A 2010 Studio Ghibli film in which Hayao Miyazaki's name appears only among the screenwriters. Here, once again, Mary Norton's fairy tale "The Miners" is adapted for the screen. The first book about little people (there are four in total) was published in 1952 and received the Carnegie Medal at the same time. This is one of the most important American children's books of the twentieth century and another confirmation that American children's classics do not take root at all on Russian soil.

Jewelry boutique Korloff in Kyiv welcomes Masha Tsukanova Last week, the Korloff jewelry boutique officially opened on Ivan Franko Square. The official version is that jeweler Daniel Payaser founded the brand in 1978 and named it after his Korloff Noir, the largest black diamond in the world, according to the Guinness Book of Records (it now weighs 88 carats, and before cutting it weighed 421 carats) .

Human Rights Commissioner Vladimir Lukin filed a complaint that experts have the right to invalidate voter signatures. The decision does not change even if the person personally confirms his autograph. But this is the result of law enforcement practice; the law does not contain such provisions, CEC members note. The Constitutional Court will decide whether voters will be able to personally certify the authenticity of their signatures submitted for parties or candidates.

Viktor Yanukovych invites law enforcement agencies to consider the advisability of detaining persons suspected of committing crimes that are not related to a threat to the life and health of citizens, and do not constitute other threats to social security.

The rhetoric of federal television channels towards Mikhail Prokhorov changed after the start of the conflict with the presidential administration, experts say. On the evening of September 16, the documentary film “Wrong Cause” will appear on NTV in prime time. "Revelatory" stories may be aired on other federal television channels. Find out more from Kommersant FM correspondent Nikita Batalov.

The passenger traffic of Kuban Air Lines OJSC in August 2011 amounted to 121 thousand people, which is 32% more than the same period last year, the carrier’s press service reports. In total, in August of this year, the airline's aircraft operated 683 flights, of which 508 were on regular routes and 175 on charter routes. Compared to last year, the total number of flights increased by 6%, including charter flights by 118%.

Social Democrats won elections for the first time in ten years In Denmark, the results of the early parliamentary elections held on Thursday were summed up. Representatives of the left opposition won them for the first time in ten years. The head of the next cabinet will be a woman for the first time in Danish history - the leader of the Social Democratic Party, Helle Thorning-Schmitt.

The World Bank found no connection between social support and domestic demand The latest report of the World Bank (WB) on the state of the Russian economy, published yesterday, contains extremely remarkable observations by economists on the dynamics of consumption in the Russian Federation.

In 2009, the Kiev International Film Festival began with the arrival of Peter Greenaway, who, however, was not identified by anyone, and fanfare statements of Bogdan Stupka, who was chosen as the wedding general for the role of forum president, about his intention in the coming years to become on a par with Cannes and Venice.

Russia is unlikely to join the WTO before the end of this year. Negotiations may drag on for years, said the head of the Ministry of Economic Development, Elvira Nabiullina, at an investment forum in Sochi. Dmitry Butrin, head of the economic policy department of the Kommersant newspaper, shared his opinion on the situation with Roman Karlov. — Did you personally believe that this process would be completed by the end of the year?

Industrial policy in Russia is characterized by inconsistency of authorities in the field of tax policy and regulation of tariffs of natural monopolies. As a result, the most pressing task for the domestic real sector is the modernization of production facilities, which is not progressing at the pace we would like.

INVESTIGATION The Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee for the Republic of Buryatia sent a criminal case to court against the former Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of the region - Chief of Logistics Konstantin Akalelov. He is suspected of exceeding official powers and causing damage to the republican Ministry of Internal Affairs in the amount of 965 thousand rubles. A criminal case was initiated in November 2010 under Part 1 of Art.

According to the results In 2010, although the Nizhny Novgorod industry demonstrated significant growth, it failed to rise to pre-crisis levels. Business Guide “Industry” was discussed with the vice-governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region Vladimir Ivanov prospects for the development of industrial parks in the region in the conditions of a tough struggle for investors between the constituent entities of the federation.

Shareholders of computer technology manufacturer Hewlett-Packard filed a lawsuit against the company, accusing the company that management hid from them actions that led to a decline in stock prices, writes The Wall Street Journal. The lawsuit alleges that HP Chief Executive Leo Apotheker and Chief Financial Officer Katherine Lesyak knowingly reported false information to inflate the company's stock price.

The Nizhny Novgorod government is looking for a buyer for the site where a tourist paradise was planned The Ministry of State Property of the Nizhny Novgorod Region has put up for sale a land plot with an area of ​​188.8 hectares on the Gorky Sea, which was not sold within the framework of the regional program for the development of inbound and domestic tourism for 2007–2011.