President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko announced the need to reform housing and communal services and proposed his reform plan, RIA Novosti reports. The first step in the reform, he said, should be the elimination of the monopoly in the communal sector and the development of competitive relations: "When housing and communal services will fight for their consumer, then the long lines and poor-quality help of the houses will disappear.

Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili met in Zurich with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan and discussed with him the energy crisis in Georgia. According to the results of the meeting, Turkey decided to increase the supply of electricity to Georgia to 100 MW, RIA Novosti reports. This was announced today by the head of the President of Georgia, Georgy Arveladze. According to him, an agreement was also reached on the abolition of the visa regime between Georgia and Turkey.

Negotiations to resolve the Transnistrian conflict ended with a very modest result, reports Radio Liberty . After two days of discussions passing behind closed doors in Tiraspol and Chisinau, the parties failed to overcome strict disagreements. As the head of the OSCE mission in Moldova William Hill, only an agreement was reached on the formation of two groups of experts to resolve a number of disputed issues.

An agreement has been reached between Russia and Iran on some aspects of the Russian proposal to create a joint venture to enrich Uranus, RIA Novosti reports. According to the Foreign Minister of Iran Manucher Motaki, the Russian plan is in the stage of serious consideration, negotiations are ongoing on it. At the same time, he noted that during negotiations with the Russian side, issues related to the place of enrichment of Uranus have yet to discuss.

In the Polish city of Katowice, the roof of one of the pavilions, where there were many visitors, collapsed today, RIA Novosti reported. The number of victims is still unknown. The reason for the collapse, according to the local police, is snow accumulated on the roof. At the time of the collapse in the fair, an exhibition of postal pigeons was carried out, attracting many visitors.

Tbilisi gas distribution company Tbilgaz disabled the supply of natural gas to the Russian Embassy in Georgia and the representative office of the Russian company GAZEKSport, Gazeta.Ru reports. "I made a decision and gave the appropriate instructions to Tbilgaz to terminate the gas supply to the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Georgia and the representative office of the GAC export in Georgia," said the mayor of Tbilisi Gigi Ugolyava.

The fourth solemn ceremony of presenting the National Prize in the field of Kinematography "Golden Eagle" will be held on January 28 in Moscow. The Golden Eagle is awarded to winners following the voting of the Academy members in 20 nominations. This year, the Expert Council of the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Russia, which established the prize, which is headed by Kinovist Kirill Razlogov, recommended 256 works for discussion.

In the shootout between the militants of Hamas and the security forces of Palestine, three people were injured - one militant Hamas and 2 security officers, RBC reports with reference to Reuters. The shootout occurred in the south of the gas sector. The militants first opened fire on one of the buildings of law enforcement agencies in the village of Khan-Junis. In turn, representatives of Hamas claim that they began to shoot after the security forces without warning opened fire on them.

Brazil will resume the launch of missiles from the center of space launches in Helpantar (northeast of the country), located in the equator area, the Brazilian Ministry of Aviation reported, RIA Novosti reports. In the coming year, two probes will be launched as part of the planned studies of the lower atmosphere. The launches from the cosmodrome will be made for the first time after the accident that occurred in August 2003, when 21 people died and the platform was completely destroyed.

In Moscow, on suspicion of involvement in receiving a large bribe, a senior official of Rosselkhoznadzor was detained, RBC reports. The head of the Department of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision of Moscow and the region as part of the investigation of a criminal case, recently instituted against an employee of the Rosselkhoznadzor Office and the region Sergey Romanov in the amount of $ 25 thousand from a representative of a commercial company.

US President George Bush believes that the radical Palestinian movement of Hamas should make a number of changes in his structure and program, otherwise the United States will “not deal with them,” RIA Novosti reports. “They must get rid of the wing of their party, which is armed and uses violence,” Bush said. “Secondly, they should get rid of that part of their platform, which says they want to destroy Israel,” the head of the White House added.

In connection with heavy snowfalls and bad weather in northern Italy, it was decided to cancel the Olympic fire relay. It was previously planned that today the athletes will carry Olympic fire on the mountainous province of Trento-Alto-Adidge through Livigno, Bormio, Sondrio and Lekko, who are on the Italian-Switzer border. Instead, the Voice of Russia reports - the ceremony of the transfer of the Olympic torch will be held tonight in the city of Lekko.

In Spain, rescue groups found the wreckage of the previously missing F5 military aircraft, with reference to the Associated Press, RBC transfers. At the crash site, the bodies of two pilots of the training aircraft were found. One of the dead was the instructor captain Raul Garzon, the other by his student Gabrielle Harridido. The plane took off from the Talavera-la-Raal air base, which is located in the province of Badahos in the west of Spain.

In Moscow and a number of Russian cities, a protest of car owners with red turning signals against the new traffic rules (traffic rules) takes place, RIA Novosti reports. The Government of the Russian Federation on December 14, 2005 adopted a resolution introducing a number of changes to the SDA. The document was published on December 27, 2005 and entered into force on January 1 of the current year. Changes require, in particular, so that the rotary signals of all cars are yellow.

The radical Palestinian group "Brigade of the Martyrs of Al-Axsa", which is an armed wing of the Fath movement, announced the withdrawal from the armistice agreement with Israel, reports Reuters . According to the leader of the organization of Ala Sanakrekh, since the Fath was defeated in the parliamentary elections, the "Al-Aksa Martyrs Brigades" no longer consider themselves related peaceful agreements.