The volume of paid government services to the population and companies will be reduced by a third As part of the administrative reform, the government does not give up hope of introducing into a unified framework the practice of providing public services to the population and companies . The White House cannot accept the fact that government agencies, in addition to the regularly collected duties and fines prescribed in the Tax Code, can, at their discretion, charge money for certain services.

Angry Japanese expressed their dissatisfaction in parliamentary elections The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) of Japan, which is the main force in the ruling coalition, suffered a crushing defeat yesterday in elections to the upper house of parliament . The victory went to the opposition Democratic Party. The ruling coalition of the LDP, 52-year-old Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and the New Komeito Party failed to retain a majority of seats in the 242-seat chamber, according to exit polls.

Russian and Ukrainian melodramas competed at the film festival in Sevastopol The Sevastopol Film Festival, which was held for the third time, fundamentally refuses to bear a proper name, unlike its non-capital counterparts like “Amur Autumn” in Blagoveshchensk or “Baltic Debuts” in Svetlogorsk .

Today, at the US President's country residence Camp David near Washington, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is holding talks with George Bush. Brown arrived in the United States for the first time yesterday as head of government of the United Kingdom. The British prime minister and the head of the White House spent Sunday evening talking over dinner, leaving negotiations for Monday.

In the coming days - August 1 or 2 - the Central Election Commission of Ukraine should officially announce the start of the election campaign for early elections to the Rada, scheduled for September 30. Meanwhile, last Friday, Speaker of Parliament Alexander Moroz issued an order to convene an extraordinary meeting of the Rada.

Navy Day was celebrated in all fleets and even in Antarctica This holiday was approved on the initiative of the famous naval commander, Hero and Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Nikolai Gerasimovich Kuznetsov, since 1939. Yesterday, in accordance with the order of Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov, sailors in all four fleets and the Caspian Flotilla organized military and sports festivals, in which representatives of the Navy's high command, politicians, and businessmen took part.

The main hero of the Lokomotiv - Dynamo match was the former railway striker Ruslan Pimenov, who now plays football in blue and white colors and scored two goals against his former team.

CLUBS Davlat (percussion), Lenz and DJ Yakob. A new tradition has taken root at “Pilot”: the week begins with the next project from the “tandem” series . “Chinese pilot Zhao Da” , 22.00. Petr Ivshin, Pavel Kovan. Drums. Master class. The winner of the 2006 international drumming competition, Pavel Kovan, and one of the most sought-after Moscow drummers, Petr Ivshin (“We are from jazz,” conducted by A. Kroll, Jazz Passengers, “Igor Boyko Band”), give a master class to everyone. FM-Club , 21.00.

The dollar rises in price against the euro and pound After a long decline, the dollar rose slightly against major world currencies. Thus, it rose in price against the euro on Friday by 0.7%, from 1.375 to 1.365 dollars. In Russia, the official dollar exchange rate remained virtually unchanged - 25.49 rubles, but market participants are confident that today the quotes of the American currency will go up, which will force the Bank of Russia to increase the official exchange rate.

On July 29, 1927, the deputy patriarchal locum tenens, Metropolitan Sergius of Nizhny Novgorod, published his famous “Declaration” - an appeal to “Orthodox archpastors, pastors and flocks.” In it, the hierarch called on the Orthodox to show loyalty to the Soviet government and actually proclaimed a course of cooperation with it. The “Declaration” is still the subject of heated debate within and around the church.

War anti-heroes remembered in Latvia and Estonia Last Saturday was colored brown in Latvia and Estonia. In both countries, rallies of national partisans and former fighters who fought in the Second World War on the side of Nazi Germany as part of the legions and divisions of the CC were held with state honors. The Latvian partisans even received a letter of welcome from the country's new president, Valdis Zatlers.

From the great to the ridiculous one doping test. Well, at least two - to get confirmation of the correctness of the first positive test. The great, main cycling race of mankind, the Tour de France, like all professional road cycling in general, is degenerating into some kind of unprecedented farce on a global scale.

The new Internet reality will change people's social lives A few years ago, the term web 2.0 became popular. It is typically used as a comprehensive definition of new opportunities and direction for the Internet. About web 2.0. usually mentioned when talking about any innovations or promising projects on the Internet.

June 20 -- July 20, 2007 “Politicians Through the Eyes of the Media,” a joint project of Vremya Novostei and the Medialogia company, are ratings of the political figures most actively discussed in the Russian media.

Christianity arose, as is known, in the Jewish environment. It arose, but apologists for the teachings of Christ were unable to find a sufficient number of followers in the Promised Land. And already in the second half of the 1st century AD. Christianity, which had not yet even been named that way, began its journey across the vast expanses of the Roman Empire. True, it would be a stretch to call this procession triumphant.