Europe has a feminine face. José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero brought nine ladies into the Spanish government. French President Nicolas Sarkozy appointed seven women ministers. Berlusconi decided to take not by number, but by quality. The principles of the formation of the new Italian government were investigated by The New Times Alexey Bukalov, Rome Such a swearing-in ceremony for new ministers has never been seen before in the Quirinale, Rome's presidential palace.

Marina Barabanova vs Konstantin Sonin Everyone goes through high school. What does she teach and what does she not teach? What gives graduates the introduction of the Unified State Examination - the Unified State Examination? argued about this in The New Times editorial office.

... I will not contact graduates of Russian medical universities To become a doctor and have the right to make decisions about the life and death of a person, they study in Russia for nine years, in Western Europe - eleven, in America - fourteen. Unfortunately, the advantages of Western physician training systems are not limited to duration alone.

They still want to finish him off: a small square house on the banks of either a river or a canal, not far from Sakharov's apartment. A house on which a faded anti-war slogan hung for two Chechen wars in a row. Such an extraterritorial house, from the future, above which, like the smile of the Cheshire cat, hovering a shy and trusting Sakharov smile. Chekists roam around this house like hungry wolves. And they want to take away this last shore of ours, the last free piece of land.

The Academy of Sciences never came out of hibernation The General Meeting of the Russian Academy of Sciences ended as expected: Yuri Osipov became President of the Russian Academy of Sciences for the fourth time. The ranks of academicians were also replenished with the names of politicians and members of the ruling party. Academy - for scientists or for the right people?

Who counts the risks? In early June, President Dmitry Medvedev will make his first European visit to Germany. Then the Russia-EU summit in Khanty-Mansiysk, the meeting of the G8 leaders in Hokkaido. There, the Russian president will have his first contacts with Nicolas Sarkozy, Gordon Brown and Silvio Berlusconi. However, Dmitry Medvedev's international premiere took place in an Asian setting (Astana and Beijing), which caused a flurry of speculation about a change in priorities.

I spent the weekend getting acquainted with collections of modern dramaturgy, domestic and European. But in vain. I don't want to live in the world described by modern authors. But black drama seems to be going out of fashion. And I would like to send farewell greetings to all the tireless creators of charming plays about violence, murder and perversion.

The New Times forecast The Big Book Award was invented several years ago to outshine all other literary awards of various, including oligarchic, origins. A group of comrades close to the Kremlin chipped in for a solid bonus fund of 5.5 million rubles plus related expenses and gave birth to something like an official state literary award. Last week, the short list of finalists of the next competition became known.

A new name in the pleiad of pianists - Lukas Geniušas A new name in the galaxy of Russian pianists. Seventeen-year-old musician Lukas Geniušas plays compositions that are beyond the power of venerable artists Full houses at daytime concerts in the Rachmaninov Hall of the Moscow Conservatory are rare. One might even say never. The sophisticated metropolitan audience has overate on famous guest performers and rarely attends ordinary concerts.

Stockings - the embodiment of femininity. And - the most accurate weapon of sexuality Noose stocking. It is much easier - pull jeans over tights and rush headlong. In stockings and heels, you need to go with a beautiful gait “from the hip”, catch the eyes of the opposite sex and think: ah, how lovely I am!

Summer is parenting nightmare time Children take exams: graduation, USE, entrance, graduate from school and enter universities. There are furious discussions among teachers: is the unified state exam good or disgusting (p. 8)? But there is another question: why do they go to universities? To get an education or a piece of paper about it? To learn to think or for the sake of salvation from the army?

Recipes from Princeton professor Avinash Dixit Avinash Dixit was born in 1944 in the Indian city of Bombay (today - Mumbai), has US citizenship. Since 1989 he has been a professor of economics at Princeton University. He is an expert in many areas of economics, including microeconomic theory, game theory, growth and development theories, and international trade. President of the American Economic Association.

The Russian market for corruption in higher education has reached record levels. In the last academic year alone, Russians paid bribes totaling $618 million. According to Transperancy International-Russia's annual corruption barometer, in 2007, in education, including higher education, Russians paid bribes almost four times more often than in courts, twice more often than in medical institutions, and five times more often than in registration authorities.

As soon as he began to exercise the premier's powers, the former president developed a storm of activity. Moreover, as usual, he began with the "distribution of elephants" and the fulfillment of the desires of various kinds of lobbying groups. The first gift of the “good fairy” was in store for the oilmen, who were so exhausted under the yoke of unbearable taxes and export duties that they could not even invest in the exploration of new fields. Their tax burden has been reduced.

In almost every report of the state Russian media about the events in Georgia, there is either ridicule, or exposure, or bewilderment. This deliberate distortion of reality makes Russian officials vulnerable during real clashes with Georgian politicians. Our knowledge of the young Georgian political elite is too deeply rooted in myths. Perhaps the essence of Russian-Georgian disagreements is hidden in the generational and, accordingly, ideological conflict between the two power elites.