Forecast for the coming days The cyclone in the north of the European territory of Russia is becoming less and less active, the rains are decreasing, the wind is moderate, although its front, stretching from the Polar Urals through the Volga region to Azov, is causing showers with thunderstorms here and there. In the next 24 hours, the northwestern regions of Russia will also experience short rains, +17...+22 oC.

CLUBS “My Friends”, “City 901”, “Muse”. Tabula rasa , 19.00. Monkey Bonez (Moscow - Berlin). Garage modern punk blues and Jewish jigs and dzags. "B2" , 21.00 CONCERTS Festival "Children of Tsoi". Concert dedicated to the 15th anniversary of the death of singer Viktor Tsoi. Gorbushkin Dvor , 18.00. MOVIE "Island" (USA, 2005). Directed by Michael Bay. Starring Steve Buscemi, Michael Clarke Duncan, Sean Bean, Scarlett Johansson, Ewan McGregor.

EDF and AEM buy Edison Last Friday, the European Commission gave final consent to the French Electricite de France SA (EDF) and the Italian Milan utility Aem SpA (AEM) to jointly purchase the Italian energy company Edison SpA for 8 billion euros. “The Commission is watching this transaction very closely because the study of competition in the energy sector is a core element of our economy.

Vremya Novostei's interlocutor, Knesset member and leader of the left-wing party "Democratic Choice" Roman BRONFMAN, who came to Israel from Russia, believes that the unilateral withdrawal of the Israelis from the Gaza Strip is a painful but necessary step. - Firstly, with the withdrawal of Jewish settlements from the Gaza Strip, we are ending one of Israel’s longest wars, the 1967 war, which was mistakenly recorded in history as a six-day war.

On an anti-Russian wave, a nationalist may become the president of Poland The investigation of Russian-Polish street attacks in Warsaw and Moscow has become one of the main tasks of law enforcement agencies of the two countries. In Warsaw, last Saturday, a third merchant was detained, suspected of buying mobile phones stolen during the brutal beating of three children of Russian diplomats on July 31 by local hooligans (possibly nationalists).

Lokomotiv-Belogorye should reach the Champions League playoffs The draw for the men's and women's Champions League tournaments took place at the headquarters of the European Volleyball Confederation.

Will it be possible to keep a phone number when changing operators? Many subscribers are looking forward to the law (more precisely, regulations) on maintaining the number when changing operators (MNP - Mobile Number Portability). For the first time, the Minister of Information Technologies and Communications Leonid Reiman announced that such an opportunity would be available in Russia in March of this year.

Fitch raised Gazprom's credit rating by one notch This is already the second rating agency reacting to the increase in the state stake in Gazprom shares. Fitch Ratings last Friday upgraded the company's senior unsecured foreign and local currency ratings from BB to BB+. “The rating upgrade follows the completion of the state's acquisition of an additional 10.74% stake in Gazprom,” the agency said in a statement.

British nuclear workers banned from having holiday romances The struggle to curb the spread of nuclear materials around the planet is already taking on comic forms. The other day, British newspapers reported with amazement about a new memo for employees of the Foggy Albion nuclear cycle enterprises going on vacation. The UK Atomic Energy Agency (UKAEA) in its latest bulletin to its employees strongly recommended against holiday romances and casual sex with foreigners when traveling abroad.

Cypriot plane crashed due to depressurization Yesterday afternoon, a Cypriot airliner crashed in a mountainous area 40 km north of Athens. All 115 passengers and six crew members were killed. The plane was operating flight 522 on the route Larnaca - Athens - Prague. Upon learning of the tragedy, Greek Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis urgently returned to Athens, and Cypriot President Tasos Papadopoulos also interrupted his vacation. There were mainly Cypriot citizens on board the plane.

AMD Corporation has big plans to develop the Russian market Russia is on the verge of a qualitative leap in the development of information technology. The participants of the round table held at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry with the participation of the President of the American company AMD Hector Ruiz are convinced of this.

Our athletes exceeded the medal plan At the World Athletics Championships that ended in Helsinki, the Russian team exceeded the medal plan announced by the team's head coach Valery Kulichenko before leaving for Finland - 4 awards of each value. Even before yesterday's starts, the Russians had 5 gold, silver and bronze medals, which guaranteed second place in the overall standings, after the USA.

The mayor of Moscow decided to run for the Moscow City Duma Yuri Luzhkov agreed to head the United Russia election list for the elections to the Moscow City Duma. On the one hand, the new election law still allows the Moscow mayor after the elections not to leave his post in favor of, say, the position of speaker in the Moscow City Duma. On the other hand, it increases the number of exit routes for Yuri Luzhkov in the event of the early resignation of the mayor of the capital.

British Airways continues to grapple with the fallout from the chefs' strike British Airways announced yesterday that it would take several more days to restore work schedules disrupted by the strike of its ground staff at London Heathrow Airport on August 11. The company promises to return to normal flight schedules on domestic and European flights from Tuesday, August 16. But on long-distance routes the effects of the strike will be felt even longer.

One of the best applications of the season for an interesting series of exhibitions was made by the Moscow Kremlin museums. The program “Royal and Imperial Treasures in the Kremlin” was opened there. 23 precious vessels from the collection of Louis XIV kept in the Louvre came to visit. Once a year, in the fall, they promise to spoil us with other beautiful rarities. September 7 vernissage of the second exhibition of the cycle - from the collection of the Habsburg cabinets of curiosities.