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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

Maxim Chudov snatched silver with a finishing lunge “Silver” by Maxim Chudov in the pursit and “bronze” by Natalia Guseva in the sprint - this is a completely satisfactory result of the performance of Russian shooting skiers during the first two days of the World Championships that started on Saturday at the biathlon stadium of Anterselva (Italy). There is no longer any question as to who will be the main hero of the competition in South Tyrol.

Sharapova doesn't win tournaments while being number one in the world At the ATP and WTA tournaments of the first game week after the Australian Open, Mikhail Youzhny, Elena Dementieva and Maria Sharapova lost in their semi-final matches. Yuzhny was the closest to victory. In Zagreb, where the total bonus was 353,450 euros, Mikhail, in a meeting with the owner of the court, Ivan Ljubicic, was in the lead in the third game 4:2, but lost the game on his serve.

Gazprom will spend on assets in the Krasnoyarsk Territory The Board of Directors of Gazprom will today consider a number of transactions to acquire shares of companies holding licenses for exploration and production of hydrocarbons in the Krasnoyarsk Territory.

The Turkmens were promised a train to Russia Exactly one month later, on February 11, citizens of Turkmenistan will go to the polls, where they will face a historic test: participation in the first alternative presidential elections in the country's history. All six contenders for the seat vacated after the untimely death of Turkmenistan's President for Life Saparmurat Turkmenbashi the Great on December 21 launched an active election campaign.

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).