The program is conducted by Dmitry Morozov. The Radio Liberty correspondent in Tel Aviv Rovshan Huseynov takes part. Dmitry Morozov: Today, at 6 in the morning, in the Middle Eastern time, an agreement on the ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian groups in the gas sector entered into force.

The program is conducted by Dmitry Morozov. The Radio Liberty correspondent Elena Fanailova takes part. Dmitry Morozov: The ratio of competitive and out-of-competition programs at the thirties of the Moscow International Film Festival is commented on by the film historian, the art director of another movie by Jan Levchenko in an interview with our correspondent Elena Fanailova. Elena Fanailova: Yan, what do you think about the current competition of the Moscow Film Festival?

The program is maintained by Andrei Sharogradsky. A radio correspondent Freedom Mumin Shakirov takes part. Andrei Sharogradsky: In Moscow, the capital's video operator Boris Yeltsin, the metropolitan police and representatives of the special services seized about six hundred cassettes with the records of the first president of Russia.

EU member countries continue the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty, despite its failure in Ireland In Brussels on June 19, the European Union summit began, which discusses the fate of the Lisbon Treaty, designed to replace the draft European constitution after its failure in referenda in France and the Netherlands in 2005.

The quarter -final matches at the Tournament in Istborn ended: Samantha Stosur (Australia) - Carolina Vozniatski (Denmark) - 7: 6, 6: 4 Nadezhda Petrova (Russia) - Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) - 6: 4, 6: 3 Marion Bartoli (France) - Alisa Kleibanova (Russia) - 6: 3, 6: 3 Agnieshka Radvansk (Poland) - Hisela Dulko (Argentina) - 7: 5, 7: 5 Stosur - Petrov and Bartoli - Radvansk will play in the semifinals.

The British parliament ratified on Wednesday evening the Lisbon Treaty - a week after the Irish Republic rejected it in a referendum. This was reported from London by Radio Liberty correspondent Natalya Golitsyna. During the six -week debate, British parliamentarians discussed the article on the article by the Lisbon Treaty. 346 members of the House of Commons spoke out for its adoption, 206 votes were presented against. The Lisbon Treaty also received the approval of the House of Lords.

The Russian -language version of the social network Facebook began work. After the emergence of a Russian -language site, the number of languages that Facebook supports reached 17. The social network Facebook appeared in 2004. Today, the total number of registered users of the Facebook network is about 80 million. In terms of the number of Facebook users, only the Muspace social network is inferior.

In the south of Iraq, the offensive of government troops is being prepared in the position of Shiite militants in the city of El Amara, three hundred kilometers southeast of Baghdad. It is reported that military equipment has already taken up positions in the city. The Prime Minister of Iraq Nuri al-Malika warned the militants on Saturday, which expects them to surrender weapons within four days. At this midnight, ultimatum expired.

Between Israel and the radical Palestinian group of Hamas, which controls the gas sector, a truce begins today. Negotiations on the ceasefire were carried out through the mediation of Egypt. Their main goal was to terminate Israeli missile shelling from the gas sector and the return raids of the Israeli military into the sector. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said that he did not consider the truce to be strong and long-term.

In St. Petersburg, the city architectural competition “Communication of the times” was completed, which was held by the public organization “Living City”. The townspeople offered about 50 new buildings, which, in their opinion, delight the eye. The jury took 20 of them per competition. The residential building of the North Modern Architect Yevgeny Podrazov was recognized as the best, 18. The author received a diploma from the organizers.

The UN Security Council today discusses a resolution aimed at eradicating sexual violence against civilians during military conflicts. The document proposed by the United States is proposed to consider this problem related to the security sphere. The US Secretary of State Kondoliza Rice will be prescribed at the meeting.

4 people died when the helicopter falls European peacekeeping forces in Bosnia. According to official figures, all four were employees of the EUFOR forces - two German citizens and two - Spain. The causes of the disaster are unknown.

Representatives of the opposition site Ingushetia.ru chained in a higher instance a court decision on its closure. As lawyer Kala Achilgov told Interfax, it was decided to submit a cassation without waiting for the reason for the motivating part of the verdict. According to Akhilgov, the courts often delay the sending of this document, and the appeal period may expire.

Dante Aligieri, standing between the mountain of purge and the city of Florence. The detail of the picture is Domenico di Mikelino. Florence, 1465 Andrey Shary: And now I will present you the final section of the “Time of Freedom” program “Today's Fact”. Almost 700 years after the death of the outstanding Italian poet Dante Aligieri, the City Council of Florence abolished the decision of 1302 on the expulsion of a writer from his hometown.

In St. Petersburg, the prosecutor's office sent the case of the head of the city branch of the Yabloko party Maxim Reznik, accused of insulting and beating police officers. The first meeting is scheduled for June 27, Interfax reports. According to investigators, on the night of March 3, Reznik, while intoxicated, publicly offended the police, and then hit one of them several times.