The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine worked until midnight, but could not adopt the laws that opened the way for early parliamentary elections, Reuters reports. The adoption of these laws was part of the agreements between President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych. Yushchenko for two days - May 29 and 30 - suspended the decree on the dissolution of the Verkhovna Rada.

Residents of the city who are poisoned by confectionery do not cease to enter the infectious clinical hospital of Stavropol, RIA Novosti reports. “As of Thursday morning, 79 people were hospitalized, including 15 children. According to preliminary results of bacteriological examination, suspicion of salmonellosis in 16 patients.

On the street near the Council of the Federation Council, several dozen Ingush refugees began a hunger strike, Echo Moscow reports. The Ingushs are outraged by the actions of the North Ossetia authorities, which have not allowed them to return to their native places in the suburban area for 15 years. According to the refugees themselves, this hunger strike is still warning, they are ready to stop it if they promise a meeting with the President of Russia.

Greece invites Russia to build a gas pipeline parallel to the Burgas-Aleksandropolis oil pipeline, said Greece President Karolos Papulim at a meeting in Moscow with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov, RIA Novosti reports.

Accused by the British authorities of the murder of the ex-officer of the FSB, Alexander Litvinenko, businessman Andrei Lugovoi, said today that Litvinenko and the fugitive oligarch Boris Berezovsky were recruited by the British intelligence services.

We publish a complete transcript of the lecture of a sociologist, one of the leaders of the French “anti -globalism”, the secretary of the International Committee of one of the largest and most famous “anti -globalist” networks of Attak, the author of the book “Alternative Globalism: New World Protest movements” (M.: Gileya, 2004) of Christopher Agiton , read on May 24, 2007 in the club - literary cafes - literary cafes BILINGUA as part of the Public Lectures project Polit.ru.

Grigory Gritsenko It would be strange to expect from the first deputy prime minister of the Russian government of Russian conceptual harmony and scientific balanced, since Russian, and before it-Soviet, governments, always worked in fire brigades. Where to smoke - they rush there.

The authorities of South Ossetia decided to block two water pipelines, according to which drinking water and water are supplied to Georgia for irrigation of farmland, Gazeta.Ru reports with reference to Interfax.

Today, due to the deterioration of the state of health, the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Vasily Tsushko was transported to the German clinic, UNIAN reports. Such a decision was made by the Minister's family after consultations with doctors, the Department of Relations of the Public Relations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine said. As previously reported, on May 26 , Tsushko was hospitalized with a diagnosis of myocardial infarction.

The fugitive oligarch Boris Berezovsky said in an interview with the newspaper Financial Times that he helps to finance the Coalition “Another Russia” as part of his attack on President Vladimir Putin, whom he considers involved in the murder of Alexander Litvinenko. “I share my support for the revolution in Russia into two parts. The first is the help of those in the West who understands that Putin is not a friend of the West, Putin is a real danger to the West.

The current meeting of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ended to no avail, the Echo of Moscow reports. The deputies have not adopted a single bill to hold early elections to the country's parliament. As a result, speaker Alexander Moroz announced a break until tomorrow morning. Let me remind you that earlier President Viktor Yushchenko suspended for two days - May 29 and 30 - his decree on the dissolution of the Rada.

The Atomenergoprom concern should be formed by January 1, 2008. According to Prime-Tass , the head of Rosatom Sergey Kiriyenko, after a working meeting with representatives of the public of Krasnokamensk, made this statement as a statement. In this city is the largest Uranus production production in Russia - the Sagun production mining and chemical association (PPGHO).

During the 2008 summer Olympiad in China, smoking will be prohibited at all objects related to games, reports Newsru.com with reference to ITAR-TASS. “The ban will extend to all Olympic objects and restaurants,” he quotes the official. “In addition, it will not be possible to smoke hotels where athletes and tourists will live, as well as on the territory of the Olympic village,” said the representative of the Department of Health under the government Zhang Jiang.

Italian taxi drivers on Thursday will hold a national strike, the leaders of their trade unions announced the night before, RIA Novosti reports. They emphasized that this protest is once again carried out against the decision of the government, which decided to introduce the law on the "liberalization of entrepreneurial activity". According to the Italian Council of Ministers, this law facilitates people to organize their business in almost all areas of the economy.

Italian taxi drivers are conducting a national strike today, RIA Novosti reports. In Rome, it is planned to organize a thousands of demonstration on the central streets in protest against the decision of the government to liberalize entrepreneurial activity. According to the Council of Ministers of Italy, this law facilitates the discovery of its business in almost all areas of the economy.