Alexander Valiev : If you are a member of the trade union, you are provided with troubles. In the Southern Urals, the trade union cannot agree with the owners and administration of the Russian Copper Company enterprises. On April 19, in the regional center, the company’s office was a picket with a demand to stop pressure on the trade union and increase the salary. This is what one of its participants said. - The salary is small, and I decided to ask me to go to the general director to add.

Maria Klein On Sunday, Austria is held on the presidential election. They run the current president of Hinz Fisher, a representative of the extreme right -wing party of freedom Barbara Rosencrantz and candidate of the Christian party Rudolph Goring. The president in Austria performs mainly representative functions, but the current elections are very important for the country.

How does the Munich Conservatory differ from Moscow? And why did young Russian musicians play worse? These and other issues are discussed in the “Class Hall of Freedom” with the rector of the Higher School of Music and the theater in Munich Siegfried Mauzer, Professor of the Moscow Conservatory named after Tchaikovsky Tigran Alikhanov, composer Anton Safronov and Moscow Conservatory - Olga Ermakova, Alexander Kuzovov, Anna Morozova, Olga Mikhailova and Dasha. Mityaeva.

Muslim view of the world sometimes differs from the views of adherents of other faiths In the United States, a creative conflict has arisen between the creators of the South Park animation series and Comedy Central. At the beginning of the week, the radical Muslim group threatened the authors of the series Trajes Parker and Matt Stone with a brutal reprisal for the fact that in the last series the Prophet Muhammad was depicted in bear skins.

The Pope Benedict XVI warns that the spread of the Internet can contribute to conformism and manipulation of public consciousness. The head of the Roman Catholic Church spoke on Saturday at a meeting on the problems of the media and new technologies organized by the conference of Italian bishops. He noted that unequal access to new types of communications in rich and poor countries deepens the inequality that reigning in the world.

In Moscow, an employee of the private security of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Eastern District was detained for shooting at people. According to Interfax, the detainee is the senior sergeant Konstantin Ratnikov. According to preliminary data, being drunk, he opened fire from a traumatic pistol on passers -by on a sapper street. According to information agencies, there are no victims. Police and prosecutor's office employees work at the scene.

Russian military vessels in the Black Sea The agreement concluded by the presidents of Russia and Ukraine, which was concluded after the past week , as a result of which Ukraine received a 30 percent discount on Russian gas for the next 10 years, and the Black Sea Fleet will remain in Crimea until 2042, was a surprise for experts of the two countries.

Hockey. NHL. Stanley Cup Western conference: "Vancouver"-"Los Angeles" 7: 2. Account in series 3: 2 "Phoenix" - "Detroit" 1: 4. Account in the series 2: 3 Eastern Conference: "Buffalo" - "Boston" 4: 1. Account in the series 2: 3 "Washington" - "Montreal" 1: 2. Alexander Ovechkin ("Washington") 1 washer. Account in series 3: 2

In the Bavarian city of Ingolstadt, a mourning ceremony was held today in memory of four German troops killed in Afghanistan on April 15. The ceremony was attended by thousands of people, among them German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Residents of Germany express more and more dissatisfaction with the presence of German troops in Afghanistan, where seven of their compatriots were killed in this month.

In the yellow sea, the nasal part of the South Korean warship, which sank last month, was raised to the surface. The missing are still registered 7 sailors. A few days ago, the back of the ship was raised. According to preliminary investigation data, the ship sank due to the explosion that occurred overboard. In this regard, suggests that the ship could be attacked. The ship exploded and sank during patrolling in the area of the border with the DPRK.

In the mountains of Afghanistan and Pakistan, stubborn battles are underway in the last two days, the authorities report the destruction of dozens of militants. The Governor of the Afghan province of Kunduz said on Saturday that 29 Taliban were killed in his provinces in clashes with government forces. At least three fighters of the local militia acting on the side of the authorities were also killed.

In Chuvashia, a rural priest was killed. As Interfax was told in the Investigative Committee at the prosecutor's office of the republic, the body of the 46-year-old father Anatoly was found on Saturday in the church in the village of Yantikovo. On suspicion of murder, a local resident was detained. An investigation is underway.