German Chancellor Kohl said in the European Parliament that Eastern European countries should not build false hopes about joining the European Union. He provided that Eastern Europe should bear the brunt of the cost of rapprochement with European allies. President of the European Commission Delors, for his part, noted that the distance that separates the economies of Eastern European countries from the economies of EU countries should not be underestimated.

On October 14 of this year, a festive concert dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the Mayak radio station took place at the Rossiya State Concert Hall. The concert lasted more than 4 hours. Real stars of Russian popular music performed there, without demanding fees for it. Radio station "Mayak" appeared on the air 30 years ago as a revolutionary radio station, a radio station for everyone.

Alexander MESHKOV Even in our time, it’s not every day that you see something like this: a woman in an underground passage was holding a man’s jacket with order bars and a piece of Whatman paper, where it was written why she went out to beg. This jacket, as it turned out, belonged to her late husband Pyotr Trofimovich Trekhov. His body had been in the morgue of the 1st City Hospital for several days. His wife did not have money for the funeral...

This summer, the most reputable and comfortable (read: expensive) hotels in Nice were ready to raise the Russian flag, but almost had to raise a white one. Fourth: the vacationers showed such a keen interest in the great Italian mafia that even French journalists noticed it. Fortunately, the border with Italy is two steps away. It was not possible to find out what exactly they wanted from the unfortunate mafiosi. Although the police were very curious.

Attacked by a hail of stones, the Israeli soldiers dealt with the Palestinians quite quickly. The clash in Ramallah, on the west bank of the Jordan River, ended with the complete disarmament of the attackers. The Israelis, armed with Uzi machine guns, were able to successfully resist opponents armed with naked guns. Photo by REUTERS MODERN CANNIBALS In a forest belt, not far from Isakov Street in Donetsk, a dismembered corpse of a man was found.

MILITARY SECRET The recent visit of the Chinese Defense Minister to Russia received little media coverage. Basically, the information was of a very streamlined, non-specific nature. Quite intriguing details leaked from credible sources to the Russian Ministry of Defense. Few people know that Colonel General Haotian was met at the airport by the Deputy Russian Minister of War, Army General Konstantin Kobets and Deputy. Chief of the General Staff, Colonel General Anatoly Kleimenov.

Colonels March Savel, Freddie Van de Weghe and Mark Yaklin (from left), who took part in the Belgian presence in Somalia, await the start of the trial in Brussels. Eight Belgian peacekeepers are accused of exceeding their authority. They are accused of the death of three Somalis who died as a result of the presence of the Belgian corps as part of the UN forces here. Photo by REUTERS 2.5 billion rubles.

The Lithuanian Parliament overwhelmingly adopted a resolution proposing to act as a mediator in the Russian-Chechen conflict. Lithuania has expressed concern about the situation in Chechnya, and some opposition MPs have openly condemned the Russian invasion. NATO will consider practical measures to relieve Russia's possible sense of isolation, according to a NATO spokesman in Brussels. At the same time, he mentioned cooperation in the field of disarmament.

NATURAL NEWS Sakhalin region: an earthquake with a magnitude of six occurred in the Pacific Ocean, 220 kilometers south of Iturup Island. A few hours later, another earthquake occurred, now 120 kilometers south of the island of Paramushir, with a magnitude of five; there are no casualties or destruction. Krasnoyarsk Territory: in the village of Nikolaevka, Dzerzhinsky district, a fire broke out in a one-story garage. There were no casualties.

22-year-old Christy Henrich, a gymnast from the United States, died from anorexia - a complete lack of appetite. According to doctors, this is the result of physical and mental stress. Although sports medicine experts consider this issue controversial. After all, the athlete has never been a leader in the team. Her best result was 4th place in the uneven bars competition at the 1989 World Championships in Stuttgart (Germany).

December 19 – December 25

Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh said his country has asked Russia to write off almost all its debts to the former USSR.

7.30 Saturday morning for a business person. 8.15 “Sports chance”. Doc. film "Larissa". About nine-skate Olympic champion L. Latynina. 8.52 Sporphon-15. 9.30 Early in the morning. 10.00 Polygon. 10.30 Marathon-15. 11.00 While everyone is at home. 11.00 “Crunch-UFO”. 11.45 Extra-UFO. 12.35 Overcoming. 13.05 Doc. telephone “Don’t believe, don’t be afraid, don’t ask...” Film 2. Series 3. "No decision has been made." 13.55 “Crib sheet”. 14.00 “The underwater odyssey of the Cousteau team.” Doc.

Unlike women, AIDS will never change you An analysis of the secular behavior of Americans recently published and analyzed by the American press (I have already written about this analysis) clearly demonstrated the trend towards streamlining and monogamization of the sex life of US residents and, as a natural consequence, a decrease in the incidence of AIDS infection among “ordinary” citizens.

The incidence of diphtheria continues to increase. From January to October, the number of cases in the capital doubled compared to the same period last year and amounted to 3,292 people, including 754 children. 119 sick people, including 14 children, died. The number of cases of syphilis in Moscow has increased this year by 2.4 times compared to last year. At the end of October, 46 Moscow children under the age of 14 were among those sick with this disease.