How the German language is changing From the Reichswehr to the Bundeswehr. The editor-in-chief of the DUDEN dictionary, the most famous German publication, answered the questions of The New Times correspondent Editor-in-Chief of the German Dictionary DUDEN Matthias Wermke - Kate Kollmann Can you imagine Chancellor Angela Merkel suddenly announcing a Year of the German Language in Germany? That would be good. People need to consciously use their native language.

Daniel Stein is the real event of the year. Around the book and especially around its protagonist, serious passions continue to boil. Why? The writer herself told The New Times about this At the end of November 2007, Ludmila Ulitskaya won the Big Book National Literary Prize for her novel Daniel Stein, Translator. The 150,000th edition has long been sold out. Daniel Stein is the real event of the year.

Monologue directed by Florian Henckel A film was released on Russian screens that went almost unnoticed: The Lives of Others by the German director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. This picture is about how wives and husbands, colleagues and friends betrayed each other in the GDR, and that everyone has a choice - to remain themselves or give in to the life that is being imposed on you.

How Vladimir Putin worked as a ski slope designer Volodya Pitersky, track designer. If you had, perhaps, doubts about who is the No. 1 skier in Russia, then they should have disappeared after the victorious presentation of Sochi as the Olympic capital. Remember when Prince Albert II of Monaco was in doubt: would there be enough snow in these parts for the Olympics.

What bosses - such a year Results of 2007. The New Times version 2007 was the last year of President Vladimir Putin's second term. And therefore, its results are the results of the “eight-year plan” of the head of state, who has changed the country in such a significant way. The results are disappointing. Operation "Successor" was carried out. In fact, a one-party system has been created in the country, the procedures and institutions of democracy have been dismantled.

The outgoing year was marked by a historic event: two divided parts of the Orthodox Church — the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) and the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR) — signed the Act of Canonical Communion The outgoing year was marked by a historic event: two divided parts of the Orthodox Church — the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) and the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR) — signed the Act of Canonical Communion Mikhail Ardov to Oleg Dusaev Is the unification of

The New Times conducted its own investigation into the story of the massive withdrawal of money to the West by high-profile Russian officials close to the Kremlin-controlled oil companies and the leadership of the economic security service of the FSB. With "DISCOUNT" for life. On December 18, the Moscow City Court overturned the decision of the Tverskoy Court to initiate a criminal case against Major of Justice Sergei Solyanova, who led and closed the case of the DISCOUNT bank.

"The Russian language will figure out what it needs" 2007 was declared the Year of the Russian Language. Duty events were held in all countries of the world, but the problems of the language in which we all speak remained the same regardless of public actions.

Presidential combine. Having become the sovereign ruler of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov announced the onset of the "time of super projects" in the restoration of the republic North Caucasus - 2007 In this region, two models of development have finally formed, which in one form or another can be realized in the future and throughout Russia.

The Duma passed a law allowing Transneft and Gazprom to form their own armed forces ## Corporate armies are being created in Russia: The Duma passed a law allowing Transneft and Gazprom to form their own armed forces. Corporate troops received emergency powers, their number is not limited in any way, they are not subject to any system of real control The new law was formally born in the bowels of the Duma committee on security.

The New Times found out how and for what money they managed to get the missing votes One of the most important events of the year for our country was undoubtedly the election of Sochi as the capital of the 2014 Olympics. Few in Russia actually believed that this could happen.

Serbia will hold presidential elections on January 20 next year. Probably, soon after this, the main international epic of the year will end - Kosovo will declare independence. Kosovo GDP per capita (2005) - € 1243 (data from the World Bank). 37% of the population lives below the poverty line (less than ?1.42 per day). 5% are below the absolute poverty line (?0.93 per day). Serbia will hold presidential elections on January 20 next year.

Thousands of young people patrolled the streets of Moscow in the first days after the completion of the parliamentary campaign.

This year was marked with the seal of Cain from the very beginning. The Silver Age ended 90 years ago. And in 2007, it became clear that yet another westernization of Russia, the Yeltsin era, had ended in failure. This year, Vladimir Putin called the year that determines the further development of Russia.

The World Russian People's Council appealed to the government of the Russian Federation with a request to consider “the long-standing issue of the abnormal status of the letter Yoyo in Russian writing” In 2007, the World Russian People's Council appealed to the government of the Russian Federation with a request to consider “the long-standing issue of the abnormal status of the letter Yoyo in Russian writing.” The Russian alphabet still has not 32, but 33 letters...