Discussions on the association agreement continue in the EU Today, the influential Brussels website EUobserver reported on the discussion in the EU regarding future relations with Ukraine. The subject of the dispute is the possibility of signing an association agreement in 2013, which the Scandinavian countries and the Netherlands oppose. A discussion of the prospects for relations between the European Union and Ukraine took place a week ago in Brussels at a meeting of EU foreign ministers.

Number 220 1 min. ... The global economy will lack 40 million highly qualified specialists by 2020. This forecast is made by McKinsey Global Institute. At the same time, the demand for unskilled labor will fall. The shortage of professionals will be more acute in China, Europe, the USA and Japan. Source: RBC Russia took 3rd place in the ranking of the most unemotional countries. Singapore is in first place, Georgia and Lithuania share second place.

The world's largest cosmetics manufacturer L'Oreal SA announced the purchase of the American cosmetics manufacturer Urban Decay Cosmetics from the investment company Castanea Partners. Thus, the French cosmetics giant is trying to strengthen its position in the market of cosmetic brands with a narrow specialization. The parties themselves do not disclose information about the amount of the deal, but sources close to the negotiations claim that we are talking about $300-400 million.

Project 105 1 min. ... On November 30, 1962, all 14 thousand seats in the Sports Palace were occupied. People came to listen to poetry! And on December 1, the exhibition in the Manege was already destroyed, and political “freezes” began. That “thaw” generation gave the country an intellectual boost for several decades. His poems and songs will be performed at the Russian State Library at Larisa Novoseltseva’s creative evening “Fifty-Sixties!” November 27.

Perm developer Alexander Fleginsky is starting to build the Lenkom shopping center in the area of ​​Perm Arbat - Permskaya Street. Mr. Fleginsky told Kommersant that the construction contractor, a Turkish company, will enter the site in December. The contractor promises to build Lenkom in less than a year, Mr. Fleginsky said. The amount of investment is about 180 million rubles. The area of ​​the five-story center will be 5.8 thousand square meters.

The former ruling party of France cannot decide on a leader The most influential opposition party in France, the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), found itself in a deep crisis due to the election of the party leadership. Current party leader Jean-François Copé and former prime minister François Fillon declared themselves winners. Its founder, Alain Juppé, is called upon to save the party. Last night he met with the contenders to avoid the worst - a split.

A major fire broke out at a garment factory on the outskirts of Bangladesh's capital Dhaka, a day after a similar incident killed more than 120 people. According to media reports, a fire broke out in a 12-story building this morning. Factory workers, according to eyewitnesses, run out onto the roof. Hundreds of people could be cut off by fire, the publication points out. About 15 fire engines arrived at the scene of the fire. There have been no reports of casualties yet.

The Chinese army is a state within a state with its own courts, prosecutors, intelligence services, financiers, journalists, diplomats, scientists and politicians. Even the official budget of this empire exceeded $100 billion, but the real budget is more, according to most estimates, by 30–50%. The army is not united, but is still aware of its corporate interests. She has her own views on the country's development path and China's future place in the world.

The State Duma may support Dmitry Gudkov’s initiative State Duma deputy from A Just Russia Dmitry Gudkov proposed to legislate the right of regional deputies to be present at polling stations. The State Duma Committee on Constitutional Legislation promised to support the bill after Mr. Gudkov abandoned the idea of ​​giving the same right to municipal deputies. United Russia believes that a large number of municipal deputies are “disorganizing” the work of the commissions.

The net loss of Sukhoi Civil Aircraft CJSC (SCAC) for the first half of 2012 increased 6 times, the Prime agency reported on November 26, citing the company’s report. Thus, the company’s loss according to IFRS reached $100.25 million. The company’s revenue decreased by 3.5 times, to $5.63 billion.

To hold your own auction on the Internet, you will need $2 thousand and several vintage items, experts have found out, while it is better to purchase future lots at flea markets in England, France or Germany. Meanwhile, the technology for conducting online trading on the RuNet is imperfect, Kommersant FM interlocutors note. $2 thousand for the auction portal. This amount is necessary to organize independent online trading in Russia.

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said that after the Knesset elections he will leave politics, ending his career in this field. At the same time, Mr. Barak emphasized that until the formation of a new government, he will remain in his post and continue to lead the defense department. The reasons for the minister's decision may lie in the fact that his party, Independence (Atzmaut), has no chance of entering the Knesset according to public opinion polls.

85 years ago, the main news of Ogonyok was the “turning point” XV Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks). This event went down in history due to the fact that it was in 1927 that the Bolsheviks decided to measure life in five-year terms - at the congress, directives for drawing up the first five-year plan were adopted and the course for the collectivization of agriculture was approved.

Russia practically did not notice the changes that took place in China, unlike the rest of the world. Alexander Gabuev considers the reluctance to study his largest neighbor not only strange, but also dangerous. In the fall of 2010, when plans to modernize the country were still being taken seriously, and the signing of agreements in this area with foreigners was declared the main task of diplomacy, Dmitry Medvedev was planning a visit to the PRC.

716 1 min. ... The letter E was introduced into the Russian alphabet on November 29, 1783. On this day, one of the first meetings of the Academy of Russian Literature took place with the participation of its director, Princess Dashkova. Ekaterina Romanovna suggested replacing the designation of the sound “io”: “Is it legal to represent one sound with two letters?” Dashkova’s arguments seemed convincing, and the letter E received official recognition.