In Rome, the famous Golden Palace (Domus Aurea), created in 64-68 AD, is reopening to visitors. by order of Emperor Nero, AP reports. This complex was once considered one of the most luxurious and richly decorated buildings of the ancient world. He really had the right to be called “golden”, since the eccentric ruler of Rome spared no expense on the decoration of his main residence. The walls and vaults of 150 interior rooms were decorated with marble, pearls, gold, and ivory.

The Ballet Trocadéro de Monte Carlo performed on tour in Moscow. This noisy, shameless, clown-colorful American theater, in which men on pointe shoes portray ballerinas, already came to Moscow two and a half years ago - then they were invited by the pretentious Grand Pas festival, and they performed at the Bolshoi.

It has not yet been possible to create a single body to protect the Earth from warming Last week's environmental conference in Paris could result in the creation of a major international environmental organization. President Jacques Chirac, representing the host country, proposed reforming the UN Environmental Program into a more solid structure - the United Nations Environment Agency (UNEA).

Russia has once again demonstrated a special position on the investigation of political murders in Lebanon, where dozens of politicians and journalists have been killed over two years. Russia's permanent representative to the UN, Vitaly Churkin, is ready to initiate, on behalf of the Security Council, sending a letter to the international commission investigating the murders with a request to list ten countries that are not cooperating well with it.

Russia and Georgia are restoring air traffic Russia and Georgia are close to resuming air traffic, which was interrupted on October 2, 2006 during the political crisis . Negotiations between officials responsible for resolving this issue begin today in Moscow. The Georgian delegation, led by the acting head of the National Commission for Transport Regulation, Alexander Chkhikvadze, had to get to Moscow through Turkey. “The ball is now in the Russian half of the field,” he said the day before.

There were no perpetrators of the disappearance of Russians in Egypt Strong winds yesterday prevented the use of aircraft to search for Russian diving tourists who disappeared in the Red Sea near the Egyptian town of Marsa Allam, which is 300 km from the resort of Hurghada and 800 km from Cairo. But, despite the stormy conditions, the local governor, Abu Bakr al-Rashidi, expanded the scope of the rescue operation, involving coast guard boats and volunteers from the national Divers Association.

The musicians collaborating with the “Return” program offer wonderful, original programs even after the end of the festival. On February 25, a concert is expected in the Small Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, where the main characters will be the violin and oboe (the main characters of the Return festival, Roman Mints and Dmitry Bulgakov, will play them). Yesterday, in the same Small Hall, a concert was held under the modest title “I.S.

Italian football championship suspended due to death of policeman This morning, at an emergency meeting, the Italian government must find a way out of the crisis provoked in the country by unrest after the Catania - Palermo football match. As a result of clashes between police and fans, one law enforcement official was killed, more than a hundred people were injured, several football officials resigned, and the national championship was suspended indefinitely.

Today, Romanian Foreign Minister Mihai Razvan Ungureanu will officially submit his resignation. He himself stated this yesterday at a press conference in Bucharest. Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu dismissed the Foreign Minister on Friday for failing to inform the government about the arrest of two Romanian workers in Iraq. The workers had been there since May 2006 and were arrested on October 31 by coalition soldiers for taking photographs of the US military base without permission.

FAS prohibited the use of “family” relationships between the bank and the insurer Russian Standard Bank refuses exclusive agreements with the Russian Standard Insurance company, which is part of Rustam Tariko’s holding together with the bank. This was reported by the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS).

Serial killers of women caught in the Sverdlovsk region One of the most brutal crimes that have occurred in our country in recent years has been uncovered in the Sverdlovsk region. Last Friday, the regional prosecutor's office announced the capture of eight residents of Nizhny Tagil, who are suspected of pimping and mass abuse and murder of women.

Chronicle of sporting events Volleyball. Super League. Men. 6th round . "Lokomotiv" NS -- NOVA -- 3:0, "ZSK-Gazprom" -- "Dynamo-Yantar" -- 3:2, "Prikamye" -- "Lokomotiv-Izumrud" -- 2:3, "Dynamo" M -- "Dynamo-TTG" -- 3:1, "Lokomotiv-Belogorye" -- "Neftyanik Bashkortostan" -- 3:2, "Iskra" -- "Fakel" -- 3:1. The leaders are : Dynamo M - 11 points (6 games), Lokomotiv-Belogorye, ZSK-Gazprom, Iskra - 10 (6).

Preparation of a new agreement between Russia and the European Union and energy cooperation - these are the topics of negotiations between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and the EU troika taking place today in Moscow. It includes the Foreign Minister of the German EU Presidency, Mr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the European Commissioner for External Relations and Neighborhood Policy, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, and the EU High Representative for Foreign and Defense Policy, Javier SOLANA.

Fiscal officials began to fight “gray” salaries at the place of residence of employers Moscow tax officials went to the home addresses of the heads of companies that practice paying “gray” salaries to employees. According to the Moscow department of the Federal Tax Service, inspectorates are working to search for more than 7 thousand organizations that are not present at their registration address.

Italy, the current world champion in football and a country where calcio is not just the most popular sport, but perhaps the main subject of general interest of the nation, interrupted all matches of championships at all levels because of the bloody battle between the tifosi and the police in Sicily. Clashes during and after the Serie A Sicilian derby between Catania and Palermo ultimately led to the death of a 38-year-old policeman.