISS crew will face major adjustments to the program in connection with the Progress accident, space industry experts say. The cargo ship was supposed to bring food, water, and fuel on board.

Today, August 24, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced that the country's military-industrial complex has completed the development of two new types of weapons - the Qader anti-ship cruise missile and the Valfajr torpedo system. He clarified that the country's military arsenal is not aimed against any specific state, but is intended to ensure national security.