In Bratislava, next to the Villa of the President of Slovakia Ivan Gashparovich, an explosive device was found. "The bomb did not explode only thanks to a happy chance, as it was neutralized in time," ITAR -TASS said by telephone a senior source in the immediate environment of the head of the Slovak state. Villa, who is the working residence of the president, Gashparovich is not currently using.

The robbers stole millions of pounds from the bank in the center of the Belfast in Northern Ireland. The raiders penetrated the Northern Bank branch, after they took hostage in private houses in the suburb of the family of two high -ranking bank employees - this was part of a complicated plan of the impudent robbery. As expected, the criminals appeared in the houses of two bank employees on Sunday.

In the near future, the administration of Nizhny Novgorod will begin by the Internet broadcast in real time. Any visitor to the administration site will be able to observe what is happening at meetings of the City Duma and official events. But as it turned out, the officials got very unexpected spectators, they write "New Izvestia" .

British Prime Minister Tony Blair unexpectedly visited Iraq on Tuesday. Blair flew to Baghdad from Jordan, reports Sky News . The plans of the British Prime Minister to visit Baghdad were kept in the strictest secret. The fact that Blair is in Iraq was reported to reporters only after his plane landed at the Baghdad airport. In Iraq, Blair will negotiate with the Prime Minister Iraq Ayad Alaui. In the near future, a press conference of the British Prime Minister is expected.

In the city of Dolinsk on Sakhalin, criminal cases have been instituted on the facts of violations of labor legislation in the MUP "Housing and operational management". For 2 years, the enterprise employees were not paid salaries, and the management at this time received large awards. This was reported to "Interfax" by the senior assistant to the prosecutor of the Sakhalin Region Tatyana Kutuova.

Famous Russian theater and cinema actors Inna Churikova, Chulpan Khamatova and Evgeny Mironov became the laureates of the Kumir prize for 2004. The ceremony of presenting the award - a golden star with diamonds - will be held on Tuesday, December 21.

In Moscow, two suspects in the murder of the hockey player of the Moscow Spartak Anatoly Ustyugov were detained. This was reported to "Interfax" by law enforcement sources on Tuesday. According to the source, on the eve of the employees of the Moore detained a 26-year-old resident of the Serpukhov near Moscow and a 35-year-old resident of Pushkino. It was they, according to the police, that in the quarrel, they put beatings to the athlete from whom he died.

Igor Igoshin, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Budget and Taxes, sent a request to the Russian federal property (RFFI) on Tuesday in connection with the last Sunday auction for the sale of the Yuganskneftegaz shares.

In Krasnoyarsk, a robbery of US citizen Peter Scott, who lost the American passport, four thousand rubles and received bodily injuries, was committed. The criminals have not yet been established, the press service of the regional police department said. Peter Scott teaches English in one of the private schools of Krasnoyarsk.

In connection with the approach of the cyclone from the coast of Sakhalin, a storm warning was transferred in Kamchatka. According to RIA Novosti in the Kamchatka Hydrometeorological Center, an atmospheric vortex, which had a significant impact on the weather of Primorye and Sakhalin, shifts to the shores of Kamchatka.

In Uzbekistan, a Qur'an was published, the text of which was typed in the font of Braille. As the chairman of the Muslim Department of Uzbekistan, Mufti Abdurashid Bakhramov, told the Interfax agency today, the total circulation of the Qur'an was 4 thousand copies, each kit includes eight volumes, the weight of which is about 12.5 kg.

The Moscow Krishnaites and connoisseurs of Indian spirituality celebrated the day before the holiday of Gita-Jayanti (literally: Bhagavad-Gita's birthday). It was clearly disproportionate to the magnificent Bhagavad -Gita - the famous "Indian Bible", turned out to be the tightness of the current temporary temple of Krishna in the backyard of Leningradsky Prospekt in Moscow.

Today, the German concern Volkswagen can sign an agreement on the construction of assembly production in Russia an agreement with the Ministry of Economic Development is planned to be concluded during a visit to Germany Vladimir Putin. Finally, VW decided to come to Russia.

In March 2005, the premiere of the largest project in the history of Russian animation will be held - the history of Prince Vladimir. The director of Yuri Kulakov told ITAR-TASS that "the cartoon was the first to receive the blessing of Patriarch Alexy." As it is assumed, in the spring in the cinemas, the audience will see the first part of the full -length tape “Choice”, the second part called the “feat” should be released in a year.

The presentation of the largest body in Russia will be held on Tuesday in the Moscow International House of Music. The Master of German firms, Glath Getz and Klais, who created the musical instrument, will hand over the keys to the authority to the president of the House of Music Vladimir Spivakov. Spectators will be able to evaluate not only the external advantages of the 14-meter “king of musical instruments”, but also his unique sound capabilities, ITAR-TASS notes.