In Spain, protests of drivers and fishermen against high prices for fuel continues. About a hundred truck and taxi drivers practically blocked the roads at the entrance to Madrid today. Fishermen still block ports and oil warehouses in a number of Mediterranean cities of Spain. The Minister of Agriculture Miguel Arias Kanet must meet today with the striking in order to discuss the government proposals to resolve the fuel crisis.

The forbidden drug "Pseudo-Efedrin" was detected by doping control in the body of the Romanian gymnast Andrei Radukan, who won two gold and one silver medal at the Olympic Games in the Sydney. The Olympic Medical Commission intends to recommend the gymnast of the Golden Medal of the absolute champion, but to preserve the command "gold" and the silver medal for it for competitions in supporting jumps.

In Greece, more than 14 thousand truck drivers announced an unlimited strike today with a demand to reduce fuel prices. According to the Greek Trade Union, only in the last ten days - despite the promises of the authorities - gas prices have risen by a third. If the government does not manage to negotiate with the striking, by the end of the week there will be no fuel left on the gas stations.

Law enforcement agencies Ryazan established the individuals of four people who took part in the attack on the Jewish school on September 17. According to the Interfax agency, the investigation does not yet consider it necessary to keep their detention. As the Radio Liberty correspondent reports, a criminal case has been instituted under the article “Hooliganism”. Last Sunday, about 15 young people in a black uniform were made a pogrom in a Sunday Jewish school.

The European Union states that the results of the general elections in Yugoslavia testify to the desire of the people of this country for changes. Senior EU representatives emphasize that any attempt by Slobodan Milosevich to proclaim his victory in the presidential election will be regarded as falsification. According to Germany Foreign Minister Yoshka Fisher, he has evidence that the opposition defeated both the presidential and parliamentary elections.

According to the world bank, in some former republics of the Soviet Union, the average per capita income could be doubled if the authorities managed to cope with corruption. The report of the world bank, published today in Prague, says that officials in these countries are assigning an average of a third of small business income.

General Secretary of the Union of Journalists of Russia, Igor Yakovenko, comments on the termination of the programs of the Echo of Moscow radio station in Tula. (See also the material: "Retransation of the programs of the Echo of Moscow radio station has stopped in Tula ) Presenter of the program "Liberty Live" Peter Weil: In Tula, the relay of the programs of the Radio station "Echo of Moscow" was stopped.

German Titov - the second astronaut of the planet - was buried today in Moscow at the Novodevichy cemetery. About ten thousand people took part in the farewell ceremony. German Titov died on September 20 at the 66th year of his life from acute heart failure.

Hasin Raduev, North Caucasus: Over the past day, 6 explosive devices were neutralized to mine Russian departments. Basically, they were found on the roads in the Vedensky district. Checking the routes of the movement of armored vehicles and military columns is a common practice, which recently attracted the terrain of Chechen policemen recently. In the city of Shali, a homemade reactive installation was found on Lesnaya Street, acting on the principle of manual anti -tank grenade launcher.

Today, the Bogorodsky cemetery in the Moscow Region hosts the burial ceremony of the unidentified remains of 67 Russian soldiers who died during the First Chechen War of 1994-1996. The funeral will be held within three days. The remains of the killed soldiers were stored in the Rostov specialized laboratory. Since 1996, 270 dead remain unidentified.

Possible election results in Yugoslavia . The program is conducted by Giovanni Benxi. It participates in it: Radio Liberty correspondent in Belgrade Aiya Kuga; Radio Liberty correspondent in Paris Semyon Mirsky; Yugoslavia specialist, editor of the Prague Studio of Radio Liberty Andrei Shary.

Andrey Sharry, Prague: President Miloshevich and his wife came to the polling station in the Belgrade district of Dedinie early in the morning, in an elegant dark jacket and a bright red tie, reminiscent of past political beliefs. The candidate of the United Serbian opposition Voislav Koshtunitsa preferred a gray, corresponding to his character, the color of the costume and lowered the ballot into the urn for voting two hours later.

The main candidates for the presidency of Yugoslavia - the current head of state Slobodan Miloshevich and the leader of the opposition Voislav Kostunitsa - announced their victory in yesterday's presidential election. About 74 percent of voters took part in the elections. Official results have not yet been reported. According to the ruling Socialist Party, Slobodan Miloshevich gained 44 percent of the vote, and the roller Kostunitsa - 41 percent.

The program is conducted by Peter Vile. He talks with the observer of the Kommersant newspaper Gennady Sysoev and the Radio Freedom Observer, a specialist in the Balkans Andrei Sharym. Peter Vile: The live broadcast of Radio Liberty Gennady Sysoev, the observer of the Kommersant newspaper, he spent many years in Yugoslavia, in particular, in Belgrade, and Radio Liberty observer, Balkans specialist Andrei Shary.

In Moscow, the supply of heat to kindergartens, schools and maternity hospitals began. According to the vice-mayor of the capital Valery Shantsev, the heat supply of the residential sector will begin from October 2. And from October 10, heating will be included in industrial enterprises. Fires in 2000 caused damage to a million hectares of forest in Russia, which is 250 thousand hectares more than last year.