The famous Italian writer Umberto Eco graduated from a new novel. According to El Pais , he handed over to his publisher in Milan a manuscript of a new novel called "Prague Cemetery", which tells of a certain spy, liar and cynic, weaving intrigues and conspiracies that secretly determine the fate of the whole continent. The novel of the famous Semiologist, with a volume of 450-500 pages, will be released at the Bompiani publishing house in October.

Former Executive Director of the Sibir Energy oil company Henry Cameron was fined 350 thousand pounds (530 thousand dollars) for concealing financial information, reports the newspaper Financial Times . According to sources close to the company, Cameron agreed to pay a fine and resolve the case in a pre -trial manner. As a result, he even received a discount of 30%.

The presiding in the process in the second criminal case against the ex-head of the NK Yukos Mikhail Khodorkovsky and the former head of the MFI Menatep Platon Lebedev Judge Viktor Danilkin refused to take self-industry.

The Esquire magazine has created on its website the Talking Putin web application with which you can make your own version of the speech of the Prime Minister of Russia. The application is represented by a designer from fragments of the speeches of Vladimir Putin, explains Echo of Moscow .

Alexander Gurov, a member of the Security Committee of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, proposes to introduce responsibility for “impudence on the road.” He says that he is ashamed of the rudeness that is happening on Russian roads. According to the deputy, he visited different countries, but never encountered such chaos on the roads as in Russia.

The US military command announced on Tuesday that he would seek the opening of a criminal case against 22-year-old corporal Bredley Manning, who is accused of storing secret information on a personal computer and introducing unauthorized software in a secret service network, Interfax reports.

The police of the city of Porvoo in the district of East Uusima detained three alleged participants in the conflict near the McDonald's fast food restaurant, which ended with shooting and double murder. Three people 'diner was the victims of the armed customer. All of them received serious gunshot wounds, from which two victims - the inhabitants of Ascola aged 45 and 28 - died.

Infiniti is working on creating a small compartment based on the Essence front -wheel drive concept presented last year. According to the source in the Japanese company, the new model is intended primarily for the European market. It is assumed that in Europe it will take the price niche of the Mercedes CLC model. The Japanese model will receive the appearance of a powerful sports car with a characteristic long hood and a shortened back.

In Moscow, an employee of the special services shot the head of the departmental car wash from the service pistol. The fatal quarrel of two warrant officers occurred directly on a special object. The Moscow District Military Court (MOVS) authorized the arrest of the ensign of the Federal Security Service (FSB) Anton Ostankov, who is accused of the murder of a colleague, Life News reports citing the press service of the court.

Moldavian wine can be painted with fences, the head of the Russian Sanitary doctor, head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights and Human Welfare , Gennady Onishchenko, said. “It is already spoiled. It is not only in Russia, it cannot be used outside of Russia. So as a product it no longer is of any interest and, apparently, can only be used for other purposes.

In Paris, the shooting of the new film Woody Allen began, in which one of the roles is played by the wife of France President Karl Bruni Sarcosi. A young French actress is also busy in the tape, but the winner of the Oscar Award Marion Cotillard and the American comic actor Owen Wilson. The new film of the famous director is called "midnight in Paris." The first shooting day was held in one of the "folk" quarters of Paris, ITAR-TASS reports. According to the style, the tape is a romantic comedy.

The traffic police inspector Chelyabinsk, who shot from a hunting rifle in a car with a noisy company of young people, was drunk. Currently, the materials in relation to the policeman have been transferred to the investigating authorities to make a decision to institute criminal proceedings, the regional prosecutor’s office said on Tuesday. Recall, on July 4, at night, a message was received in the city on duty that there were shots to be heard near the house 5 on Oktyabrskaya Street.

Former Bishop of California Sacramento Francis Kuinn, who headed the episcopate from 1979 to 1993, proposed to convene the III Vatican Council, entirely dedicated to the problems of sex. And one of the main problems about which he proposed to speak to the Church is the attitude to the sodomites. According to Kuinn, the Catholic Church should formulate the doctrine of human sexuality, the portal "Sedmitsa.Ru" reports.

Italian archaeologists have found that the famous Mamerian prison in Rome was already transformed into a church dedicated to the Apostle Peter in the 7th century. Such an early date can be considered an additional indirect confirmation of the legend that the Apostle was concluded in front of the Mamerian dungeon before the execution. In the dungeon, there was a church of San Pietro-in-Carcher ("St.

The weighted average US dollar exchange rate to the Russian ruble with the term of “Tomorrow” accounts at the auction of a single trading session of the MICEX as of 11:30 Moscow time, on the basis of which there is a process of exchange rate of the dollar the next day, did not change and amounted to 31,1124 rubles, the Finmarket reports. The weighted average of the euro with the period of calculations "Today" at 11:30 rose by 7.63 kopecks and amounted to 39,1007 rubles.