Grigory Yavlinsky, who left the post of chairman of Yabloko at the congress in June of this year, decided that it was time to adjust the party course. Speaking at a meeting of the political committee, which includes the whole “old guard” , Yavlinsky convinced the members of this new governing body of the need to formulate a clear political course of the party.

The Portuguese government announced the upcoming nationalization of a large bank. According to the Minister of Finance Teisher School of Santush, we are talking about Banco Portugues de NegoCios (BPN), the losses of which reached 700 million euros. The government will "be forced" to raise the issue of nationalization before the lawmakers, the minister said.

The British financial police started a set of bankers who lost their jobs as a result of the current financial crisis. Financiers, who were employees of private banks and investment funds, know the subtleties of the functioning of the world market and City. From now on, some of them will monitor the work of their former colleagues, reports Echo of Moscow with reference to the Financial Times . According to the publication, the number of police officers is now doubled.

The Minister of Education and Science of Russia Andrei Fursenko dispelled rumors that schools did not have money to connect to the Internet as part of the “Education” national project, and also assured that due to the closure of dozens of schools recognized as unsuitable after the start of the new school year, not a single child will remain without studying.

On Sunday, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told Kremlin.ru in his video blog that the message of the Federal Assembly "will include answers to a number of the most significant questions that are facing our country." The President said that part of his message will be devoted to the consequences of the war in the Caucasus; He will pay attention to the socio-economic problems of Russia; It will also raise the topic of improving the armed forces and sets off proposals for resolving a number of

The contract of the best centr Russia, participants in the last four Olympiads, bronze medalist of the 2004 and -2008, silver medalist of the World Championships-202 and -2006, European champion-2007, holders of numerous individual prizes of the 29-year-old Maria Stepanova with the women's basketball club CSKA were terminated at the initiative of the President of the club Andrei Ishchuk.

President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko signed on Monday the law "On priority measures regarding the prevention of the negative consequences of the financial crisis and on amendments to some legislative acts of Ukraine" adopted by parliament on October 31. It is reported by ITAR-TASS with reference to the press service of the head of state.

The Embassy of Ukraine in Kenya took the necessary measures for the delivery of drinking water and food products to the crew to the captured Faina vessel, where the reserves end. At this time, the embassy expects confirmation of the delivery of cargo on board the vessel. "The case is in a special control at the Embassy of Ukraine in Kenya and the Foreign Ministry of Ukraine," the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

The three-year federal budget of Russia for 2009-2011 will be fully executed, Arkady Dvorkovich, assistant to the President of the Russian Federation, said in a television interview. It was for this that the state has been accumulating reserves, he noted. The country's leadership does not cause concern to fall in oil prices. We will be able to compensate for the losses from reserves, and all obligations will be fulfilled, the assistant to the President of Russia said.

The 35-year-old resident of London Fernando Gomez died of a Siberian ulcer. According to BBC British Corporation, the man was engaged in the manufacture of drums and infected during the processing of animal skins brought from abroad. He spent more than a week in the intensive care unit in one of the London hospitals, but it was not possible to save him. According to the doctors, the patient's condition was stable, but then it sharply worsened in a matter of hours.

If the September polls on Wall Street showed that the Republican candidate John McCain in popularity among large businessmen is ahead of his competitor-democrat, then the banking crisis that erupted after this adjusted this alignment. The collapse of Lehman Brothers, Freddie Mac and Washington Mutual played Barack Obama in the hands, writes The Times on Monday.

The Russian authorities are preparing to celebrate the National Unity Day, which will be celebrated on November 4. A particularly tense situation is formed in Moscow, where nationalists promise to hold several mass shares at once. Rallies plan all parliamentary parties except the Communist Party. Meanwhile, for ordinary Russians, the holiday remained incomprehensible - the majority only knows that this is a day off in return on November 7, experts note.

In 2009, South Korea would additionally allocate $ 10.76 billion in the framework of the government’s efforts to overcome the consequences of the global financial crisis, ITAR-TASS reports. These funds, as reported on Monday, the Ministry of Planning and Finance of the Republic of Korea, will go to stimulate the country's economy and assist families with low income.

The representative office of the National Council of Ukraine on television and broadcasting in Crimea does not plan to apply sanctions to cable television operators who have not fulfilled the National Council’s requirement and did not stop relaying a number of television channels on November 1, including Russian, RIA Novosti reports. “The fact is that the position of a representative of the National Council in Crimea since October last year remains vacant.

At the final tennis tournament of the WTA championship, which starts in the capital of Qatar Doha on Tuesday (November 4), it may turn out that semifinal couples will be composed of Russian tennis players. Svetlana Kuznetsova and Vera Zvonareva will play in the same group (white) with the first racket of the world Elena Yankovich from Serbia and her compatriot Ana Ivanovich - these are the results of the draw, which took place on Sunday.