The famous Lithuanian actor of cinema and theater Donatas Banionis turned 75 years old . He currently works in the Panevezhsky Theater and is busy in five performances. He still starred in Russia, where he is known primarily as a film actor: at present - in the film of Bulat Mansurov "The warm winds of the old Bulgars." Until May 11, the third international competition named after Prokofiev will last in St. Petersburg . The prize fund of the festival is 75 thousand dollars.

More than two thousand Kosovo refugees crossed the Albanian border yesterday . In total, according to the UN, in Albania there are more than 350 thousand refugees. The President of Albania Recep Meydani confirmed yesterday that Albania will continue to receive refugees from Kosovo - without any restrictions. The head of the Albanian state indicated, however, that the country will need serious assistance.

Evgeny Bovkun, Bonn: Due to various circumstances, Germany and Russia were almost equally interested in the speedy political decision in the Balkans. The convergence of interests is due to the growing domestic political pressure on the government of both countries. In Germany, opponents of the continuation of NATO military operations in Yugoslavia can now be found in different political camps.

Aya Kuga , Belgrade: In Serbia, a tragedy occurred again. Yesterday afternoon, 10 NATO bombs fell on the town of Sudolits in South Serbia. Radio "Belgrade" reports that one residential area of ​​the city is destroyed. At least 10 people died there, and many were injured. On the site of two private houses, only funnels remained 10 meters deep. But according to local sources, there are much more victims, because the ruins are still dealing with.

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Irina Lagunina , Brussels: According to the military command of the North Atlantic Union, the four main tasks are now facing NATO troops in the Balkan region. The Commander of the Union’s troops in Europe, General Uzly Clark, represents them like this: to contribute to the fulfillment of the Deuton agreement on Bosnia, to help in conducting a humanitarian operation, to continue the airline against the Yugoslav military facilities and the army and isolate federal Yugoslavia.

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Aya Kuga , Belgrade: On Wednesday afternoon, a large group of foreign journalists had the opportunity to visit a small town of Sudolits in South Serbia, one residential area of ​​which was destroyed on Tuesday. The city authorities reported that the corpses of 20 people have already been found, 12 of which are children. The final number of victims is not yet known, because the ruins are only versed. On Belgrade television, it is clear that dozens of private houses have been destroyed.

Maria Salycheva: April 5 . During an air raid on the city of Aleksinats, air strikes were inflicted on a residential quarter. 17 people were killed. April 12. The missile aimed at the bridge entered the passenger train in the southeast of Serbia. Serbian media reported the death of at least 17 people. Personality 8 of them is established, the rest are still listed as missing. April 24th.

Natalya Golitsyna , London: I asked one of the largest military experts of Great Britain Marshal Tony Mason, which explains from a military point of view cases of NATO aircraft for the civilian population? Tony Mason: During several hundred air raids, in most of which, if not all, weapons of accurate guidance were used, unfortunately, there were, although not often, cases of refusal of this weapon. One of the most famous such cases occurred during the Gulf of Persian.

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International humanitarian organizations consider it necessary to evacuate Kosovo refugees from the border regions of Albania and Macedonia as soon as possible . The UN representative Chris Yanovski said that the largest refugee camps in the north of Macedonia are threatened with epidemics, and their inhabitants are on the verge of rebellion over the past day about 2 thousand kosovars arrived in Albania and about 5-Macedonia.

Tennis. Russian Yevgeny Kafelnikov, who will officially lead the world classification on May 3, suffered the sixth defeat in a row in the Ei-Pi series tournaments. This time, in the first round at the Tournament in Prague of Kafelnikov, sown under the first number, in three sets he lost the 72nd lacquer of the world Australian Richard Fromberg - 4: 6, 6: 2, 4: 6.

The total volume of Russia's internal debt is 500 billion rubles , said today, speaking at the seminar in Moscow, the head of the Department of State Internal Debe of the Ministry of Finance of Russia Bella Zlataks. In terms of the current exchange rate, the named amount of Russia's internal debt is almost $ 20 billion, which approximately corresponds to the entire revenue of the Russian state budget in 1999.

In the Amur Region, preparations for the flood were completed - the Main Directorate for Civil Defense and Emergency Situations of the region reported. On the 700-kilometer section of the upper and middle Amur, special control points were created in case of particularly difficult circumstances. In the most dangerous places in the area of the villages of Ignashino and Sergeyevka, helicopters, transports with fuel and a group of explosives have already arrived.