He was 104 years old The classic of world architecture, Brazilian Oscar Niemeyer, died in Rio de Janeiro on December 5. Over 70 years of work, the master designed more than 400 buildings in 18 countries, including taking part in the construction of the city of Brasilia. The cause of death of the great architect was a respiratory tract infection, due to which he was hospitalized several days ago. Oscar Niemeyer has been ill a lot lately, but has remained creatively active.

The GDP of the 17 eurozone countries decreased by 0.1% in the third quarter compared with the previous three months, when a decrease of 0.2% was recorded, according to revised data from the Statistics Office of the European Union. Thus, the European economy contracted for the second quarter in a row, ending up in recession for the second time in the last 4 years. On an annualized basis, the decline in GDP in the third quarter was 0.6%.

Over the 11 months of this year, Vladivostok Air operated 9,647 flights, carrying 1.8 million passengers, including 828 thousand people on domestic Russian routes and 252 thousand people on international routes, the carrier reports. By comparison, over the 11 months of 2011, 1.137 million passengers were transported. Transportation of cargo and mail from January to November 2012 amounted to 6975 tons and 1088 tons, respectively.

In the Poltava region, Hyundai electric train No. 164 running between Kyiv and Kharkov broke down and stood on the stretch for 3 hours and 5 minutes. As reported by the territorial department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in the Poltava region, a forced stop of the train due to a breakdown of the pantograph occurred on December 5 at 20.27 at 251 km of the Gogolevo-Matyashevka section of the Southern Railway.

The State Property Fund (SPF) put up for auction on the PFTS stock exchange a 5.38% stake in the Kharkov Thermal Power Plant-5 company. The State Property Fund put up for sale 15.921 million shares in book-entry form with a par value of UAH 1 each. Accordingly, the starting price of this block of shares is UAH 15.921 million. The authorized capital of the enterprise is UAH 295.910 million. The competition for the sale of the stake will take place on December 28.

Tolyatti officials and deputies could not agree on the independence of the PCB The Togliatti authorities were never able to come to an agreement on the extent of the independence of the Chamber of Control and Accounts (CAC), which was separated into a separate local government body in September. The mayor's office proposes to give it the rights of a legal entity and finance it directly.

Projects The decision on the use of an automatic goal detection system (GLT) will be made only by the match referee, said the Secretary General of the International Football Federation (FIFA) Jerome Valcke. FIFA will test GLT for the first time at the Club World Cup in Japan, which starts today.

An assistant to former Minister of Agriculture Elena Skrynnik has been put on the international wanted list in connection with a case of fraud at the Rosagroleasing company. The involvement of Oleg Donskikh as a defendant may provide the investigation with evidence of the guilt of the former head of the Ministry of Agriculture, experts say. Ex-official of the Ministry of Agriculture Oleg Donskikh is accused in two criminal cases of theft of a total of 800 million rubles.

The victory over Fenerbahce almost ensured his participation in the playoffs Volleyball Champions League Dynamo Moscow, a round before the end of the group stage, came very close to following Zenit Kazan and Lokomotiv Novosibirsk to reach the play-offs of the volleyball Champions League. A 3:1 victory over Turkish Fenerbahçe almost guaranteed him participation in the play-offs of the main European Cup. Dynamo played a very difficult match yesterday.

The governor disowned Smolny's official commitment to build a stadium Governor of St. Petersburg Georgy Poltavchenko refuted the assertion of Gazprom OJSC that the stadium on Krestovsky Island should be built at the expense of Gazprom Neft OJSC taxes. As stated in the mayor’s response to a request from member of the Legislative Assembly Boris Vishnevsky, there is no such obligation in any agreement between Smolny and the gas corporation.

The death toll from Typhoon Pablo, the strongest in 20 years in the southern Philippines, has reached 475 people, the Philippine armed forces said. Previously, 325 deaths were reported. About 400 people are missing. The International Red Cross has issued an urgent appeal for at least $4.8 million worth of assistance to residents of the affected areas.

At least three tanks guarded the presidential palace in Cairo on the morning of December 6, an eyewitness told Reuters . They were spotted on a street that has previously seen clashes between supporters and opponents of President Mohammed Morsi. In addition, there were at least two armored personnel carriers in the same area.

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Russian shelf equipment is being imposed on Gazprom and Rosneft The Ministry of Industry and Trade has developed a strategy for localizing the production of equipment and developing the oil and gas service sector for offshore fields until 2020. The document talks about the poor situation in the industry and the lack of competitiveness of domestic producers.

Gennady Zyuganov is being prepared for re-election for a new term The Moscow city branch of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation issued a statement in which it declared the inadmissibility of discrediting Gennady Zyuganov and proposed to re-elect him as party leader. This is how the capital's communists reacted to the holding of a meeting of members of communist organizations, the participants of which intend to demand the resignation of Mr. Zyuganov.