NASA showed off a new super telescope The US National Aerospace Agency is preparing to change the way we look at the Universe. At the end of last week, NASA showed the public what the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which is scheduled to go into deep Earth orbit in 2013, will look like. A life-size model of the apparatus stood in the US capital in the open air next to the Smithsonian Aerospace Museum, and everyone could admire this miracle of astronomical technology.

Special operations against militants in the Dagestan residential sector continue Last weekend, Dagestan police officers once again had to take part in a street battle - to “smoke out” terrorists entrenched there from a private house. There is still no exact information on how many bandits were killed during the special operation - although the police found the body of only one bandit under the rubble of the house, law enforcement officers have reason to believe that there were more.

The "trade union" of businessmen stood up for migrant workers Having experienced, in the first five months of the new migration policy, the arbitrariness of local officials when processing applications for foreign labor, Russian business is ripe for declaring its position, which differs from the official point of view of the authorities.

German RWE rises in price on rumors of takeover by Electricite de France No sooner had passions cooled down in the European energy market after the unsuccessful attempt by the private German concern E.ON to obtain a controlling stake in the Spanish Endesa than rumors of a new large-scale merger flared up.

Chronicle of sporting events The Tomsk-400 team won the Russian club championship, held in Dagomys. Ten participants of the Premier League played each other in one round, with each match taking place on six boards. The standings were awarded two points for a win, one for a draw, and zero for a loss. "Tomsk-400" finished with a 100% result - 18 points. The second place went to the Yekaterinburg Ural (14 points), the top three winners were closed by the Cheboksary club Elara.

CONCERTS "Two geniuses of one era" . Chamber choir "Vivat" , conductor Igor Zhuravlenko , string ensemble "Prestige-Classic" conducted by Natalya Silkina and soloist Fyodor Stroganov (harpsichord). Program: Handel - cantata Dixit dominum, Italian duets accompanied by strings and cymbals, trio sonata for strings, “Sing to the Lord a new song”, Anthem IV from the XI Chendos Psalms, Alleluja from the oratorio “Messiah” and Vivaldi - Kyrie, Magnificat, concerto for strings and cymbal.

Prosperous Armenia performed worse than expected On Sunday, the Central Election Commission of Armenia summed up the preliminary results of the elections to the new National Assembly of the republic. As expected by the Vremya Novostei newspaper , the overwhelming majority of seats in parliament will be taken by two pro-government parties - the Republican Party and Prosperous Armenia, which together received almost 40% of the votes.

Despite the fact that the Russian national hockey team was unable to win the home World Hockey Championship (it takes a long time for anyone to win home championships), the game and atmosphere within the country’s main team have not inspired such optimism for a long time.

Only clubs with foreign coaches will play in the semi-finals In the national championship among men's teams, four teams continue to fight for awards - the current champion CSKA, last year's silver medalist Khimki, UNICS and the capital's Dynamo. All these clubs are headed by foreign coaches - Italian Ettore Messina, Lithuanians Kestutis Kemzura and Antanas Sireika, Serbian Dusan Ivkovic, respectively. At the end of last week, the winner of the women's championship was determined.

The CSKA - Spartak match was supposed to give an answer, including to the question of whether Veniamin Mandrykin could successfully replace the injured national team goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev in the army goal. The 26-year-old goalkeeper did not disappoint: despite the missed goal, Mandrykin held the meeting at a fairly good level, helping out his team in a number of difficult situations.

The “Images of Reality” festival takes on a new path The town of Nyon, located on the shores of Lake Geneva, has made “names” for many documentarians. For example, our Victor Kosakovsky received as many as five prizes here in 1993 for “The Belovs” - a set that immediately brought him into the forefront of world documentary filmmaking. We all gain experience, if not wisdom, with age. The experience of the festival “Images of Reality” is courage.

The Kremlin said yesterday that the “politicized issue of the actions of the Estonian authorities regarding the monument to the Soldier-Liberator in Tallinn” will be raised at the Russia-European Union summit on May 17-18 near Samara. Moscow also has questions for Tallinn regarding the situation of the Russian-speaking population. Interfax correspondent Arkady PRYAZHNY talked about this in Tallinn especially for Vremya Novostey with the Estonian Minister of Population Affairs, Mrs. Urve PALO.

State Duma deputies want to ban drinking the foamy drink for everyone and almost everywhere Russians will soon, it seems, be able to drink beer only at home and in bars. The State Duma may introduce new restrictions on the consumption of the foamy drink . Last week, the State Duma Committee on Economic Policy recommended adopting in the first reading a bill banning the drinking of beer and low-alcohol drinks in all public places by both adults and teenagers.

Kirill Serebrennikov staged Martin McDonagh’s play “The Pillowman” at the Moscow Art Theater White tiles on the walls and floor; A man is sitting at the table with a small bag on his head. This is the main character, his name is Katurian Katurian (the role went to Anatoly Bely), and the play begins with an interrogation conducted by two investigators, Tupolsky (Sergei Sosnovsky) and Ariel (Yuri Chursin).

The Kremlin has identified its priorities at the upcoming Russia-EU summit The issue of Estonia's actions regarding the monument to the Soldier-Liberator will be raised at the Russia-EU summit , but the main topic of the meeting will be the development of cooperation between Moscow and the EU, a source in the Kremlin said. “Of course it will,” the source said, answering journalists’ questions about the relocation of the monument.