MEDT and the Ministry of Property lost their powers Yesterday, the long-announced process of ridding departments of redundant functions began. The first to be cut were the Ministry of Economic Development and the Ministry of Property Relations. The Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, which itself prepared decisions on the resection of unnecessary functions, was happy to set an example for other departments. Why the Ministry of Property was among the pioneers remains unclear.

Leonid MAKHMUDOV, head of department of the Ministry of Labor of the Russian Federation: — The Ministry of Labor is focusing on already discharged military personnel and members of their families. Almost all of them undergo retraining at universities and specialized training centers in the country. This is an expensive matter, but nevertheless the employment services pay for this training. The Ministry of Labor spends more than 50 million rubles on this. per year.

The American court did not allow WorldCom to be drowned The second-largest US telecommunications company, MCI, formerly WorldCom Inc., has reached a long-awaited agreement with the government to resolve its multibillion-dollar bankruptcy proceedings. New York Federal Judge Jed Rakoff approved the agreement between the firm and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

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CLUBS “Elusive” is a concert by Zulya, a Tatar singer who now lives on the island of Tasmania (Australia). Zulya is one of the best performers of Tatar and Australian folk songs. In 2001 she was recognized as singer of the year - Australian World Music Awards, and in 2002 as best performer in the World Music genre - Australian Live Music Awards. In her work, she harmoniously combines different ethnic motifs, including Latin American and African.

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Sergey NIKITAEV, chief specialist of the Department of Additional Professional Education of the Ministry of Labor of the Russian Federation: -- The Department of Additional Professional Education of the Ministry of Education participates in the program of social adaptation of military personnel discharged from the armed forces with its teaching staff, classrooms, and equipment. We study the labor market and educational services.

An unfavorable combination of high air temperature, high humidity and, as a consequence, low oxygen content in the ground layer of air can affect the well-being of elderly people, children, people suffering from diseases of the cardiovascular system (primarily those who have suffered a myocardial infarction, stroke, patients with cardiac disorders activities), pulmonary insufficiency, and those susceptible to migraine attacks.

Uzbekistan became the first country to register its athletes to participate in the World Freestyle Wrestling Championships (women's and men's), which will be held in New York from September 12 to 14.

The grand opening of the festival was disrupted Once a year, the quiet provincial town of Avignon, near the walls of the ancient papal residence, turns into the center of world theatrical life. Thanks to Jean Vilar, who organized the festival here in 1947, every summer the city becomes a huge stage.

Electricity is temporarily cheaper in the Far East Today the first hydraulic unit of the Bureyskaya HPP will be put into commercial operation. Vladimir Putin will be present at the ceremonial events on this occasion in the village of Talakan, Amur Region - it was precisely for his work schedule that RAO UES of Russia came up with this event (the official launch of the power plant took place on June 30).

The structure of the share capital of Severnaya Neft by the mid-90s looked like this: 10% belonged to Zarubezhneft, 40% to the Swiss company TBKOM AG (experts do not exclude that Andrei Vavilov was originally behind it), two more packages of 25% were owned by OJSC Komineft and Ukhtaneftegazgeologiya. In the late 90s, LUKOIL became interested in Severnaya Neft.

Leonid MAYOROV, Director of the Russia-NATO Center for Social Adaptation of Military Personnel, Colonel General: -- The Russia-NATO Center for Social Adaptation of Discharged Military Personnel began operating in March 2002. It is entrusted with two tasks: information and consultation and training. Last year, we trained 104 specialists working in the field of social adaptation from 60 regions of Russia under a 72-hour program.

Tomorrow the premiere of the play “The Cherry Orchard” staged by Nyakrosius will take place At the end of the theatrical season, the Moscow public, tired of the Chekhov International Festival, is waiting for perhaps the most coveted premiere of this year - “The Cherry Orchard” with Russian artists, directed by Eimuntas Nekrosius, the famous Lithuanian director, a shadowy genius, a favorite of all festivals, a favorite of critics.

The exhibition “Charles de Gaulle” opened at the Historical Museum The main characters of the exhibition were the services of the Historical Museum. They heroically saved the honor of the uniform: they established communication between journalists who were desperate to see the exhibition and federal security forces, whose style of restoring order was, to put it mildly, specific. The same as the pleasure of interacting with the exhibition dedicated to the wonderful General de Gaulle.