The Kazan Icon of the Mother of God stored in the Vatican is not genuine. This conclusion was reached by a specially created commission of the Russian Ministry of Culture, which recently conducted an examination of the icon. As Interfax reported today in the commission, the study of the icon allowed us to establish that it is not the original, which was revealed in 1579, but the list from the very famous icon made in the middle of the 18th century.

According to the Finnish law on language, soon the Russian language will be used in many cities of this country in the service sector. In connection with the constant growth of the Russian -speaking community in Finland, it will seem to be adopted for consideration and its linguistic rights will soon, Postimees Online reports.

Japanese experts say: if pigs are fed with yogurt, their meat will be more useful and tastier 'Pig meat fed by yogurt has a low cholesterol content and has higher taste in comparison with the usual pork, ”said representatives of the Asagiri Ham meat products from the city of Fujinomy (Sizuoku Prefecture) in an interview with Yomiuri (translation on the website inopressa.ru ).

After the defeat of the Moscow “Spartak” in the match of the seventh round of the national football championship against fellow countrymen from Torpedo with a score of 0: 3, the head coach of the nine-time champions of Russia Oleg Romantsev traditionally did not appear at the no less traditional post-match press conference. Everything would be fine, but for Oleg Ivanovich this non-appearance became the 50th in a row.

On the Victory Day of May 9, warm sunny weather is expected in the capital, without precipitation, Monday reported on Monday at the Hydrometeorological Department of Moscow and the Moscow Region. Cyclone, which has come to the capital region from the south of the Baltic, will shift to the east of the country today, and the weather in the Moscow region will begin to improve. At the same time, short -term rains will be held in the city during the coming days, they noted in the mete -too.

The study in which American students participated gives reason to assume that songs with "hard" texts increase the aggressiveness of thoughts and feelings. The results of the study contradict the widespread opinion that music, which is accompanied by a cruel figurative number, for example, some songs written in the styles of rap and Havi-metal help to lose aggression, today New Scientist (translation on the website inopressa.ru ).

The two-day pastoral visit of the Pope John Paul II to Spain ended, ITAR-TASS reports. At the Madrid airport "Barahas" the head of the Roman Catholic Church was escorted by King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofia. Thousands of Spanish Catholics, who had come to Madrid from all over the country, took part in the wires of the pontiff. On the first day of the visit, the head of the Vatican met youth.

Two British, suspected of involvement in the terrorist attack in Tel Aviv, managed to deliver explosives to Israel, hiding it into the Qur'an , RIA Novosti reports.

From May 5 to August 5, the XI International Festival of Arts "Stars of White Nights", dedicated to the 300th anniversary of the city, will be held in the Mariinsky Theater of the Northern capital. The festival was invited to the world -class stars: in particular, the opera singers Placido Domingo and Dmitry Hvorostovsky, Altist Yuri Bashmet, violinist Vadim Repin, conductor James Livine (USA).

The Chinese businessman received 5,000 offers from women after he announced an announcement in the newspaper about the search for the "perfect virgin bride", writes South China Morning Post . In search of an ideal couple, the 35-year-old magnate spent more than 75,000 pounds on advertisements. The Shanghai businessman, whose condition is estimated at 7.5 million pounds, has already made a short list of 30 candidates. In the coming weeks, he plans to conduct interviews with them.

The Japanese police announced the arrest of an unemployed person who was masked under a schoolgirl to rob women in the city of Nagoe. 24-year-old Yoshikuni Morivaki admitted that he committed several crimes, changing into a blue mini-skirt, a white blouse and a wig with brown hair to his shoulders. In the last incident, he is supposed to grab the sacrifice bag from the luggage basket of the bicycle on which the woman was driving.

Cyclone, who came to the metropolitan region from the south of the Baltic, overshadowed not only the last festive weekend, but also the beginning of the working week. Bad weather will last another day. So Monday will be cloudy, rainy and cool. According to the forecasts of the Moscow Hydrometer, in the afternoon in the capital - about 10 degrees of heat, in the region - plus 8-13. Strong north wind, with gusts up to 15-17 meters per second.

The exhibition "Russia in photographs. 1900-1991" opens in the capital's State Central Museum of Modern History of Russia on May 7. The organizers of the event were the Russian State Archive of Film Photo Documents and the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.

The consequences of a cyclone that turned out to be the most destructive in recent years are eliminated on the northern Kurils. To date, only telephone communication has been completely restored. As a result of the Pervomaisky hurricane, 70 residential buildings were damaged in the city of North Kurilsk, as well as municipal property objects. One small vessel sank.

A company engaged in data collection and involved in the failure of the 2000 elections in Florida receives from the Bush administration millions of dollars to collect detailed personal information about residents of foreign countries. This has anger several governments claiming that the information could be obtained illegally, reports The Guardian (translation on the website inopressa.ru ).