The Moscow authorities are dancing to introduce a “commandant hour” for minors participating in any entertainment, concert and cultural programs in the capital, Interfax reports with reference to the first deputy mayor in the Moscow government Lyudmila Shvetsov. “In the very near future, a ban on minors in any concert programs after 22:00 will be introduced in Moscow,” Shvetsova told the agency on Sunday. According to her, this is done on behalf of the capital mayor Yuri Luzhkov.

Microsoft Corporation abandoned the intention to buy Yahoo Internet company, since the parties could not come to an agreement on the cost of the transaction. Microsoft's computer giant’s offer about the purchase of Yahoo was made three months ago. The transaction amount at that time amounted to $ 44.6 billion, but the Yahoo management considered that Microsoft underestimates the cost of a popular Internet company, the Air Force reports.

The midfielder of the London "Chelsea" marries his long -term girlfriend and many children Simon, from whom the star of football has three sons - Louis, Emilio and Jordi. Michael and Simon happily live in the London district of Wimbledon. This year, before a friendly match between the national teams of Germany and Switzerland, Ballak gave his friend a silver ring. Thus, the football player celebrated his ten -year -old relationship with Simone, reports the official website of the Sports .

Already in the fall of this year, the first sign will appear on the roads of Sweden in the spirit of equal rights of the sexes. The government instructed the country's road administration until October 1 of this year to develop a “pedestrian crossing” pointer with a female figure to replace the male.

In the Vedensky district of Chechnya, as a result of the shelling, the commander of the department of the regiment of the patrol service was killed. The attack occurred at night at 01:05 Moscow time in the village of Dyshne-Veino. Unknown people opened fire at the moment when a policeman by car VAZ-21099 practically drove up to the gates of his house on Ushaev Street.

The failed killer of the Pope John Paul II , Mehmet Ali Agja, asked him to provide him with Polish citizenship. Soon after the liberation from the Italian prison, Ali Agja was again behind bars - already in his homeland, in Turkey. Now he says that he realized all his mistakes and repents of them, and by the time of liberation, by 2010, he wants to go to Poland, to the homeland of John Paul II, the Vesti program reports.

As it became known to ITAR-TASS , in the fall of this year, the first road sign will appear on the roads of Sweden in the spirit of equal rights of the sexes. So, until October 1, on behalf of the Government of the country, the Swedish road department should develop a “pedestrian crossing” pointer with a female figure to replace the male.

Flights in Russia in the summer season can significantly increase after a new increase in the cost of aviation kerosene, companies are preparing to reduce transportation volumes, the Kommersant newspaper writes on Sunday. According to the publication, only for the March -April airline, it went up by 20%, from last fall - by 70%, and now the airlines based in Moscow received official notifications from the administrations of fuel complexes (TZK) to increase the price of fuel from May 1 by 12.3%.

The Bank of Russia established an official exchange rate of the European currency on May 5 at 36.70 rubles per euro. Compared to the previous indicator, the official course of the European currency decreased by 20 kopecks, or by 0.54%. The European currency to the ruble in the domestic market has led to a very significant loss of the American currency by the American currency in relation to the euro on international exchanges.

Data on the consumer price index for the last week of April, published by Rosstat on April 3, does not confirm the expectations of the Ministry of Finance - there was no reduction in inflation in Russia. On the contrary, Kommersant writes, at the end of April, prices rose especially quickly: over a week, the growth of the consumer price index was 0.2%, since the beginning of the month consumer prices have increased by 1.4%.

A powerful fire today covered the historical center of the Nizhneson city of Munden. He was caused by millions of damage. Six people, including two children, were injured. According to local authorities, two foci of fire arose simultaneously in the city. The fire quickly spread to a large area, covering part of the streets. The police do not exclude arson. Seven houses and the construction of the XVI-XIC centuries were immediately covered with fire.

European property hunters in search of a place to spend their summer vacation are no longer looking towards the French Riviera, but instead are flocking to Argentina's Buenos Aires , writes Forbes . In this city, those with an extra million euros in their pockets can afford to buy a French-style duplex of about 342 square meters. meters in a prestigious quarter. Each of the three bedrooms has its own bathroom, one of them with a jacuzzi.

The owner of the English club Roman Abramovich is preparing for a record transfer of 80 million pounds, reports the English newspaper News of the World . For this amount, Abramovich intends to acquire Lionel Messi for his team of the Argentine attacker of Barcelona. If the transfer takes place, then it will surpass the acquisition of Zidana (46.5 million pounds). The Spaniards would not want to part with Messi, but they are literally amazed at the amount proposed by Abramovich.

The head of the British intelligence MI-6, Sir John Scarlett, intends to visit Israel at the end of this month, in order to establish closer contact of his department with the Israeli intelligence service Mossad.

The Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation demanded to cancel the acquittal to the heads of the Malgobecsky District Department of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia, who were accused of negligence, which entailed the death of hostages captured by terrorists in September 2004 in secondary school number 1 Beslan, TASS reports with reference to the Main Directorate of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation in the Southern Federal District (Southern Federal District).