Romania and Bulgaria will be the first members of the European Union, which have obviously more limited rights: in what year they will join the EU, in 2007 or 2008, has already become a secondary issue, since the numerous formulations and reservations that are included in the contract to reduce certain risks and will be activated when both countries entered, no other than previously not more than before.

The US missile defense system (pro) of the United States in the period until 2020 will not be able to weaken the effectiveness of the strategic nuclear forces of Russia. This was stated by the former chief of the chief headquarters of the strategic missile forces of the Russian Federation, Colonel General Victor Yesin, Interfax reports.

Vladislav Tretyak will not put his candidacy for the presidency of the FCH. This was reported by IA "Sports" with reference to the corresponding statement of the adviser to the State Duma Committee on Physical Culture, Sports and Youth Affairs Vyacheslav Yezhov.

Another year to pass before the Asses New York landing ship will go to the water, and this US Navy ship has already gone down in history twice. Firstly, during its construction, 24 tons of steel scrap were used from the destroyed towers of the World Trade Center, and, secondly, it survived the hurricane "Catherine". USS New York is completed by 45% and should be ready for descent in mid -2007.

The combination of rare climatic conditions could lead to the emergence of invisible ice on the surface of the Galilee Sea, capable of withstanding human weight. Thus, scientists, biblical legend about how Jesus walked through the water can really be true. It is reported by Newsru Israel with reference to the scientific publication Live Science .

In the State Duma, on Thursday, amendments to the Code of Administrative Offenses will be discussed, repeatedly increasing the size of fines for violation of traffic rules. Supporters of the bill calculate with its help to save the roads from driver drivers. Opponents argue that a number of provisions of the bill contradicts the constitution.

Most of the people who are in the list of the richest people in the Forbes world are born under the zodiac sign of the Virgin. More than 70 out of 613 billionaires celebrate their birthday between August 23 and 22. Among the billionaires, the girls are 12%. According to astrologers, it is precisely the qualities that are characteristic of people born under this "feminine" sign that helped businessmen earn a state, writes Forbes .

On Wednesday, two more response quarterfinal matches of the Champions Champions Football League of the season 2005/2006 took place. The Spanish "Barcelona" received the Portuguese "Benfica", and the Italian "Juventus" - the English "Arsenal". "Juventus" 0: 0 (0: 2) "Arsenal" "Barcelona" 2: 0 (0: 0) "Benfica" Ronaldinho 19; ETE'O 89 (The result of the first meeting is indicated in the brackets) The beginning of the fight of Barcelona and Benfica has become quite discouraged for the Portuguese.

In Russia, 2007 will be the year of reading. This was the head of the Book Union of Russia, the chairman of the Accounts Chamber Sergei Stepashin reported on Tuesday in Moscow, speaking at the 10th World Russian People's Cathedral. According to Stepashin, the corresponding decision was made by the Russian Book Union. “By the number of books published, Russia began to rise,” Stepashin emphasized. Russia is included in the first five in terms of the number of books published, Stepashin noted.

The state will bring its package in the Almaza company "Alrosa" to the control within six months a year, said the Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation Alexei Kudrin at the XVII Congress of the Association of Russian Banks, held on Wednesday in Moscow. As previously reported, the federal center intends to increase the share in Alros from the current 37% of the shares to 50%+1 shares, and Yakutia intends to maintain its total share at the level of 40% of the shares.

The Moscow Regional Council on Wednesday decided on a closed regime for the hearing of the assassination attempt on the head of the RAO UES Anatoly Chubais , Interfax reports.

The US State Department submitted on Wednesday an annual report on the efforts of the White House administration aimed at supporting democracy and human rights in the world. In it, the Bush administration expresses disappointment with the trends taking place in the field of democracy in a number of countries of the former USSR.

The Ministry of Finance of the Palestinian Autonomy reported that there were no funds in the budget to the debts of the Ministry and the Government as a whole, the Prime Minister of Autonomy Ismail Khania said on Wednesday at the first meeting of the new Palestinian government.

Like the aging spouses, Russia and the United States seem to spend more time on the bothering that they are disconnected than for construction based on mutual interests, writes The Washington Post . Whether it is Iran, the organization of Palestinian militants "Hamas" or democratic movements in the republics of the former USSR, it is more and more often that Moscow and Washington are wary of each other, standing on different sides of the barrier.

The future May holidays can be remembered for a long time for the Russians - the dollar exchange rate at this time can collapse more than a ruble of up to 26-26.5 rubles per dollar, as at the end of 1999, Renaissance Capital analysts believe. If the dollar will stand in the spring, then it will definitely collapse in the fall - they do not see any other way out. Other experts also expect the fall of the American currency, but not so strong, the newspaper Vedomosti writes.