The tenth anniversary Golden Mask festival opened on March 27, International Theater Day, which gave the ceremony an even more festive and solemn character. For the sake of the double date, the organizers decided to change the tradition and staged a separate performance, which took place at the Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard. Now, for two weeks, every day Moscow can expect several performances in different genres: opera, ballet, dance, puppets, musicals, drama.

Norah Jones. Feels Like Home (Blue Note/Capitol/Gala) American singer, pianist and songwriter Norah Jones won eight Grammy Awards last year and her albums are selling well around the world. Even in Russia. No one knows where this success comes from. Extremely sparse music, combining elements of country, folk, and some distant echo of jazz standards, and even sung in a quiet voice - how can this be in demand by millions of people?

Parmalat continues to divest assets The bankrupt Italian food concern Parmalat decided to fire half of its employees and close a significant part of its enterprises. This became known on Friday after a regular meeting of the company’s shareholders and representatives of foreign creditor banks. In total, the bankrupt is forced to close factories in 20 countries. A month ago, the company already announced the start of a grand sale.

The Communist Party begins leadership renewal Discussion of personnel problems became the main topic of the plenum of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, held on Saturday in Moscow in the building of the Rosagropromstroy corporation. Moreover, in an effort to renew the ranks, the communists showed a readiness not only to get rid of elements in the party that had become openly alien, but also to sacrifice the current leaders for the sake of future victories.

The dates for the Moscow International Film Festival have been announced - from June 18 to June 27. However, it is not yet known where the festival center will be located - before that, it was annually located in the burnt Manege. The Directorate of the XXVI MIFF announced a closed tender for the provision of a venue for the festival. Five sites are being considered. Interfest General Director Renat Davletyarov said that the site will be approved by April 12.

Almost any entrepreneur can become a criminal The increased attention of law enforcement agencies to the field of taxation is transferring more and more entrepreneurs into the category of potential criminals. The rules of the game in this area are still poorly understood. Gaps in the legislation, according to lawyers, allow law enforcement agencies to resolve the vast majority of tax conflicts not in favor of the taxpayer.

A hypersonic plane broke the speed record and sank NASA broke its own speed record, which stood for almost 37 years. The unmanned X-43A aircraft, created by order of the agency, showed a unique achievement last Saturday: it accelerated to Mach 7 - seven times the speed of sound in the air. In our usual units, this means about 8 thousand kilometers per hour. Until now, NASA's best result was Mach 6.7, and this record was set back in 1967. This speed was shown by the experimental device X-15.

25 regional branches of the APR spoke in favor of the resignation of Mikhail Lapshin Representatives of 25 regional organizations of the Agrarian Party of Russia spoke in favor of the resignation of party leader Mikhail Lapshin, signing a statement to that effect. This happened yesterday at a meeting of the leadership of farmers in the Vatutinki boarding house near Moscow.

Elections in Afghanistan will be held later Afghan President Hamid Karzai announced yesterday that the first general elections since the fall of the Taliban regime will be postponed to September. According to the agreement signed in Bonn in 2001, they were supposed to take place in June of this year.

Yukos did not gain control over Sibneft Roman Abramovich maintained the independence of Sibneft from YUKOS. The meeting of Sibneft shareholders scheduled for March 28, at which YUKOS representatives allegedly intended to occupy key positions on the board of directors and make changes to the charter of the Siberian holding, did not take place. Formally, due to lack of quorum. But in fact, YUKOS employees were simply not allowed into this meeting.

Arkhangelsk and Ryazan regions elected governors The second round of gubernatorial elections took place in the Arkhangelsk and Ryazan regions on Sunday. It was enough for the winners to get a simple majority of votes. After all, according to the law, a repeat vote is recognized as having taken place with any voter turnout.

The Golden Mask festival is celebrating its tenth anniversary, and this, of course, puts everyone in a fanfare mood. There really is something to be happy about. “Mask” is a festival at which professionals present awards to professionals: this is how it was conceived, and in this capacity it took place.

A tour of the Japanese theater took place in Moscow But - this is not a name, as you know. But this is a genre. These are several troupes in major Japanese cities (a Tokyo troupe headed by Sakai Otoshige came to us). This is a square wooden platform (under it are special resonators so that when you hit the floor with your foot, a booming sound occurs; this platform occupied the right half of the New Stage of the Bolshoi Theater).

On Friday it became known that at the beginning of the week, the famous financier Oleg Boyko left the chair of the chairman of the board of directors of Evrazholding LLC. Nikolai Golovnin, vice president of Evrazholding and chief of staff of the company's president, was unanimously elected as the new head of the board of directors. Sources close to the company claim that the reshuffle is dictated by Mr. Boyko’s decision to leave the business.

Passions cooled slightly, but did not go out Peace has come to Kosovo, according to the pro-Albanian Provisional Administration of the region. And soon the Serbs will be able to return to their restored homes. Kosovo Prime Minister Bajram Rexhepi promised to restore even Orthodox churches.