The next round of negotiations on the place of matches between the national teams of Azerbaijan and Armenia in the qualifying tournament of the European 2008 championship in football ended in vain. According to the previously approved schedule of matches in group "A", they should take place on September 8 on the field of the Armenian team and the 12th - on the Azerbaijani field.

In Krasnoyarsk, on Thursday night, the largest act of vandalism in the entire history of the city. In one night, a group of unknown people, using poorly washed off, placed election calls on the facades of office and residential buildings, as well as on urban fountains, fences and windows in the central part of Krasnoyarsk.

One of the leaders of the Party of Regions Taras Chornovil said that the party would impeach for the President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko if he usurpates the authorities, the Izvestia newspaper writes. Chornovil said: "Health problems are manifested in all the actions of the president. Yushchenko himself does not want to investigate his poisoning. He inhibits the actions of the General Prosecutor's Office." "But impeachment is an extreme measure.

Hockey players "Ottawa" overshadowed the debut of Evgeny Malkin in the playoffs of the National Hockey League. On Wednesday, in the first match of the 1/4 series of the Eastern Conference, Pittsburgh played visiting Ottava and was defeated with a score of 3: 6. The Penguins scored experienced Sergey Gonchar and young Sidney Crosby and Jordan Staal, while Malkin was noted by an effective program.

An unknown canvas, belonging, according to experts, the brush of Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) was found in one of the museums of Croatia. According to the Earthtimes website, the picture was in one of the storage facilities of the Mimar Museum in the capital of Croatia Zagreb and was never demonstrated to the general public. Danish expert John Sillevis confirmed the identity of this work. The picturesque canvas, written in oil, was supposedly written in 1882.

Actor Tom Hanks and director Ron Howard intend to unite again for the filming of another bestseller Dan Brown "Angels and Demons", and a prequel for the scandalous picture "Da Vinci Code". The Hollywood Reporter source said that although the negotiations have not yet been completed, the Columbia Pictures movie company plans to start shooting in January 2008 and actors for secondary roles are already looking for.

The famous Russian human rights activist opposed the fact that in the name of settlements, streets and metro stations in Russia there are names of people involved in the "political terror". "In Moscow and in our country there are quite a few streets, squares and even settlements that wear the names of people involved in terror.

A popularly beloved picture of Mikhail Kozakov "Pokrovsky Gate" turns 25 years old. The authors of the tape and actors will celebrate the anniversary of the film in the spirit of ironic nostalgia for the past era in the retro-cafe "Pokrovsky Gate". “Let's talk about years, that way, in twenty -five,” Margarita Pavlovna Kostya suggested at the Pokrovsky Gate. So 25 years have passed. This film is still loved, and its script is almost divorced into quotes ( 25 quotes 25 years later ).

A dentist from Melbourne, using personal example, refuted the widespread assertion that canceling an appointment harms business; if one of the patients had not canceled the visit, they would both have ended up under the wheels of a car that drove into the office through the wall, The Australian reports. According to the dentist himself, one of his clients called him around noon, literally half an hour before the visit and, citing urgent matters, canceled the appointment.

The Turkish army is ready to conduct a military operation in the north of Iraq, where the militants of the Kurdish Workers Party (KRP) are hiding, General Yasar Buyukanit said the chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces. “If you ask me if we need a cross -border operation, I will answer, yes, we need it,” said the head of the Turkish General Staff at a press conference on Thursday. The general emphasized that a political decision is needed for this.

In Azerbaijan, the hearing in court ended in a bloody tragedy. In the building of one of the district ships between the spouses there was a dispute, during which the husband took an ax brought with him and attacked his wife. As Interfax was informed on Thursday in the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan, the tragic incident occurred during the hearing of the case in the division of property between the spouses in the room of the bailiffs of the court.

From now on, women in India are required to indicate personal physiological details in India, including the time of the last leaving on maternity leave and the date of the last menstruation. According to El Pais , this order approved the Ministry of Public Administration. Annual certifications and medical examinations for civil servants in India are required. Women are outraged by the new order and regard it as an insult.

The head of the traffic police in the Moscow region, Sergei Sergeyev, presented a pessimistic forecast of the situation on the roads of the Moscow Region in summer days. “We expect that the most problematic this year will be the Yaroslavskoye Shosse, where the construction of a major interchange in Korolev and Mytishchi is already being carried out,” Sergeev said.

As a result of a fight in the office of the Ukrainian party "Brotherhood" on the street. Grushevsky in Kyiv, near the building of the House of the Government of Ukraine, 5 people received stab wounds, two were hospitalized, the Department of Public Relations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine said.

Bishop Thomas Burns, who is responsible for the spiritual nourishment of Catholics serving in the British Armed Forces, became the object of criticism. The discontent of politicians, journalists and the military caused the comments of Bishop Burns about the recent story around the British sailors captured by Iran - Prolate called the British decision to release the British decision.