The solemn ceremony of creating the first NATO in the history of the permanent contingent of fast deployment forces (SBR) took place on Wednesday at the NATO headquarters in Northern Europe in the Dutch city of Brunssum. New military units are called upon to act in any area of ​​the world and include ground, air and naval forces. SBR are capable of starting operations within five days and staying at the place of conduct of hostilities in an autonomous state for a month.

Today, the pilots of the Formula 1 team arrived in Moscow Renault Fernando Alonso and Yaro Truly. Their visit is dedicated to the first Formula-1 race in Russia. On Saturday, the team will conduct a demonstrative arrival on its car on the Sparrow Hills along a highway specially organized for this. The Renault Car Parade will open the event of the last century, and then the racers themselves will go to the highway, first Truly, then Alonso.

The participants of the horror film "Rat -2" will be brought to Lithuania - 320 rats. The continuation of the film is also shot by a German film company. The project also participates in the Lithuanian film studio, writes the Lietuvos Rytas newspaper. According to the publication, the filming of the film "Rat-2" will last in Lithuania for 35 days. 17 actors will be employed in it, including Lithuanians.

China intends to launch in the next year or two the manned spacecraft "Shenzhou-6". This was announced on Thursday at a press conference in Beijing, an official representative of the Program of manned flights of the Se, Minbao. “I think that, based on the experience of Shanzhou-5, China will launch the next apparatus of this series over the next two years,” he said, adding that China does not intend to develop a program of space “shuttles”, ITAR-TASS reports.

As a result of a robbery on the cashier of one of the St. Petersburg enterprises, more than 2 million rubles were stolen. According to law enforcement agencies, on Wednesday on Maurice Torez Street, three attackers approached the car in which the driver and cashier of the St. Petersburg Ottroy LLC were located. The criminals hit the driver's head and stole 2 million 30 thousand rubles from the car.

Russian President Vladimir Putin during his foreign tour held a working meeting in Malaysia with Pakistan President Peresa Musharraf. “Unfortunately, we were not able to meet in New York, but it is not scary, taking into account the interest in the development of bilateral relations and within the framework of international institutions, we will always find the opportunity to discuss the issues of interest to us,” the head of the Russian state said at the beginning of the conversation.

Twenty -five years on the Vatican throne - is this a long time? This question is asked the author of the article published today on the pages of the Swiss newspaper Le Temps (with the translation of the material introduces readers the site inopressa.ru ) A similar question, according to the Swiss observer, today no longer looks like a sacrilege.

The break in the cargo of the external suspension of the Ka-32 helicopter in the area of ​​the Fisht Mountain in Sochi caused the death of the worker. According to Sochi’s search and rescue service, a break in the cargo occurred on Wednesday during the Ka-32 helicopter, owned by OJSC Panch, in the area of ​​the Lunna Polyana shelter. As a result of the fall of the cargo, a worker was killed, which was at that time on Earth.

Al-Qaeda International Terrorist Organization took responsibility for undermining the Baghdad hotel in the Iraqi capital, which was carried out on October 12. In the Awarq Al Awsat, published on Thursday, excerpts from the al-Qaeda statement say that the group of Abu Hafs Al-Masry’s company, which is one of the organizers of the Terrorist at the New York International Settage Center in 1993, underwent the operation “Mesh Remeschye number 9” in Iraq to destroy the alliance forces command.

In the village of Fedotovo, located 36 km from the city of Medvezhyegorsk (Republic of Karelia), for the first time during the years of the universal electrification of Russia, declared by the founder of the Soviet state Vladimir Lenin in the first half of the last century, electricity came.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of India finds out the circumstances of a gangster attack on an employee of the Swiss embassy in New Delhi . India authorities ordered the most thorough investigation and severely punish the guilty. This incident occurred on Tuesday evening, when a 35-year-old employee of the consular department of the Embassy of Switzerland returned from the concert hall Siri Fort in South Delhi, where a prestigious international film festival is now being held.

In Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, an emergency may be announced and direct governor's rule is introduced. This proposal was made by the prosecutor of the Kamchatka region Alexander Voitovich at a meeting of the heads of law enforcement agencies of the Kamchatka region, RIA Novosti reports.

The Vatican today celebrates the 25th anniversary of the pontificate of John Paul II . On this occasion, 300 cardinals and archbishops arrived in Rome, prominent politicians from around the world and numerous pilgrims, Interfax reports. During his stay on the throne of St. Peter, John Paul II, he traveled around the world much more than all his predecessors. He made 102 trips abroad and visited more than three hundred parishes of the Roman diocese.

Last night, three meetings of regular championship in the National Hockey League took place behind the Moscow time. “Los Angeles Kings” won a strong-willed victory over “Ottawa Senators” on its ice with a score of 4: 3. The decisive puck in the middle of the third period was abandoned by the Russian striker Kings Alexander Frolov. During the match, the Californians lost 1: 3, but managed to recoup and tear out the victory.

When France President Jacques Shirak kissed the pen Laura Bush during the visit of the First Lady of the United States to France, a lot of reasoning about the significance of this did not French gesture at all. What is this? Tactical move to stop enmity about the invasion of Iraq? A sincere attempt to again win the location of the president, having won the favor of a woman who, as you know, is able to soften his periodic outbreaks?