Several hundred supporters of right -winging organizations, despite the ban, tried on Thursday to hold a procession in memory of the Latvian legion Waffen SS. They gathered at the building of the museum of occupation to go through the old city to the main monument of the country - the monument of freedom. The road was blocked by numerous police officers, including special forces.

In the Japanese prefecture of Sizuook, four more people committed collective suicide. According to the main police department of Japan, their bodies were discovered on Wednesday evening on a mountain road in a car with glass glued from the inside with an opaque film. According to preliminary data, people died from strangling with carbon monoxide: several used coal heaters used were found inside the machine.

There will be no official delegation of the State Duma of Russia at the funeral of the ex-president of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milosevich. The speaker of the lower house of the State Duma Boris Gryzlov said that the official delegation of Russian parliamentarians would not go to Belgrade . But instead, it was decided to send representatives of political parties there, ITAR-TASS reports.

The British, who won 3.5 million pounds (more than $ 6 million) in the lottery, dreams of only two things: to leave her town and learn to ride a donkey. For this, she is going to spend the winnings first. Katerina Munro, a 50-year-old mother of three children, won fabulous money on Saturday in Jack Pot. But her only desire is to leave the town, which can be recognized as the most disgusting place on Earth, reports The Daily Record .

On Thursday, March 16, the outstanding Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci is 65 years old. Bertolucci was born on March 16, 1941 in the Parma in the family of poet artilleo Bertolucci. Bertolucci's first trial works were his amateur films - “Cable Road” (1957) and “The Death of the Pig” (1958). Bertolucci began his career as an assistant as the famous director Pierre Paolo Pasolini, whom he met while studying at the Faculty of Philosophy in Rome.

The fourth day of the N50 Tbilisi school does not come by teachers and students. Last week, two school students died suddenly from pneumonia . Doctors said that the cause of the death of children was a complication of type A influenza virus, Interfax reports. After a medical examination, 15 school students were hospitalized, and after improving the condition, they were transferred to outpatient treatment. The entire school building was carefully disinfected.

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov arrived on Thursday in India on an official visit. He first visits this country as the head of the Russian government. The main topics of the visit will be the fate of Indian debt to Russia, the triple of trade, as well as cooperation in the space and energy spheres. Immediately upon arrival, Fradkov went to a meeting with India's business circles.

On Wednesday, three reciprocal matches of the 1/8 finals of the UEFA Cup in football, following which the English Midlesbro, the Spanish Seville and Rapid from Bucharest made their way to the next stage of the tournament, leaving the Italian Roma, the French Lille and the German Hamburg, respectively.

The KGB of Belarus said that a power seizure of power is being prepared in the country during the presidential election. Everyone who goes to the streets of Belarus and try to destabilize the situation will be judged as terrorists, the republic’s state security committee said.

In the Sea Cathedral, on the Anchor Square of Kronstadt, on Friday, on March 17, a memorial service for sailors who fell during the rebellion against the Soviet regime in March 1921 will be performed, after which the Kronstadt Time art rally will be held - the “Fiery Watch” will be projected onto the facade of the cathedral.

VI National Prayer Breakfast took place on March 15 at the President-Hotel in Moscow. The event is held at the initiative of the advisory council of the heads of the Protestant Churches of Russia and the National Morning Prayer Foundation. Representatives of religious and public organizations, businessmen, representatives of state power, diplomats and guests from foreign states, scientists, writers, journalists met at the forum in the President -Hotel.

The change of the Russian government, which has been constantly shocked by scandals, is possible in the very near future. This can happen immediately after the next message of the President to the Federal Assembly, scheduled for the end of April. The head of the current cabinet of ministers fulfilled his task of stabilizing the economy, but it is time to move on to the period of projects. And this task turned out to be the government of Mikhail Fradkov.

Never before in Germany is the birth rate dropped to the same low level as now. According to the Federal Statistics Service, in 2005 only 676 thousand children were born, which is the lowest indicator since the Second World War. In the next 44 years (up to 2050), the number of Germans will be reduced by 12.5 million, from today 82 million to only 70 million. "If nothing happens, then the trend will continue," warns the most famous German demographer, professor Hurvig Birg.

AvtoVAZ OJSC and GAZ group of companies are negotiating the joint acquisition of the TriteC Motors motor plant in Brazil. The cost of this asset, which is controlled by BMW and Daimlerchrysler, is controlled by parity, is estimated at $ 1-1.5 billion. The installed capacity of the plant is 650-700 thousand engines per year, the volume of production in 2005 is 450 thousand engines.

The Russian Orthodox Church is convinced that the introduction of the institution of regimental clergy will not cause contradictions on religious grounds among military personnel. "The domestic experience of the interaction of the army and religious organizations showed that spiritual care of military personnel does not lead to conflicts on religious grounds. Shepherd care was in demand among military personnel.