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Sergey Markelov, Hague: The main prosecutor of the International Tribunal in the Hague Louise Arbur on Wednesday began the procedure for making a complaint against Croatia in the UN Security Council. Mrs. Arbur used this extreme measure to the present moment only against Yugoslavia. The reason for the discontent of the main prosecutor is formulated as follows: Croatia does not properly contribute to the work of the tribunal.

Lev Roitman, Sarajevo: The stability pact for southeastern Europe, that is, for the Balkans, was adopted on June 10 in Cologne Foreign Ministers of twenty-eight states and representatives of numerous international institutions. Events in Kosovo became a catalyst for this pact, the brainchild of the joint initiative of the Chancellor Germany Gerhard Schroeder, at that time Germany was preserved by rotation in the EU, and US President Clinton.

You are listening to the program "Spades of Aesculapius - Modern Medicine and Healthcare." Improving the diagnosis of mitral valve lesions, a new point of view on fat in a diet, as well as the latest medical news - these are the topics of our program today. More recently, the insufficiency of the mitral valve of the heart was considered a frequent and extremely dangerous disease that affects people of all ages. But lately, the look at this disease has changed significantly.

The adoption of the stabilization plan of the Balkan region completed the work of the International Summit in Sarajevo, in which the leaders of 40 of the countries participated. The document calls for the conclusion of regional agreements to prevent new conflicts, the organization of free and fair elections in the Balkan countries, compliance with human rights and the creation of free trade institutions.

Gasoline crisis - in Kamchatka . There, retail prices at gas stations increased there, a shortage of some brands was noticed. The increase in gas prices, according to the vice-governor of the region, Sergei Tymoshenko, is caused by increasing vacation prices by factories-suppliers. Now gasoline prices in the region are approximately twice as high as in October last year. In the Philippines the sixth day, the hunger strike of four crew members of the Russian ship Vitaly Kruchin continues .

Lev Roitman, Sarajevo: Sarajevo is a dusty city, especially in the summer. The short rain did not change anything yesterday. Dust flying from ruins along the road leading to the city managed to dry. On this road they enter from the airport to the Sarajevo motorcies of limousines with participants and guests of the summit. Some have already arrived. Others, among them, Bill Clinton, Gerhard Schroeder, Jacques Shirak, Tony Blair, Sergey Stepashin are expected.

Taiwanese doctors offered a simple biochemical test that can be widespread in maternity hospitals . It allows you to quickly identify the possibility of disturbances in the brain in infants, whose birth was burdened with oxygen starvation caused by pathology of pregnancy or childbirth. Sometimes such a suffocation does not affect the health of children, but sometimes it causes irreversible complications.

Leading Sergey Seninsky - The prospects for negotiations of Russia with the Paris and London clubs of creditors. - The exchange rate of the ruble: the first month of interregional exchange trading. - "Achievements of business of the XX century. The first ten." Transfer 5th. Trade centers and supermarkets. - A review of the publications of the next issue of the British weekly "Economist". Sergey Seninsky: Last week, the International Monetary Fund decided to resume the Russian lending program.

Vitaly Portnikov, Skopier: The summit in Sarajevo became perhaps the most important political event for the Republic of Macedonia in recent weeks, and maybe months. After all, they were preparing for this meeting, first of all, because many officials noted that the specific economic problems of the Balkan region can be resolved during the Sarayevsky summit.

"Spades of Aesculapius" - modern medicine and healthcare Leading Evgeny Muslin You are listening to the program "Spades of Aesculapius - Modern Medicine and Healthcare." Improving the diagnosis of mitral valve lesions, a new point of view on fat in a diet, as well as the latest medical news - these are the topics of our program today. More recently, the insufficiency of the mitral valve of the heart was considered a frequent and extremely dangerous disease that affects people of all ages.

The Board of Directors of the World Bank decided to allocate a loan of $ 200 million to Russia. Money will be transferred by four tranches until December 31, 2000. The loan is intended for the structural restructuring program of the Russian economy. By the beginning of July, the volume of cash savings of Russian citizens amounted to almost 400 billion rubles , the Russian Statistical Agency said on Friday.

Six sets of awards were played at the European swimming championship in Turkey on Thursday. The representatives of Ukraine won two gold medals: Elena Zhupina and Anna Sorokina became the best in synchronous jumps from a 3-meter springboard, and Yana Klochkova, who had previously won a 400 m with complex swimming, now overcame the distance and the distance twice shorter. German Hannah Stockbauer won the 800-meter free style. In men, the French won two gold awards of three .

On August 1, the Great Symphony Orchestra led by Vladimir Fedoseev will perform at the opening of the Austrian festival "Sounding Meaning" . The festival opens in the Vienna Palace Kloffburg. In the program of the concert of the Russian orchestra, the work of Straus, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev. The company Orth Recordz and ORT-concert ceased to exist . All rights to albums from the catalog of companies returned to authors and performers.

- The prospects for negotiations of Russia with the Paris and London clubs of creditors. - The exchange rate of the ruble: the first month of interregional exchange trading. - "Achievements of business of the XX century. The first ten." Transfer 5th. Trade centers and supermarkets. - A review of the publications of the next issue of the British weekly "Economist". Sergey Seninsky: Last week, the International Monetary Fund decided to resume the Russian lending program.