The summit is about to begin in Samara. Officials from different countries will gather, hold negotiations, at the end of which, presumably, they will issue a communiqué and hold a press conference. Political commentators are again sharpening their pens, again smoothing out their brains, again working on weekends. Commentators, however, are no strangers to this. However, it is time to issue a communiqué on some events in Samara now, as well as hold press conferences.

A strong fire arose in the center of Moscow on Sukharevskaya Square. A four -story evicted building caught fire. The firefighters who arrived at the place of emergency found the burning over their entire area, which is more than 1000 square meters, the house. The fire was assigned a second number for a five -point complexity system. Over 20 fire crews began to extinguish it.

Belarus did not gain enough votes for election to the UN Human Rights Council, after the Western countries supported the opponent of Belarus - Bosnia, Reuters reports. Belarus received 78 votes from 192 UN member states. However, its main competitor Bosnia and Herzegovina also could not enlist the majority, having received 95 votes with the necessary 97. In this group, only Slovenia with 168 votes “FOR” was held.

The militants conducted a mortar shelling of the US military base north of Baghdad, bombing one helicopter and damaging nine more, AP reports with reference to the police. The Iraqi civil servant working on the basis said that he saw 16 damaged helicopters.

The House of Representatives of the US Congress refused to ban the use of military force against Iran, Reuters reports. The amendments to the US military budget made by the Democrats for 2008 suggested that the existing US laws "did not authorize the use of military force against Iran by the United States." However, the amendment on such a ban was rejected by 288 votes "against" at 136 votes "for".

The official price for the right to see the right broadcast of the WBO champion is announced for the right of the current winner of the title of Shannon Briggz and the official contender Sultan Ibragimov. This was reported by the press service of the Russian Professional Boxing Federation. The battle will be broadcast by the Pay-Per-View paid cable television system and the viewing price is $ 25.95.

The leaders of Russia and the EU began today an informal meeting as part of the XIX summit. It takes place in the Volzhsky Cliff complex on the picturesque bank of the Volga, Gazeta.Ru reports with reference to ITAR-TASS. The first meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the head of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barrozo and the Chancellor of the chairing of the German, the Angels Merkel, the maintenance of a working dinner in the EU EU.

The DPRK in 2007 may face a serious lack of food, the UN food and agricultural organization (FAO) published on Thursday said, RIA Novosti reports. According to FAO experts, a shortage can be about 510 thousand tons of rice, even if you keep in mind the 400 thousand tons of rice promised by Pyongyan by South Korea, the deliveries of which should begin in May. In the year, Pyongyang needs to import about 960 thousand tons of grain, they are considered in the FAO.

The three -hour visit of the new French president Nicolas Sarkozy to Germany ended, RIA Novosti reports. Sarkozy left Berlin and left home, having previously managed to discuss at a joint dinner with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is at the same time the chairman of the EU, many pressing problems - from bilateral relations to the European Constitution and the Es -Russia summit in Samara.

The representative of the Palestinian government announced the shelling of the guards of the residence of the Autonomy Prime Minister Ismail Khaniya, reports Reuters . The incident occurred yesterday late in the evening a few hours after Fath and Hamas have concluded another truce. About the victims of both the victims, and about who is not yet reported behind the attack.

The “implementation of the bill on sea ports” will significantly increase the country's capabilities on the processing of foreign trade goods, modernize the infrastructure of the Russian marine transport, ”said Vladimir Slutsker, deputy chairman of the industrial policy committee, commenting on the consideration by the Committee of the concept of the bill. The document was entered by the Government of the Russian Federation, today the committee decided to support it.

Samara on Wednesday was renounced reports of the abduction of two third -graders Yegor Smirnov and Alexei Mikhailov, allegedly taken by unknown in masks in the Mercedes car in front of passers -by. According to the local prosecutor's office, there was no abduction: the boys came up with this story, reports Newsru.com with reference to ITAR-TASS. As law enforcement agencies found out, schoolchildren came up with this story so that their parents would not scold them for bad grades.

On Thursday morning, the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Alexy the Second and the First Hierarch of the Foreign Church, Metropolitan Lavr, signed a historical document - the “Act on Canonical Communication” between the Moscow Patriarchate and the Russian Foreign Church. The first joint worship was timed to the Ascension Festival. The ceremony was held in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in the presence of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Samara to participate in a two-day Russia-ES summit, RIA Novosti reports. The meeting will be held in the Volzhsky Utes sanatorium, located on the shore of the Kuibyshev reservoir 200 kilometers from Samara. Tonight will be an informal meeting of the president and prime minister of Russia with the chancellor of the chairman in the European EU and the chairman of the European Commission.

Opening a meeting of the government, the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Fradkov announced the intention of the government systematically and comprehensively develop electric power industry. "We are again considering the issues of electric power industry again. More recently, we watched the issues of placing objects until 2020, and today we are watching an investment program.