Overtaking areas have been prepared at the European Grand Prix The Nürburgring, one of the oldest racing circuits in Europe, was built in 1927 in the center of the Eifel mountain range, one of the most picturesque corners of Germany. Surrounded by forests, the route is located near medieval German cities, one of which, Koblenz, is included in almost all tourist routes. Perhaps this is the most long-suffering track of all those included in the Formula 1 calendar.

Canadian journalists protest against owner censorship Recently, three major Canadian newspapers—Toronto's The Globe and Mail, The Winnipeg Free Press and the Halifax Chronicle-Herald—published a full-page paid ad under the ominous headline: "Are Editorial Boards Losing Free Speech One by One?" The announcement was signed by 40 former employees of the Southam Publishing Group, including its president and CEO William Ardell, editor-in-chief of Ottawa's The Citizen, former publisher of Montreal's

The third stage of the highest category cycling race "Vuelta Catalunya" - a time trial race - significantly reshaped the general classification. The fact that Russian Vladimir Karpets (pictured) managed to be among the strongest inspires optimism ahead of the mountain stages. The start of the almost 11-kilometer time trial was at an altitude of 1,450 meters, and the riders finished not far from the snow line - 2,030 m.

This is how many interpreted Vladimir Rushailo’s statement Four thousand demonstrators entered Jalal-Abad early on the morning of June 17. This happened exactly three months after the bloody events that happened in the Aksy district of the Jalal-Abad region. Then, bullets from Kyrgyz riot police killed six local residents who demonstrated in defense of their elected member of parliament Azimbek Beknazarov.

There are no plans to redraw borders In Lithuania, the initiative of Russian State Duma deputies Viktor Alksnis and Anatoly Chekhoev to adopt a resolution challenging the transfer to Lithuania of the Vilnius region, which was under Polish control, on the basis of the 1939 Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, is called nothing less than a “provocation.” Mr.

Deputies retreat, but do not surrender The Budget Committee recommended that the Duma approve the government version of the chapter of the Tax Code “Taxation system for the implementation of production sharing agreements.” An alternative version of the head of the Tax Code, introduced by a large group of deputies and senators (including the “fathers” of the Russian law on the PSA, Yabloko members Alexei Mikhailov and Alexei Melnikov), will be withdrawn at a plenary session of the Duma.

The Dutchman has already been given a suitable name Today at the World Cup four teams - England, Brazil, Germany and the USA - will continue to fight. And two more tickets to the semi-finals will be played out tomorrow. Spain - South Korea. June 22. Gwangju. 10.30. Chief referee Gamal Ghandour (Egypt). The championship hosts have already scalped two representatives of southern Europe - Portugal and Italy. Next up is Spain.

RAO UES of Russia fails to make peace with its shareholders RAO UES of Russia made an attempt to explain to its minority shareholders that the draft new company charter does not narrow, but, on the contrary, expands the powers of the board of directors. Today this issue will be the subject of consideration by the current council.

There is a real hunt for Vice Mayor Ordzhonikidze Yuri Luzhkov's closest associate, Deputy Mayor of the Moscow Government Iosif Ordzhonikidze, survived the second assassination attempt in the last year and a half. In the morning, during rush hour, right on the government highway - at the intersection of Rublevskoye and Mozhaiskoye highways - unknown persons stopped and fired at the official’s car. The attack was well prepared and carefully planned.

After the inexpressive performance of the Russian national team at the World Championships in Japan and Korea, where our team could not get out of the group in which the Japanese, Belgians and Tunisians competed with it, the head coach of the Russians, Oleg Romantsev, announced his resignation. And although Romantsev’s departure has not yet been documented, it can already be said that the Russian national team will have a new coach.

The state is preparing for sale the largest turbo-engine plant The Arbitration Court of the Sverdlovsk Region introduced a procedure for temporary supervision at one of the largest machine-building enterprises in Russia - the Ural Turbo Engine Plant (Ekaterinburg), the Interregional Territorial Body of the FSFO of Russia in the Ural Federal District told the Vremya Novostei newspaper. Oleg Kozyrev, deputy head of the FSFR territorial administration, was appointed arbitration manager.

Half of the aircraft engine will be made in Russia Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&W) Corporation presented an engine design for the Russian regional jet yesterday in Moscow. The regional aircraft itself, also known to specialists under the abbreviated designation RRJ, also still exists only in draft form. An agreement on its joint development was signed last year by the Russian aircraft manufacturing companies Ilyushin and Sukhoi with the American corporation Boeing.

Speaker of the Federation Council accepted a predator into the party The Indian lion Murphy, who lives in the St. Petersburg Zoo, was today “adopted” by the socio-political movement “Will of St. Petersburg,” the chairman of the political council of which is the chairman of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, Sergei Mironov. The maintenance of his “adopted son” will cost his party 140 thousand rubles a year. At the St.

Tomorrow a new version of the television film “Berlin Express”, shot on a documentary basis, will be released on ORT. Starring Renata Litvinova and Vyacheslav Tikhonov. He is an idol, a standard actor of Soviet cinema, she is perhaps the brightest film star of recent years. You may not like Litvinova; some people find her irritating with her accentuated mannerisms, but others find extraordinary charm in her artificial intonations and stylized appearance of a star of the thirties.

Spain greets European leaders unkindly Heat, strikes, problems of European integration, anti-globalists - all of this suddenly concentrated in one place and at one time - in Spanish Andalusia. On the eve of today's summit in Seville of 27 European leaders (the EU plus candidate countries), a general strike broke out in Spain, casting a shadow over the country's six-month presidency of the European Union.