CLUBS New York Voices and Igor Butman Big Band. A joint concert of the famous jazz vocal quartet and one of the best Russian big bands. New York Voices have been around for about 18 years, taking the best traditions of their great predecessors Lambert, Manhattan Transfer and others and introducing elements of Latin American melodies and rhythms, classical and pop music into the classic jazz sound.

The Ministry of Economic Development did not find a compromise with Gazprom The Ministry of Economic Development, after a two-month pause, announced that it would insist on an 11 percent indexation of gas prices in 2006. According to the director of the department of macroeconomic forecasting of the ministry, Andrei Klepach, tariffs for the services of natural monopolies for the next year will not be higher than those that the government proposed previously. Those.

Brussels officials reminded of democracy A few months ago, French President Jacques Chirac said that a country that rejects the constitution of the European Union is, in fact, leaving it.

France undermined the position of the European currency France's refusal to support the EU constitution in the referendum, as expected, undermined the position of the euro in the world market. Yesterday, the euro currency rate broke through the $1.25 mark, reaching an eight-month low. Now the depreciation of the euro and, accordingly, the strengthening of the dollar are highly likely to continue.

The Russian government changes its testimony Soon the government will be forced to officially admit that it is not only unable to fulfill the presidential order and double GDP, but even maintain macroeconomic indicators at the current level. Yesterday the government received official proposals from the Ministry of Economic Development to clarify the forecast for the country's socio-economic development. They will be considered at a government meeting on June 16.

Group B matches of the preliminary stage of the Women's World Basketball League took place in Havana. Russia continues to create confusion in the tournament, which was originally intended to be a competition between the strongest clubs on the planet. Under the banner of the winner of Super League “B” Dynamo near Moscow, the youth (under 19 years old) national team of the country, which is preparing for the World Cup starting on July 15 in Tunisia, went to the Cuban capital.

Parents do not like the struggle of the Moscow authorities for the financial purity of schools The mass dismissal of directors of schools and kindergartens in the capital, which occurred at the end of last week, caused heated debate among both employees of educational institutions and parents. On the one hand, the struggle of city officials for the transparency of financial relations between the school and parents is correct and noble.

Government Approved the rules for providing state guarantees for insurance obligations of war risks, hijacking risks and other similar risks of liability of air carriers to third parties . According to the document, a warranty case arises in the event of failure to fulfill the insurer's obligations under the policy in terms of damage in an amount exceeding $150 million. The guarantee is provided to the insurer on a competitive basis.

Nikolay Davydenko defeated the best dirt biker in the world At least four Russians will compete in the quarterfinals of the men's and women's singles tournaments at the French Open in Paris. The match between Marat Safin and Spaniard Tommy Robredo lasted for five games and ended late yesterday evening. If Safin won, he would go up against Nikolai Davydenko in the quarterfinals.

A new computer virus has alarmed all of Israel An unprecedented scandal is breaking out in Israel. Police say it is the largest computer crime in the country's history. Famous Israeli writer Amnon Jaconte told law enforcement that chapters of his unpublished book were being published on the Internet without the knowledge of the author. Jaconte suspected that someone had broken into his computer and thus gained access to the book.

The Jazz Festival in Arkhangelskoye will be held this year too Last year the festival “Russian Style. Estate. Jazz" turned out to be a real surprise both for lovers of all kinds of parties and open-air, and for lovers of the actual improvisational music of the modern domestic sense. This year the concept has not undergone any changes.

Americans engage in arbitrariness with Sunnis A double terrorist attack occurred yesterday in the predominantly Shiite town of Hilla, 100 km south of Baghdad - with an interval of 20 seconds, suicide bombers activated their suicide belts. At least 27 people were killed and about 120 were injured. The first explosion occurred in a crowd of five thousand police officers protesting against the disbandment of their unit.

The delegation of American senators that arrived in Tashkent on Sunday spent only a few hours there. None of the official representatives of the leadership of Uzbekistan received Senators John McCain, Joe Sununu and Lindsey Graham. The US guests were forced to limit themselves to meetings with the leaders of four opposition parties - Erk, Birlik, Ozod Dekhkan (Free Farmers) and the Agrarian Party - none of which is registered by the Uzbek authorities.

Forecast for the coming days Due to the cyclone, inclement weather is expected in the northwestern regions in the next two days. Rain of varying intensity will fall almost continuously throughout Tuesday and Wednesday. The cyclone will also ruin the weather in the central region; rain there will begin during the day, first in the west, and then spread throughout the entire territory; thunderstorms with gusty winds are possible.

Scientists agreed to reforms at the Russian Academy of Sciences It took representatives of the Ministry of Education and Science and the leadership of the Russian Academy of Sciences a little more than nine months to finally agree on full agreement on the issues of reforming scientific institutions. Unexpected and almost incredible news about reconciliation with government officials was announced yesterday by Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Valery Kozlov.