The former president of the Czech Republic, a famous politician, playwright and public figure Vaclav Gavel celebrates his 70th anniversary on Thursday, reports Radio Liberty . On Wednesday evening, a festive dinner was held in Prague, to which the ex-president invited his friends, former employees, a number of famous Czech and foreign politicians, diplomats, and artists. Vaclav Gavel, a former dissident, spent several years in prison during the years of communist rule.

Hunger strikers in a building on Sadovaya-Sukharevskaya Street in Moscow, who suffered from the actions of one of the largest construction companies and demanded that the authorities solve the problem of defrauded investors, today decided to stop the protest at 18.00 Moscow time, RIA Novosti reports .

The representative of the Russian embassy in Georgia denied the information that Georgian children will not be able to continue their studies at schools in the group of Russian troops in Transcaucasia (GRVZ), RIA Novosti reports. All 220 children of Georgian citizens studying in GRVZ schools in Tbilisi, Batumi and Akhalkalaki, as before, will attend classes in these educational institutions.

A group of researchers from Yale University (Yale University) in the United States under the leadership of Professor Barbara Ehrlich found that the increased concentration of testosterone - the main male sex hormone - leads to the death of nerve cells, launching a suicide program (apoptosis), reports Reuters . The experiments of American scientists have shown that the synthetic analogues of male steroids that are used by bodybuilders to increase muscle mass have a similar effect on neurons.

Today, the Prime Minister of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov turns 30 years old and according to the Chechnya Constitution, he receives the right to claim the presidential chair. But, despite this, he claims that he is not going to the presidency so far. "We have an elected president of the republic, and until the end of his authority is coming to an end, I think about a candidate for the post of head of the republic as a candidate for the post of head of the republic," Kadyrov said.

On the eve of Yekaterinburg, during the election broadcast, a fight occurred between the two State Duma deputies - Evgeny Roizman from RPZH and Evgeny Zyablintsev from the "Motherland", which heads their parties in the elections to the Sverdlovsk Regional Duma, which are outlined on October 8. Between these deputies there were debates on Radio Urals as part of a free air for political agitation.

As a result of the raid of Israeli aviation, two Palestinian militants died. The blow was delivered by car in the southern part of the gas sector, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Palestinian Ministry of Internal Affairs. Both of the dead belonged to the radical terrorist group "Islamic jihad". The press service of the Israeli Defense Army confirmed the fact of the airstrike.

In the late 1960s, a sharp surge of state anti-Semitism occurred in the USSR. The impetus was the victory of Israel in the “six -day war”, significantly strengthening the factors - the Prague Spring, among the leaders of which state propaganda intensively plunder the suspicious names like Shika, Goldshtyukker or Pelican.

The new book about the adventures of Peter Pan saw the light and, according to the expectations, should soon make serious competition to Harry Potter, reports Reuters . The right to write a continuation of the book by James Barry won at the competition a British writer, author of 139 works for children Geraldin McCorin. The book "Peter Pan in Red" is about 1926.

Today, in 80 Russian cities, the picture of Ivan Vyrypaev “Euphoria” is released on the screens, which represented Russia in the main competition of the 63rd Venetian Film Festival and won the award of the youth jury- “Small Golden Lion” “For the courageous simplicity of expressive means”, reports Newsru.com with reference to ITAR-TASS. Euphoria is a cinematic debut of a 32 -year -old director.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has successfully launched a new unmanned automatic solar probe SOLAR-B (Hinode) , reports the agency's official website launch vehicle . The device was launched into orbit by an MV from the Japanese Space Center in Uchinura. Soon after separation from the launch vehicle, communication was established with the satellite.

About 2 million rubles were stolen from the office located in the building of the Moscow General Post Office. This was stated today by law enforcement officers of the capital, Vesti reports with reference to Interfax. According to police officers, two unknown people entered the office in the house No. 26 on Myasnitskaya Street, and, threatening with a gun and automatic, stole the money. The criminals disappeared from the scene, their search is underway.

In Moscow, a bus rolled up on a ring road. According to RIA Novosti , at least two people were injured. The PAZ bus rolled over on the outside of the Moscow Ring Road. The exact number of victims and the causes of the accident are specified.

Boris Dolgin In the late 1960s, a sharp surge of state anti-Semitism occurred in the USSR. The impetus was the victory of Israel in the “six -day war”, significantly strengthening the factors - the Prague Spring, among the leaders of which state propaganda intensively plunder the suspicious names like Shika, Goldshtyukker or Pelican.

The head of the Federal Agency for Physical Culture and Sports Vyacheslav Fetisov commented on UEFA's decision to hold the Champions League final in 2008 in Moscow. “I would describe yesterday’s decision as a sign of the moment,” Fetisov quotes the news “ Kommersant ”. “It speaks of the increased authority of our clubs, in particular CSKA, which won the UEFA Cup last year, and that we believed in the world that we can organize sports competitions at the highest level.