In Beirut on Thursday, the XII festival of European cinema begins its work. As the first secretary of the European Union of Francisco Acost, lovers of European cinematic art, will be able to see 27 tapes of five European directors - from France, Holland, Germany, Cyprus and Belgium. Four of 27 paintings - films for children and young generation.

The largest manufacturer of cars in Russia "AvtoVAZ" from the New Year plans to once again raise vacation prices. This will be the fourth rise in price of VAZ products in a year. Meanwhile, already now, with difficulty competing with cheap foreign cars, vases in terms of growth in sales are significantly lags behind the rest of the automotive industry.

The collapse of the US dollar in relation to the ruble at exchange trading on Thursday continued - the rate rolled back by 10 kopecks, falling into the area of ​​28.3 rubles per dollar. The last time they gave so much per dollar in January 2001. In parallel, the euro growth against the dollar in the world currency market continued. On Thursday, the next line of $ 1.32 per euro was overcome.

Before the resolution of the political crisis in Ukraine there will be no other head of state, except Leonid Kuchma. But it all depends on how far this crisis goes and how long it will last. Already there have been proposals to leave everything as it is in Ukraine: Kuchma - President, Yanukovych - Prime Minister, and Yushchenko ... - Who is Yushchenko. Kyiv mayor Alexander Omelchenko has already voiced such a scheme. Now the matter is for the current government.

Supporters of Viktor Yanukovych, who was announced by the Central Election Commission in the presidential election, who held his support in the park opposite the Cabinet of Ministers, left their camp. According to Interfax-Ukraine, several thousand people with blue-blue flags and posters in support of the prime minister, chanting "Yanukovych!", Headed for the column towards the Pechersk Lavra.

The English Prince Harry will be sent to their homeland for bad behavior. After a number of scandals in London, his grandmother, the Queen of Great Britain Elizabeth, sent her grandson on a two -week vacation on the estate, which is located near the Argentine town of Lobos. The first days he behaved properly, but as soon as Harry met with evil places in the district, his behavior changed dramatically.

In Hong Kong, at the 64th year of life, one of the creators of the modern Hong Kong stage James Wong died from lung cancer. In the 80s, it was Wong that laid the foundation for the famous "cantopopa", popular music with texts in the Canton dialect of the Chinese language. This style is popular not only in Hong Kong and in the south of China, but also in most countries of Southeast Asia. James Wong began to write poetry in the early sixties.

The European Union urged the Ukrainian authorities to investigate all the facts of violations that took place during the second round of the elections of the President of Ukraine, and to ensure transparent cooperation between the Central Election Commission of the republic and the mission of international observers. This is stated in the announced on Thursday a statement by the chairmen of the EU Netherlands.

The European Union of Football Associations (UEFA) began an investigation into a number of incidents that took place in the match of the fifth round of the Champions League group stage between Real and Bayer on Tuesday November 23. During a meeting at Santiago Bernabeu, the fans allowed themselves Nazi welcoming gestures and racist shouts to the dark -skinned players of the Leverkuzen team.

According to employees of the National Bank of Ukraine, the acting chairman of the NBU Arseniy Yatsenyuk called for a meeting of the bank’s leaders and announced that this institution would support Viktor Yushchenko. All employees, in addition to the necessary minimum of operating workers, were released to Independence Square. Even earlier, the entire National Bank was decorated with orange flags and ribbons. Even the cooks in the dining rooms wear orange scarves.

All the highest leadership of the company Yukos left Russia, fearing for its safety, amid the searches and arrests of managers of this oil company. This was announced on Thursday by The Financial Times, an informed newspaper of business circles in London. (Translation of the article publishes the site inopressa.ru ) “There is no one left from the board of directors of Yukos in Russia,” a source familiar with the situation inside this company said on Wednesday.

Anastasia Myskina brought the Russian national team to the Tennis Cup final, outplaying the semifinal series in the third match against the Austria team Ivonn Moisbourger. The score in the confrontation of applicants for a ticket to the final was 3-0 in favor of the Russians, and the Austrians in the remaining two meetings of the final result could no longer change.

The Committee of National Salvation, headed by the leader of the Bloc "Our Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko, issued a number of decrees, reports" Interfax. " The content of the decrees was announced on Thursday in Kyiv on Independence Square at a rally of public resistance by the head of the election campaign Yushchenko Alexander Zinchenko.

In Voronezh, the victims themselves detained particularly dangerous criminals who committed a robbery plaque to the reception point of ferrous metal scrap. This was reported to RIA "Novosti" in the press service of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the Voronezh region. According to the victims, two masked raiders, threatening with a wipes, put the reception points in the premises of the workers, took away the revenue of 113 thousand rubles and disappeared on the motorcycle.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Antanas Valionis questioned the official results of the elections of the President of Ukraine, according to which the current Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych won. On Thursday, Valionis's telephone conversation with the Foreign Ministry of Ukraine Konstantin Grishchenko took place.