The Moscow authorities decided to build a kindergarten on Mantulinskaya Street in the center of the capital, and not the synagogue of the Jews-Sefard. According to an Interfax agency today a source in the city administration, the corresponding order was signed by the mayor of the city Yuri Luzhkov.

Sochi in the struggle for the 2014 Olympics, observers consider the president’s personal merit: Putin made an indelible impression on representatives of the assessment commission. It turned out that the influence of the president, who for the sake of Sochi spoke English in an alien to him, was decisive. And Putin was already forced to think about returning to the presidency in 2012 and personally open it.

In the evening, on Wednesday, an official presentation of the new model of the "Folk car" - Fiat 500 was held on Wednesday. The designers left, mainly the previous features of the car, giving it a modern look and filling it with all kinds of electronics. The presentation day was not chosen by chance - the first model of this machine appeared 50 years ago - July 4, 1957. Then this minimar was immediately loved by the inhabitants of the Apennine Peninsula.

Mikhail Yuzhny dwelled at the 1/8 finals of the UK Open Tennis-2007 Championship. On Thursday, the Russian, sown under the 14th number, lost the second racket of the world to the Spaniard Rafael Nadal - 6: 4, 6: 3, 1: 6, 2: 6, 2: 6. At the start of the match, Yuzhny replayed his formidable opponent, who, however, is better known for his successes on ground courts. Muscovite spent the first two batches in one breath, in each of them, making a break.

Representatives of traditional churches and religious associations of Serbia held a meeting on the topic last week: "The contribution of the church and religious associations to the process of Serbia entering the European Union." The event took place in Novy Sad as part of the three-day conference "Serbia on the way to the European Union", the Blagovers-Info reports with reference to the official website of the Serbian Orthodox Church .

In Sweden, confiscated alcohol decided to process in biofuel. This idea appeared due to a significant increase in the volume of seized alcohol-containing products, imported into the country illegally. According to customs officers, the confiscated alcohol had previously simply “poured”, but recently the number of confiscat began to increase, which made the customs think about new decisions.

Japanese corporation Honda Motor Co. She announced on Thursday about the review of 27,841 cars to eliminate the malfunction in the electronic stabilization system. The company sent the corresponding notification to the Ministry of State Land and Transport. The Odyssey Models, which have come off from the conveyors from October 2003 to August 2004, are subject to repair, ITAR-TASS reports.

Hollywood stars Katie Holmes, Beyons and Jennifer Lopez are included in the list of the most influential celebrities compiled by OK magazine! . A list of 19 people, which is given in the last issue of the magazine going on sale on Friday, the compilers were divided into six categories: beauty queens, mod lawmakers, showmen, Newsmakers, the most persistent and most slender.

At the 119th session of the International Olympic Committee in Guatemala, a secret vote was held on the election of the capital of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games of the three candidates who passed the tough competitive selection-Russian Sochi, the Austrian Salzburg and Korean Pyeongchang. Salzburg flew out in the first round, in the second the winner was determined - they became a Russian resort. The Winter Olympics will be held for the first time in Russia.

The dissertations and abstracts will now be checked using the Anti -Plagiat.wak computer system, on Thursday the chairman of the highest certification commission (Higher Attestation Commission) of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Mikhail Kirpichnikov. Speaking at the round table "Anti -Plagiat.

The Constitutional Court of Turkey rejected the requirement of the Turkish President Ahmet Seser and the leaders of the opposition folk resort party to cancel the holding of the constitutional reform , which was proposed by the ruling party of justice and development. Thus, the judges supported the intention to hold the general presidential elections provided for in this reform. This, as Interfax reports, said on Thursday the chairman of the Constitutional Court of Turkey Hasim Kilich.

On Thursday morning, just a few hours after the approval of Sochi , the capital of the 2014 Olympics , the administration of this resort city received the first application for the reservation of the hotel room. “We were pleasantly surprised by such a quick reaction of potential customers and, despite the weekend announced in the city in honor of the Olympic Victory, sent this first application to the Radison-Lazurnaya Hotel,” Irina Badayan said ITAS-TASS-mayor.

The captain of the Moscow Lokomotiv Dmitry Loskov will no longer play as part of the railway workers. Such a result of meetings of the chairman of the board of directors of the club Sergei Lipatov with the club President Yuri Semin, and then with the football player himself. According to the newspaper Sport-Express , in the near future, Loskov may go to the Kazan Rubin or the Saturn near Moscow.

From the station squares of the Center of Moscow, buses of long-distance carriers-non-agents will be eliminated. According to the press service of the Central Administrative District of the capital, this was announced at a meeting of the board of the prefecture of the district of the district Sergey Baydakov.

The City Hall of Jerusalem abandoned the plans for the construction of a pedestrian bridge to the temple mountain, which caused violent protests from Muslims and were the cause of mass excitement. About this, as ITAR-TASS reports, BBC reports, referring to the decision of the mayor of Jerusalem Uri Lupolyansky. The city authorities are studying the possibility of implementing alternative plans, including the construction of a small viaduct.