Two American film companies - Hyde Park Entertainment and Vincent Newman Entertainment - announced the start of joint work on the adaptation of the famous poem by John Milton "Lost Paradise", reports the website Variety.com . Phil Diblasi and Byron Willinger were selected as screenwriters. The poem, first published in 1667 in England, tells the story of the fall of Satan and the exile of Adam and Eve from paradise.

The first deputy chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, Deputy of the State Duma Ivan Melnikov, who oversees the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Communist Party of the Communist Party of the Communist Party of the Communist Party of the Communist Party of the Communist Party of the Communist Party of the Communist Party for "Polit.ru" departure from the policy of the German chancellor Gerhard Schroere: “In my opinion, the whole galaxy of world

The announcement of the “short” Booker list was carried out in the best traditions of farce.

The short list of the booker , published at the end of last week, testifies not to the best in the major prose of the past year, but about the addictions of this jury and the bends of his collective subconscious.

The first tour of the presidential elections in Poland did not reveal the final winner, but confirmed the right turn of this largest Eastern European country, which was outlined last month in the parliamentary elections. The second round, which will take place on October 23, was held by the liberal leader Donald Tusk (the party "Civil Platform") and the mayor of Warsaw, conservative Lech Kachinsky (party "Law and Justice", heads the twin brother Yaroslav Kachinsky).

The commercial television channel "Marta", whose editors are located in Urus-Martan, is closed by order of the republican authorities. The official reason is the lack of a broadcast license. Most likely, the same fate awaits the remaining 23 Chechen commercial television channels, the Izvestia newspaper writes today. As a result of the airtime, perhaps the republican parliamentary elections on November 27 will illuminate only two channels - Vaine and Grozny TRK. Both belong to the state.

More than 90% of ballots were processed in the elections in Poland - the presidential candidate Donald Tusk is the leader. As reported in the State Election Commission (GIK) of Poland, at 01.30 in the Middle European time (03.30 Moscow time) after processing 91.53% of the ballots Donald Tusk, the leader of the Civil Platform right -handed party, gained 35.82% of the vote, RIA Novosti reports.

New York mayor Michael Bloomberg canceled the "highest degree of terrorist danger" in the city metro, the newspaper reports. Ru , citing Reuters. This measure was introduced after the FBI statement about possible explosions involving suicide bombers.

Judging by the speeches of the “Moment of Truth” program of the TVC channel, the newspapers “Tribuna”, information Internet sites, including those that specialize in incriminating information to the Minister of Finance Alexei Kudrin, an unprecedented PR-atak began. Moreover, the pressure on Alexei Kudrin is not in connection with his position in the government, but in connection with his position of the head of the supervisory board of the Alrosa diamond company.

Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov decided without unnecessary consultations to reduce value added tax from 18% to 13% from 2007 and give businessmen land under privatized enterprises almost free. The Ministry of Economic Development and the Ministry of Finance with Fradkov do not agree. Entrepreneurs are ready to carry the premiere in their hands, the newspaper Vedomosti writes today in the editorial article.

On Monday, October 10, the 16th Tennis Tournament "Kremlin Cup" starts on the courts of the Moscow sports complex "Olympic", RIA Novosti reports. The total prize pool of the competition is $ 2 million 300 thousand. At the same time, $ 1 million 300 thousand was allocated for the female tournament, which is assigned the 1st category, and $ 1 million was allocated. Traditionally, the female "Kremlin Cup" is more representative than male.

Judging by the speeches of the “Moment of Truth” program of the TVC channel, the Tribuna newspaper, information Internet sites, including those that specialize in compromising information, an unprecedented PR attack has begun on Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin. Moreover, the pressure on Alexey Kudrin comes not in connection with his position in the government, but in connection with his position as head of the supervisory board of the diamond mining company ALROSA.

The General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine put on the wanted list of the chief adviser - the head of the Department of the National Security and Defense Council, Vladimir Ivchenko, Gazeta.Ru reports with reference to the press service of the Russian Prosecutor General. Ivchenko was put on the wanted list in connection with the investigation of the criminal case of abuse and the intervention of the National Security and Defense Council of the judicial authorities.

Four teenagers who got lost on Friday in the taiga near Krasnoyarsk were discovered by rescuers and returned to parents. This was reported on Monday in the press service of the Main Directorate of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, RIA Novosti reports. Teenagers living in the district center of Big Murta went to the taiga for cedar cones on the morning of October 7. They all had backpacks with food and replaceable clothing, and one of the teenagers took a compass and a mobile phone with him.

Recently, the Bolshoi Theater is increasingly assimilated with a large opera space, standing in a number of the largest opera houses in Europe. His new theater policy - a bet on proven directorial names - changes the image of the building on theatrical. There was a theater of the same style, monumental-replacement: the opera went to admire the beauty that the cathedrals in full size, as in the famous “Borisa Godunov” of 1948, held in the repertoire to the present day.