BASKETBALL. January 31st. FIBA European Cup. 6th, final round of the 2nd group stage. FIBA Euroleague. Women. 1/8 finals. First matches. January 31 - February 2. Euroleague ULEB. 13th round. January 31 - February 1. ULEB Cup. 1/8 finals. First matches. February 4-5. Super League. Men. In the penultimate round of the first group stage of the ULEB Euroleague, the capital's army team will host the Turkish Ulker on Wednesday.

The traditional ceremony of awarding the laureates of the year took place The Golden Basket ceremony, organized by the Russian Basketball Federation (RFB), took place in Moscow, at which prizes were awarded to the 2005 laureates. The best basketball players and coaches in the country, who were voted on by the Super League clubs, received their awards. In total, winners were announced in a dozen nominations.

Angela Denoke, Denis Shapovalov and the Bolshoi Theater Orchestra A native of Hamburg, Angela Denoke is a woman with the appearance of an angel, who, as you know, is not supposed to be either overtly feminine or strictly masculine. She seems sophisticated and strong, malleable and stubborn. Her voice sounds the same - stern and nervous, flexible, and, if necessary, sharp. Her vocals are like a tree branch, capable, for all its external angularity, of absolutely incredible bends.

Finnish President Tarja Halonen, 62, was re-elected for a second term. In the second round of elections held on Sunday, she was supported by 51.9% of voters. Halonen's rival, ex-finance minister Sauli Niinisto, received 48.1% of the vote and has already admitted defeat. In the second round, the activity of Finnish citizens was higher than in the first - over 70% of voters took part in the voting. Halonen was unable to repeat her success of two weeks ago.

Bill Gates hits profits against tuberculosis The world's largest software developer Microsoft Corp. set a new financial record. Last Friday the corporation reported that in the second quarter of the 2005/06 financial year its net profit increased by 5% compared with the same period last year. Thanks to strong sales of personal computers and corresponding high demand for software products, Microsoft earned $3.65 billion (or $0.34 per share).

Government prepares to fight bird flu The Russian government intends to fully meet the possible aggravation of the situation with bird flu in the coming spring, when migratory birds return from problem regions, and to do everything possible to prevent an epidemic in poultry farms and farmsteads and infection of people. Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov last Friday in the Belgorod region studied the problems associated with countering this dangerous disease.

Government The first three-year financial plan is due to be adopted in February of this year. Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin announced this at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. “Since 2006, the Russian government has been moving to three-year financial planning,” Mr. Kudrin reported. - Now a plan will be adopted not only for one year in the form of a budget approved by the State Duma, but there will also be a three-year financial plan approved by the government.

The peaceful Islamic revolution is gaining momentum The situation in Palestine, where the Islamic Resistance Movement (HAMAS) won the parliamentary elections on January 25, remains tense. The election results plunged the autonomy into chaos. On the streets of major cities in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, endless demonstrations are taking place, organized not only by the radical group Hamas, but also by members of the recently ruling Palestine Liberation Movement (Fatah).

The state intends to protect the personal data of citizens On February 1, the Duma will hold the second reading of the bill “On Personal Data” (passed in the first reading on November 25, 2005). The text of the document, which was actively discussed by the public throughout December, has undergone some changes. Some of these changes are fundamentally important - in particular, the wishes of believers are taken into account.

The Central Bank intends to allow foreigners to buy shares of Russian banks The Central Bank, which has categorically prohibited foreign credit institutions from opening their branches in Russia, will still make a slight relaxation for non-residents. Last Friday, Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank Gennady Melikyan said that the Bank of Russia intends to soften the conditions for the participation of non-residents in the authorized capitals of Russian banks. According to Mr.

On February 1, Boris Yeltsin will turn 75 years old. Ironically, they are the same age as Mikhail Gorbachev, another of the most hated plebs and the most important Russian politician of the second half of the 20th century. Do you know what question is on my mind? Why did the Russian president from the pre-war generation turn out to be so much freer and more humane than the president from the post-war generation? And I think I can even guess the reasons.

Today the preliminary results of the second round of the presidential elections in Finland will become known. The incumbent president and candidate from the Social Democratic Party, 62-year-old Tarja Halonen, and the current vice-president of the European Investment Bank, ex-minister of finance, 57-year-old Sauli Niinisto, were competing for the post of head of state. In the first round two weeks ago, Halonen received 46.3% of the vote, her opponent received almost half as much.

Drivers will be given a year to buy child seats It took the head of government Mikhail Fradkov exactly a month to understand that the members of the cabinet of ministers, who hastily and without broad agreement updated the Traffic Rules, got carried away. Last Friday, during a visit to the Belgorod region, the prime minister admitted that State Duma deputies were right in insisting on suspending some provisions of the new traffic rules.

Last weekend in the city of Montreux the draw for the qualifying round of the European Championship took place, the final part of which will take place in Austria and Switzerland in the summer of 2008. The Russian team was placed in the same group with England, Croatia, Israel, Estonia, Macedonia and Andorra. The best scorer of the last national championship, Moscow striker Dmitry KIRICHENKO, commented on the results of the draw to Vremya Novostey correspondent Andrei VDOVINA.

The Prosecutor General's Office has put the head of the Neftyanoy concern on the federal wanted list. The high-profile story associated with MDM Bank, Neftyanaya Bank, Marketing Bank and Intersectoral Industrial Bank, where a series of searches took place in December 2005, continued at the end of last week.