In the UK, the diaries of Alister Campbell , a former adviser and PR manager Tony Blair were published. The book is called the "years of Blair", it beats records in the number of sensational details and their severity. In addition, the book will be the first story of a politician so close to Downing Street.

The former German national team footballer, 48 -year -old Bernd Shuster, was appointed new coach of the current champion of Spain - Madrid Real Madrid. The corresponding official statement on Monday was made by the Galakatikos leadership. The Schuster over the past two seasons trained the Spanish Hetafe. Under his leadership, the team took ninth place twice in the example and this year reached the final of the country's Cup.

Ukraine canceled the ban on the entry of a number of Russian citizens into its territory, the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine reports on Monday. As follows from the statement, an agreement on this was previously reached by the presidents of the two countries.

The 120th anniversary of the birth of the artist Mark Shagal was celebrated on Saturday in Vitebsk. On the birthday of the artist, which falls on July 7, an exhibition of the Moscow Museum of the World Nikolai Chelnokov opened on the territory of his house-museum and a festival-contest of the children's drawing "Clown Smile" was held. According to Chelnokov, at the exhibition the clowns museum will present about 300 figures depicting clowns, mums, magicians, acrobats from around the world.

Last weekend, in the Finnish city of Sonkayarvi, the annual world championship in dragging wives ended. As a result, couples from Estonia took first and second places. According to the fact of the fact , citing Reuters, who won gold, Madis Uuzorg with his wife Inga Clauson, participates in an exotic competition for the fifth time. This year, the couple went around 43 pairs from 12 countries, showing a result of less than 62 seconds.

In the capital, for the first half of 2007, the price of a square meter of housing, according to statistics, decreased by only 3%. However, mathematical calculations Reflect the prices of supply, not real sales. On sales fall Since the beginning of the year, the prices amounted to an average of 10-15%, says the Gzt.ru newspaper . The fall will end when they cease to discard low -quality apartments overvalued last year on the market, the publication believes.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israeli Tsipi Livni adopted in Jerusalem the Prime Minister of the Palestinian autonomy of Salam Fayyad to discuss the peaceful initiatives of the Arab countries.

The attempt was made on the prime minister of Abkhazia Alexander Ankvab. "Ankvaba car was fired from a grenade launcher on the road from the city of Gudauta to Sukhumi. The prime minister received easy injuries and, after providing medical care in the hospital, he went to his home," Interfax told the President of Abkhaapsh on Monday. “Now he is at home, there is an investigation into this crime,” Bagapsh emphasized. “So far I have no versions of this crime,” said the president of Abkhazia.

In Novosibirsk, the prosecutor's office of the Dzerzhinsky district opened a criminal case on the fact of infliction of bodily injuries by one -year -old Alina Leshchinskaya As the investigation established, the child underwent compulsory treatment in a local hospital within a month. The decision on hospitalization was made by the department of guardianship and guardianship, whose experts considered that the health of the child is in danger.

The Russian film "The Ugly Swans" Konstantin Lopushansky, shot from the Strugatsky brothers of the same name, was awarded at once two awards of the 7th International Festival of Fantastic Films, which ended in the Swiss city of Nevhatel (Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival, NIFFF). The picture was awarded the second prize - "Silver Narcissus" - and a special jury prize as the best European full -length film.

The plan of US President George Bush to stabilize the situation in Iraq with military means failed, the influential American newspaper The New York Times said, Interfax reports. Republicans refuse to support Bush’s military policy in this country. "It is time to leave Iraq for the United States, and without any delay in the Pentagon, it is necessary to organize a systematic withdrawal of troops," the article says.

In the Russian Orthodox Church (Russian Orthodox Church), representatives of the hotel business are more to take into account the religious feelings of traveling. "Millions of people in Russia annually make trips using hotels.

In Moscow, in the near future it is planned to start an experiment on the use of electric vehicles. Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov signed an order according to which 8 cargo small -tonnage electric vehicles and 2 electric buses will be purchased in 2007, Interfax was told on Monday in the city administration. It is planned to allocate 40 million rubles for the purchase of ten units.

The Russian media on Monday commented on the proposal of the chairman of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation Valery Zorkin to unload the European Court of Human Rights from complaints of Russian citizens. The most interesting quotes from articles on this topic are given by the site "Headings.ru" . Particular irritation in Moscow is caused by a series of losses in Chechen claims, the wave of which has just reached the Eurosood.

Spain intends to participate in the development of transport infrastructure in Russia, in particular, the construction and operation of a network of paid roads. This was stated on Monday by the general director, according to the information and investments of the Spanish Institute of Foreign Trade, Mario Buisan at the opening of the Russian-Spanish business forum in Moscow.