At the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange, the first auction in the new European currency - Euro - took place today. According to the General Director of the Exchange, Alexander Zakharov, the first deal - to buy/sell 100 thousand euros - was concluded 9 seconds after the start of trading between the Sberbank of Russia and the International Moscow Bank.

Presenter Alexey Tsvetkov The Future of the Internet; some results of the year Since its birth, the Internet has been, and to a large extent remains, a kind of superstructure over a regular telephone line. Associated with this are the annoying limitations of the global network, primarily its slowness - the capacity of the lines interferes. Alexander Kostinsky will talk today about the near future, in which these shortcomings will be largely overcome.

US President Clinton tonight in Congress with the annual appeal "on the situation in the country." By tradition, the president will determine the main directions of American foreign and domestic policy and outline budget priorities. According to representatives of the White House, Clinton will offer, in particular, in the next 5 years to increase the financial assistance of Russia by 68 percent - in order to minimize the threat posed by Russian nuclear arsenals.

An annual book fair will be held in Moscow. Her theme is children's educational and developing literature. In addition to reference books and encyclopedias, new fiction will also be presented. 200 publishers and book trade structures from Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and Kazakhstan, as well as the United States, Germany, Great Britain and Sweden, participate. The fair will open at the Dynamo Sports Palace on January 21 and will last four days.

Tennis. At the opening championship of Australia in Melbourne on Tuesday, Russian tennis leaders successfully started: Evgeny Kafelnikov and Anna Kournikova. Kafelnikov, sown under the 10th number, won the Swede by Jonas Bjorkman - 6: 3, 6: 2, 6: 4. The 12th racket of the tournament in the female single discharge Kournikov prevailed over American Jill Craibes - 7: 6, 7: 5.

Lev Roitman: On January 27-29, the All-Russian three-day teacher of teachers is scheduled. In many regions of Russia, especially in rural schools, strikes have already begun. There are areas, unfortunately, there are many of them, where the average teacher salary is not higher than the beggarly five hundred rubles, but they don’t pay this, they don’t pay in some places for almost a year. Teachers are striking - children suffer. Does the teacher have moral law (legal) to a strike?

The Washington Post newspaper spoke about a medical experiment, which has been spent in Atlanta over the past nine months. Neuromorphologist Philip Kennedy and a neurosurgeon Roy Bakey are trying to establish communication with a 52-year-old patient of the hospital for veterans John Ray, completely paralyzed after a severe stroke. Reyu implanted the finest gold electrodes that record the electrical activity of the motor zone of the cerebral cortex.

The future of the Internet; Some results of the year Since its birth, the Internet has been, and to a large extent remains a kind of superstructure over the usual telephone line. The annoying restrictions of the global network are also associated with this, first of all, its slowness - interferes with the throughput of the lines. Alexander Kostinsky will talk today about the near future, in which these shortcomings will be largely overcome.

The flu epidemic began in Vladivostok - the city center reported. In the Christmas week alone, more than two thousand sick were registered. More than a hundred people, among whom - 73 children, were hospitalized with severe complications. In children's and preschool organizations, prevention measures are taken. On Tuesday night in Stavropol, two large batches of alcohol without excise stamps were detained .

Leading Lev Roitman Lev Roitman: On January 27-29, the All-Russian three-day teacher of teachers is scheduled. In many regions of Russia, especially in rural schools, strikes have already begun. There are areas, unfortunately, there are many of them, where the average teacher salary is not higher than the beggarly five hundred rubles, but they don’t pay this, they don’t pay in some places for almost a year. Teachers are striking - children suffer.